Archive for the ‘Informational’ Category
Conservation: Water Aerators
Partially due to the drought awareness (and associated rising water costs) and partially due to my conservation/home improvement hobby, I’ve been looking at ways to save water/energy around the home. For this post, I’ll be looking at faucet aerators for a bathroom sink. The aerator is the piece at the tip of the faucet that […]
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Night Shift for iOS9.3
I’ve been using f.lux on my computer for a few years now, so I’m glad that Apple has finally implemented this for smartphones (which is becoming the more dominating “screen” people use at night). What this feature does is change the color of your display based on the time of day: warm at night (think […]
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Football
I’ve been organizing flag football games for years and have tried a variety of different footballs, including the genuine leather one. This one is my favorite ball: Wilson GST Composite Game Football The main thing about this ball is the grip. It’s very tacky. But what sets this “tackiness” apart is that 1) it lasts […]
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Water Bottles
After years of drinking tons of ice water from reusable bottles at home/work/sports, I finally found a solution I really like and has changed/improved the water intake in my life enough to warrant a post. I’ll jump to the punch line first: Hydro Flask Wide-Mouth Vacuum-Insulated Stainless Steel Bottle with Flip Straw Lid Here’s my long-winded […]
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Cleats
My current pair of cleats (that I use for football and ultimate frisbee) recently broke. Like clockwork, after about a year, my cleats break. The last 3 years I’ve been trying new brands each time; Under Armour (the worst), Reebok, and Adidas. My cleats break on the edges where the outsole is connected to the […]
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NATO phonetic alphabet
I had a frustrating tech support phone call this morning where the other party couldn’t get the spelling of my email address correct after at least 10 tries. While she knew the phonetic alphabet (alpha, bravo, charlie, delta) etc, I don’t really know it that well. I’ve only picked up on some letters over the […]
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Facebook Usernames
Original Post: http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=90316352130 From the beginning of Facebook, people have used their real names to share and connect with the people they know. This authenticity helps to create a trusted environment because you know the identity of the people and things on Facebook. The one place, though, where your identity wasn’t reflected was in the […]
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Derrick informed me of this yesterday, BMG (Sound and Spirit) has quietly discontinued music points without directly notifying us. If you have free music from music points, use them before the end of April! Our Music Points program was discontinued as of January 31, 2009, and you can no longer earn Music Points on purchases. […]
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How the Internet Works
Ever wonder what IP addresses are? DNS? Subnets? TCP? Ports? Firewalls? While trying to set up a SSH server for my desktop computer, I did a lot of self-educating through wikipedia and other websites and also tried out different SSH servers before finding WinSSHD to be the best. Anyway, while doing all that I stumbled […]
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Programs, Programs, Programs
As I posted earlier, this past weekend I reformatted my computer for the first time in awhile. One of the things I do is put together a list of programs that I want to save and reinstall afterward. This time around, this prompted me to take a good look at what I use and research/find […]
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