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• Note: An AI Generated pill displayed in the list below indicates that the post description displayed on the page was generated from the post content using Generative AI (GenAI). The post content itself was written by a human (me).

• Cloned Tool Shopping

  Posted Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 07:26 PM  in Woodworking
  

  As you probably know from this site, I'm a geek and a software developer. I'm also a woodworker and it feels like I'm going to pull in more woodworker stories this year - mostly because I've been doing more woodworking than coding lately.

• Oval Router Template

  Posted Sunday, July 14, 2024 at 08:41 AM  in Woodworking, 3D Printing
  

  Over the US 4th of July holiday, we were hanging around with family when my sister in law mentioned that she wanted to get an Owl House for her back yard in order to attract an owl to live in her yard. I'd never made an Owl House before, so I quickly volunteered to make one for her.

• Google Functions Deploy Module

  Posted Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 06:41 PM  in Cloud Development
  

  Describes a node.js based CLI I created to make it easier to deploy multiple Google Cloud Functions with a single terminal command.

• Spam Chase Auto Pay Disabled

  Posted Thursday, July 11, 2024 at 07:31 AM  in Phishing
  

  I received another supposed Chase Bank Phishing email the other day and thought I'd spend some time analyzing it.

• Connection Request

  Posted Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 07:48 AM  in Miscellaneous
  

  I often get LinkedIn connection requests where I just don't understand the potential connection value.

• Generating Post Descriptions Redux

  Posted Monday, July 1, 2024 at 09:04 PM  in Artificial Intelligence
  

  AI Generated   I recently published a post about 3D printing but forgot to set a description. Luckily, I used the Describer GenAI extension for Visual Studio Code to quickly generate a description for me. It only took a few clicks and seconds to add a nice description to the post before publishing it.

• 3D Printing Paradise

  Posted Monday, July 1, 2024 at 08:40 PM  in Project Builds
  

  AI Generated   I bought a 3D printer during the pandemic but struggled with it, so I upgraded to a P1S printer from Bambu Lab. The new printer is enclosed, self-leveling, and fast, making it easier to use. My daughter loves using it for cosplay projects. I also bought a lot of filament and have been impressed by the quality of free models available online. I recently used the printer to create a wooden enclosure for a T5 e-Paper display unit, but had to find a 3D printer plan for a better fit due to the unit's design. The prints turned out amazing, and I'm excited to see the final result.

• Spam Chase Bank Autopay Halted

  Posted Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 03:35 PM  in Phishing
  

  I received a phishing attempt the other day and thought I'd poke some holes in it.

• Repeating Countdown Timer in Flutter

  Posted Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 05:07 PM  in Flutter, Mobile Development
  

  A while back, while anticipating a particular event (my retirement), I decided to create an app that allowed me track the number of days until the event. One thing led to another and I decided to create a more generic version of the app so I could write about it here.

• Ali Express Parts

  Posted Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 12:17 PM  in Internet of Things (IoT), Project Builds
  

  In my previous post, I mentioned that I like building electronic projects I find online. Historically, I purchased a lot of project components from online vendors like Adafruit and Sparkfun. Both offer their own proprietary boards as well as some standard electronics components you can use for your projects (such as battery connectors, cables, breakout boards, other connectors).

• Bench Power Supply Project

  Posted Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 02:12 PM  in Project Builds
  

  I'm a big fan of Instructables and regularly watch their newsletters for interesting projects. A few weeks ago, one of them caught my eye: Lab Bench Power Supply. This project seemed cool so I decided to build it.

• Windows Path Backup Utility

  Posted Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 02:49 PM  in Microsoft Windows
  

  At the beginning of the year, I had a problem with my Windows Path and a bunch of my apps stopped working correctly or stopped working altogether. I poked around a bit and figured out what went wrong: my system path somehow got corrupted and, you know, broke my apps.

• Testing a Bunny.Net CDN

  Posted Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 09:25 PM  in Miscellaneous, Web Development
  

  As I worked through the process of publishing a Windows app to the Windows Store, I found that I needed a CDN and this post describes how I addressed that requirement.

• Postal Scam Urtye dot com

  Posted Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 08:21 AM  in Phishing
  

  I received an interesting text message yesterday that is clearly a scam. Just in case others received a similar message, I assume many did, this post tears down the message proving its a scam.

• Using the DFRobot I2C 16x2 LCD display

  Posted Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 10:22 AM  in Internet of Things (IoT)
  

  Describes how to use the DFRobot I2C 16x2(1602) LCD Display Module for Arduino in a project.

• Amazon Digital Music Hell Continued

  Posted Friday, April 12, 2024 at 06:31 PM  in Miscellaneous
  

  Earlier today I posted a rant about the ridiculous customer experience I encountered purchasing digital music from Amazon. If you've read many of the posts here, you probably noticed that I sometimes go off the handle on a topic and don't always think it completely through. After my online rant this morning, I started thinking of the possible reasons why an Amazon Digital music link would fail and I came up with some ideas.

• Amazon Digital Music Hell

  Posted Friday, April 12, 2024 at 06:19 AM  in Miscellaneous
  

  Amazon sent me an email this morning letting me know that a digital album I purchased was available for download. You'd think I'd be able to click a link and download my purchase, but you'd be wrong.

• Added Timestamp to Posts

  Posted Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 07:08 PM  in Eleventy
  

  In my previous post, I described how I updated my Eleventy New Post utility to add a timestamp property to new post's front matter. With that in place, I updated the site's Home Page, Articles Page and at the top of every Post. I encountered a little issue with that implementation related to time zones, so I decided to dig deeper into the implementation on this site and how I solved the time zone issue.

• Added Timestamp to My Eleventy New Post Utility

  Posted Saturday, April 6, 2024 at 08:10 AM  in Eleventy
  

  A user of my Eleventy New Post utility submitted a feature request yesterday suggesting I add the post's timestamp to the generated post instead of just the date.

• Building a documentation Site Using Docusaurus

  Posted March 30, 2024  in Static Site Generators
  

  AI Generated   I recently built a website for my software company and needed a place to publish product documentation. After exploring different options, I settled on using Docusaurus, a documentation static site generator. This post describes my first impressions of the platform.

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