Thinking aloud: Azure, AWS, DevOps, cars and opinion from Alex Neihaus
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Verizon FiOS support to customers: plug it in, dummy
I was looking at a FAQ today on Verizon FiOS’s website on 3D TV (which is, apparently, prematurely dead) when I ran across this ditty in the sidebar. Yes, thank you, I did know that plugging the STB, router and DVRs into a power source could fix the problem of them being unplugged in less than…
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How to display PDFs in any WordPress post or page and on any browser or device
I’ve been using WordPress a long time. This blog alone dates back to 2006. And in all that time, I’ve always been frustrated with the WordPress handles PDFs. Until now. PDFs (and other graphics formats) really add to the content of your blog. In my work life, they are one of the main formats we…
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The faster we go, the rounder we get
Yup, the title of this post is from the from the Grateful Dead’s 1968 album Anthem of the Sun. While I am no deadhead, I bought the album as a kid and thought, “Hey, these guys are trippy.” And that’s an apt description of my new WordPress theme, called “Spun” and developed by Caroline Themes.…
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How to use WordPress to develop a successful B2B website
The new zixi.com is just about a month old. And I couldn’t be happier with the results. Traffic is way up; average on-site times are increasing and Google seems to really like the site’s content, boding well for future traffic increases. My love affair with WordPress is well known (see related posts at the bottom of…
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How to get SSL working in WordPress
If you, like me, trust no one on the Internet; if you know Internet and security are two words that never really go together; if you really understand the cesspool of danger that the Internet is, you would never fill in a web form that doesn’t use SSL. Having just completed the new Zixi website,…
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It’s still a thrill to score 100%
Recently, I posted that I was anticipating with excitement an online course called Justice (ER22x) at edx.org. I’ve been taking the course since mid-March and, like any good class, there are quizzes. They’re actually nail-biters since even though they are online, you only get once chance — just as you would in the real world. I just…
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Decisions…decisions or another in a continuing series of Drupal-basing posts
You know that area at the bottom of your LinkedIn profile where you get to claim that you know something about something? I don’t spend a lot of time on LinkedIn but I noticed that I claim to know Drupal, hours after launching the new www.zixi.com, a website I did in WordPress. I not only survived…
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How to change the name of Outlook calendars on iPhone, Mac and Windows
How to change the name of your Office 365 calendars on Windows, Mac and iOS
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A prescription to curb mental cobwebs after general anesthesia: ER22x
I blogged recently about my excitement at the prospect of participating in a massively open online course at edx.org called “ER22x: Justice.” The course, which started on March 12, has been joined by thousands all over the world. An exploration of political philosophy, this course is ideal for the online environment and, being about morality, has already begun to generate…
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limeduck says, “Don’t eat the desiccant.”
I had lunch today with an old pal, David Karp (@limeduck and www.limeduck.com). David has recently been promoted to VP of Marketing at currensee.com. It was a real pleasure working with David at Ipswitch in the mid-aughts. The photo nearby, which he dug up recently, pictures us at a trade show in Singapore called “CommunicAsia,”…
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Saved by a digital washing machine
Want to know one of the pitfalls of a car with “keyless drive” — the amazingly cool technology that lets you simply walk up to the car, open it, climb in, start it and drive away? You are certain to completely forget about the remote, leaving it in the clothes you last wore or in…