Saturday, December 31, 2016

Great white chocolate

Gusto Chocolates
Lemon and pepper in white chocolate

Saturday, December 17, 2016

Lots of Sunday School Helps

https://missionbibleclass.org
http://www.freebibleimages.org/

Great AI article in the NY Times

Le gave me a good-natured hard time for my continual requests for a mental picture of these maps. “Gideon,” he would say, with the blunt regular demurral of Bartleby, “I do not generally like trying to visualize thousand-dimensional vectors in three-dimensional space.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/magazine/the-great-ai-awakening.html?ref=technology&_r=0

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

How to remove Outlook app from Android

http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s6/527413-how-can-i-remove-outlook-app-my-s6-samsung.html
So I found out exactly how to do this. It took me a few minutes to figure out what tncool was saying but do this:

  • Settings
  • Lock screen and security
  • Other security settings
  • Device administrators

And in Device administrators you need to unselect Outlook. Once you've done this you can remove Outlook from your device the usual way.

Great ideas on how to better study and learn

https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-memorize-faster
Pomodoro technique (25min concentration sprints)
Memory palace - have to look up more on that
Teach it to someone else

Saturday, December 10, 2016

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Flight searching

Kayak has the best airline selector UI with options

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Best Business class for Computer Science or Electrical Engineers

http://web.stanford.edu/class/ee204/

Fred Gibbons was and is amazing and perfect for this class.

What to do in a rear end collision if the other person is coming at high speed

https://www.quora.com/What-should-you-do-if-you-are-about-to-be-rear-ended-by-a-car-approaching-at-high-speed-while-stopped-behind-another-car

Saturday, November 26, 2016

Healthcare sites

goodrx.com for looking up drug prices
Keloid specialist site - http://www.keloid212.com/

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Lightroom physical controls

Once I have a ton of time for photography...
https://palettegear.com/lightroom

Monday, November 7, 2016

Figured out FileMaker Pro sorting "bug", delete in portal

I was loading the script for the action OnLayoutLoad, but I needed to run it on OnRecordLoad so it also triggered after a search was performed.

Also to allow deletion of a record in the portal you have to right click on a portal, go to Portal Setup..., and choose Allow Deletion of Portal Records.

Friday, November 4, 2016

Sunday, October 30, 2016

Nudges that help struggling students succeed


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/opinion/nudges-that-help-struggling-students-succeed.html?mwrsm=Email

Possible max of 75 watts for airplane outlets

https://www.united.com/web/en-US/content/travel/inflight/devices.aspx

https://www.ana.co.jp/wws/us/e/asw_common/departure/inflight/battery/howto/index.html

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Camera options

5D Mark IV
Nikon 750D
Nikon D5
Sony Alpha a7SII

http://www.photonstophotos.net/Charts/PDR.htm


Tuesday, September 20, 2016

When using VLOOKUP in Excel make sure to use the FALSE parameter on the end

If you don't specify the last parameter Excel does a "close enough is good enough" match which is REALLY annoying to debug.

A good general resource of the VLOOKUP function is here:
https://www.ablebits.com/office-addins-blog/2014/07/17/excel-vlookup-tutorial-beginner/

Friday, September 16, 2016

Salary range websites

That’s why you need to be prepared. Informational Web sites like Payscale.com and Salary.com can help uncover what people are being
paid for a particular position in your geographic area. And Glassdoor.com and Vault.com provide intelligence on pay inside a company —

employees share their salaries online.

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Chopin Op.25 Etude No.1 in A-Flat major makes me think of Kelly

Chopin Op.25 Etude No.1 in A-Flat major makes me think of Kelly

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Myers Briggs

I'm not such a fan on Myers Briggs - I find it doesn't really match who I am all that well. For future tracking I'm a ESFJ, but could easily be an ISFJ since I'm so close to the middle on the first one.

