John M. Wargo
Miscellaneous
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Posts that didn't fit in any other categories. This page lists all posts in the category, in reverse chronological order.
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Testing a Bunny.Net CDN
Posted Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 09:25 PM in Miscellaneous, Web DevelopmentAs 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 MiscellaneousI 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.
Amazon Digital Music Hell Continued
Posted Friday, April 12, 2024 at 06:31 PM in MiscellaneousEarlier 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 MiscellaneousAmazon 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.
FedEx Foibles
Posted March 8, 2024 in MiscellaneousI noticed lately that FedEx seems incapable of knowing where packages are in their delivery network. As an example, take a look at the following screen shot taken this morning:
Bogus Wells SMS
Posted February 23, 2024 in MiscellaneousAI Generated I received a spam text message pretending to be from Wells Fargo, but I quickly realized it was fake. The phone number and currency format were not typical for the US, making it clear that it was a phishing attempt. It's important to pay attention to these details to avoid falling for scams.
Zinio Ridiculous Delete Account Process
Posted January 13, 2024 in MiscellaneousI deleted my Zinio account and that kicked off a ridiculous series of steps beyond what I expected. How hard does it need to be to delete an online account you no longer use?
Package Could Not Be Delivered Spam
Posted January 12, 2024 in MiscellaneousIt's been a long time since I've torn apart a spam message here. My daughter sent me a screen shot of a text message she received yesterday (supposedly from the United States Postal Service (USPS) and I thought I'd share the screen shot and debunk it.
End of the Year Wrap-up (2023)
Posted December 31, 2023 in Delphi, MiscellaneousA summary of what happened this year on this site and in my life.
Losing My Skills
Posted December 17, 2023 in MiscellaneousI feel like I'm losing some skills. I'm working on this Microcontroller-based project that I intended to have completed by Halloween (2023) but I wasn't able to get it working in time and, as I continue to work on it, I can't seem to finish it.
Google Pixel Watch Failures
Posted December 17, 2023 in MiscellaneousThe Google Pixel Watch was an expensive experiment for me. Two broken watches in a year, and no help from Google.
Axios Account Profile Edit Failure
Posted December 11, 2023 in Miscellaneous, Stupid Developer TricksI can't think of any worse way to implement account profile editing than Axios does in their site today.
Gihub's Fake 2FA Warning
Posted August 8, 2023 in MiscellaneousWhy exactly is GitHub warning me that I must use 2FA for my account when I already have it enabled (and have had it enabled for years)? End of post.
Simple RPN Calculator
Posted August 7, 2023 in Mobile Development, Miscellaneous, FlutterI started a new project this weekend, a simple RPN Calculator project I'm writing in Flutter. The app will be free and advertisement free. My goal is to publish it on the app stores as well as a web application.
Hiatus
Posted June 6, 2023 in MiscellaneousAnnouncing that I'm having shoulder surgery and won't be posting here much in the next couple of months.
Relaunched A World Without Apps
Posted May 28, 2023 in MiscellaneousBack in 2016 I created a site called A World Without Apps where I published articles about voice interfaces and how they would replace many mobile apps. After letting the site languish for many years, I finally brought it back to life last week with a new look and new purpose.
Gadget Man
Posted May 4, 2023 in MiscellaneousFor my 60th birthday, my wife and some friends wrote a song about me called Gadget Man (sung to the tune from Rocket Man by Sir. Elton John)
Site Migration Completed
Posted April 21, 2023 in Miscellaneous, Eleventy, Static Site GeneratorsAnnounces the completed migration of this site from Joomla! on FatCow to Eleventy on Netlify.
Accurately Calculating Progress in Goodreads
Posted January 9, 2022 in MiscellaneousI track the books I read in Goodreads, and this post describes a solution I created to deal with an annoying problem with Goodreads page counts and how they differ dramatically from reality. In this case I highlight a web app I created to convert a reader's current page to one adjusted for an inaccurate total page count in Goodreads.
Reviewing the Wrong Book
Posted April 20, 2021 in MiscellaneousI read a review of one of my books on Amazon today and I'm always surprised by what different people want from books. In this case I had to respond because it felt like the reviewer wasn't reviewing my book.
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