Amazon.com makes it a bit difficult to use the e-commerce company’s donation service, AmazonSmile (or Amazon Smile) that gives 0.5 percent of shoppers’ purchases’ value to charity. My bookmark fixes the problem.
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COVID-19 crafts: How to make a coronavirus no-sew mask with a t-shirt, coffee filter and bendable rubber gear tie
In the much mask era of the new coronavirus, we’re all getting crafty to protect ourselves against the spread of COVID-19. My how to guide to making a mask involves no sewing and requires simple and cheap materials. It’s not an N-95 defender, but it might help with droplets.
How to instantly create a new Google document in a specific Google Drive folder with a URL
A guide to using a URL to create a new Google Doc in a specific folder in Google Drive.
The 7 rules of making your content stand out in today’s media ecosystem
Wading through today’s media universe, you may think there’s no way for your content to stand out. Worry not. The 7R media strategy will put an end to the cruel reign of the cat GIF.
How to add a drafts link to your WordPress posts menu with a plugin
WordPress fails to give you a quick link to your draft posts out of the box. My plugin fixes that.
13 statements to help you go deeper into the meditation zone
Just like you get your body into a certain position to make meditation more effective, so too can you position your thoughts to move more easily into the Zen zone. Here are 13 statements that help me.
Prevent automatic footer insertion with Adobe Acrobat HTML to PDF conversion
I often make HTML files that I drag directly into Adobe Acrobat in order to convert them to PDFs. The program inserted a very annoying footer each time that showed the location of the file on my hard drive. Something like “file:hardrive/folderfolder/etc/etc.lah…”. I could delete it manually, but never was there an option in the… Continue reading Prevent automatic footer insertion with Adobe Acrobat HTML to PDF conversion
How to innovate: Use the 10th man idea from World War Z
In Brad Pitt’s movie about speedy zombies, Israel’s spy agency uses an information analysis technique that can help all of us find better solutions.
Make a bookmark change and reload the URL of the web page you’re on
A code trick using JavaScript to quickly get to a site’s simply structured subpages.
Tracking Google Nexus 4 availability
I’ve been repeatedly visiting the Google play store to see if the 16gb Nexus 4 is available. All that heavy clicking got very tiring. After fruitlessly searching for a way to take scheduled screenshots of the page that would automatically upload to a page on this site (Page Crescent Page Saver was the best option… Continue reading Tracking Google Nexus 4 availability