Myers-Briggs online test


How Myers-Briggs handle stress

Friday, August 26, 2016

The real KFC recipe, maybe...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/travel/ct-kfc-recipe-revealed-20160818-story.html

"The original KFC chicken, I think, was better, because it had more breading to it," Ledington says. "It was individually hand-breaded and dropped in those pressure cookers. You cooked it until it started turning brown. And then you put the lid on the pressure cooker and brought it to 12 pounds of pressure for 10 minutes. And then you started letting the pressure off, and when you uncapped it and the pressure was off, it was perfect: golden brown and fall-off-the-bone."

11 spices — mix with 2 cups white flour
2/3 tablespoon salt
1/2 tablespoon thyme
1/2 tablespoon basil
1/3 tablespoon oregano
1 tablespoon celery salt
1 tablespoon black pepper
1 tablespoon dried mustard
4 tablespoons paprika
2 tablespoons garlic salt
1 tablespoon ground ginger
3 tablespoons white pepper

Monday, August 8, 2016

At end of Canon 5d mark iii lifecycle prices were

$2,800 for body only
$3,400 with kit 24-104 lens as of 8/8/2016
(each had $200 off in addition from B&H at time)

Monday, July 25, 2016

Blink Tears eye drops that don't crust my eyelashes

Blink Tears in the blue bottle is the one to use

Saturday, July 23, 2016

When transferring files locally between mac and win

I found it easier to connect to the Windows box from the Mac, than the other way around.

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Muscle exhaustion is the key, not %

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/07/20/lifting-lighter-weights-can-be-just-as-effective-as-heavy-ones/?contentCollection=smarter-living&hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

3 repetitions during each workout also needed

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Canon 6D diopter focus adjustment

Use a -2 eyepiece adjuster and then go 4 clicks to the right from the left-most position
(to focus my Canon 6D)

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Epson 3880 print setup with Lightroom

Brightness + 20
By the way it's TOTALLY worth it to buy a printer profiler if you can afford one. The Color Munki has saved me tearing my hair out multiple times already.

Saturday, June 18, 2016

Calfornia Employment Development Department URL

https://eddservices.edd.ca.gov/tap/secure/eservices
E-Services for Business

CDM+

Sort by Accounts Payable->Payments to see who is over $600

Saturday, June 11, 2016

Two best how to tie a tie pages

http://www.ties.com/how-to-tie-a-tie/half-windsor
https://www.thetiebar.com/how-to-tie/half-windsor

Monday, June 6, 2016

Microsoft Planner - Trello competitor

Can sort by person in addition to bucket
http://techcrunch.com/2016/06/06/microsoft-officially-launches-planner-its-trello-competitor/

Great UX / UI model question resource

http://ux.stackexchange.com/

Thursday, May 26, 2016

FMP - remember on layout enter sorting

Remember to check for onlayout sorting that I'm doing
Workaround for needing to group by ID, but also get alphabetical was to create a calculated feed value that concatenated FirstLastID together, store as text, and then sort.

New direct to you mattress reviews

http://gearpatrol.com/2015/02/03/best-of-the-new-breed-of-mattresses/?read_single=1

Use preview window with Lr eyedropper white balance tool

Can see what the white balance will be prior to commit:
http://lightroomkillertips.com/cool-tips-white-balance-eyedropper-tool/

Friday, May 20, 2016

Notes on storytelling

  • Drama is anticipation with uncertainty.
  • Great characters have a spine/theme (Marlin in the fish in Finding Nemo is all about avoiding harm to child).
  • Wonder - capture them, draw them in
  • Come from what you know and feel
  • Vulnerability creates connection

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Fotomagico for great slide shows


Recommendation from Dan B.

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Key phrases to know when traveling to show you're trying...

Hello
Goodbye
Good morning, good day, good evening
Please
Thank you
Yes
No
I'm sorry/pardon me

Monday, May 2, 2016

From a TED talk heartcount not headcount

Headcount vs heartcount

  • Lifetime employees
  • Better that all suffer a little then some a lot
  • Good leaders make you feel safe
    • Employees know you would sacrifice for them and so they do so for you


Use Roma tomatoes for bruschetta, more flavorful, lots of salt and pepper too

Need to try Smashburger, apparently it's as good as ShakeShack

Saturday, April 30, 2016

Mac and the Sculpt keyboard, how to swap keys (command, option)

To reset the keys to work using typical Mac keyboard muscle memory, one would go into System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys -> Microsoft 2.4Ghz Transeiver vX.0 and swap Command and Option.

From this page (apparently they fixed the bug that required the more intense workaround):
http://calebhicks.com/2016/karabiner-for-sculpt/

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

To see an old car

shift.com is getting good internal recommendations

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

First iPhone sales drop year over year

2016-04-26

Using adjustment brush in Lr for skin retouching

http://lightroomkillertips.com/better-realistic-skin-retouching-lightroom/

How to fake multi selection in Balsamiq

https://support.balsamiq.com/tutorials/multipleselection/
https://forums.balsamiq.com/t/balsamiq-not-allow-multi-selection-in-some-components/1108

Sunday, April 3, 2016

NY Times article about travel rewards programs off the beaten path

"Travel rewards programs you may not know about - but should"
http://www.stashrewards.com/
preferredhotels.com
prioritypass.com

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Excel: how to sort a set of data on another worksheet by reference


  • Copy a range from Sheet1 to Sheet2, but do Paste Special and choose link
  • Enable developer mode, and create a Macro with the code from this page:
    • http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/583935-how-change-relative-values-absolute-mac.html
  • Select all the cells you pasted a reference to and run the macro once
  • Then select the cells on Sheet2 and sort them - wha la!

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Didn't know there was this org

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/these-christian-teachers-want-to-bring-jesus-into-public-schools--legally/2016/03/12/bfd95986-dfd3-11e5-8d98-4b3d9215ade1_story.html

Monday, March 7, 2016

Great tension photos

http://www.aarontilley.com/

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

For getting true gain/losses after selling Adobe ESPP or RSUs

This information can be found in the eTrade in the Understanding Your Cost Basis Information for Lots Sold After section. That section can be found by going to:
  •  Employee Stock Plan Gains & Losses  (Account - > My Stock Plan -> My Account tab -> Gains & Losses) and filter for the last tax year. Expand the Sale details for the ESPP stock
    • The section: Understanding Your Cost Basis Information for Lots Sold After …. has the cost Acquisition Cost and Ordinary Income Recognized

RSU Stocks:

For the RSUs  just need to add the actual cost of the stocks at the day that was vested. It also can be found as Ordinary Income Recognized in Understanding Your Cost Basis Information for Lots Sold After section.


Friday, February 26, 2016

Methods for getting attention from large groups

Google search: how to get the attention of a large group
http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/science-society/gaining-attention-large-group
http://www.ultimatecampresource.com/site/camp-activity/large-group-attention-getters.html
http://appliedimprov.ning.com/forum/topics/1503280:Topic:16633
http://www.experientialtools.com/2012/03/16/large-group-facilitation-tips/
http://www.edutopia.org/groups/classroom-management/737576
http://www.kellybear.com/TeacherArticles/TeacherTip54.html

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Clever way to erase Android phone

http://www.cnet.com/how-to/the-best-way-to-completely-wipe-your-android-device/
I totally didn't think about encrypting the phone first. Pretty clever. Of course, for any data I had already erased that wouldn't work and would require the fake data load, but I'm not that paranoid.

Sunday, January 17, 2016

For pool overhaul

Consider Corby Gould Pools and going fiberglass

A9 envelop size

A9 is for half sheets of 8.5x11 paper folded in half.

5 3/4 x 8 3/4

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Supposedly a way to listen to audio over both headphone jack and HDMI, but not working for me

http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/how-to-play-audio-through-hdmi-speakers-simultaneously-in-windows-7/

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-pictures/is-it-possible-to-get-audio-in-windows-7-through/ac278bd7-4bc3-41d5-9713-669abfccba22?auth=1