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Submitted this morning to the Wisconsin State Journal Editorial Page
Kudos to the non-partisan League of Women Voters this week for providing their “Candidates’ Answers” insert in the Isthmus. It is available if you pick up the Isthmus this week or on their web site (www.lwvdanecounty.org). It is an indispensable resource for reviewing the requirements for voting and for learning about positions each candidate holds…
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How do I remove the Category Title at the top of a category menu page
In Content Management systems I like to create my pages dynamically out of posts that are categorized. In WordPress, I create a category and then I create a menu related to that category. This way I can have dynamic content and add and remove articles whenever I want without wrestling with the whole page to…
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Storage in the Cloud – OneDrive
One of the services of Office365 I use the most is OneDrive (it is also available through live.com). Through it I have all my documents and pictures and data files available on the computer on my desk as well as anywhere else I happen to be, as long as I can use a computer, the…
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Hello world!
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!
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Elon’s 8
In a recent interview Elon Musk listed the 8 books that were most influential for his life. I list them here as much for me as for anyone who happens on this post. This is my new reading list. Not that I will be building rockets to Mars but they certainly will bolster my geek…
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Web Masters: does your robots.txt file check out?
I discovered a new tool today and in discovering it, I found that I needed to make some corrections to some of my sites. The file robots.txt that sits quietly at the root of most web sites tells spiders what they can index and what they cannot. All responsible search engines respect what the robot.txt…
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APRS on Yaesu FTM-400 not transmitting beacon
OK. I’ve been frustrated that for some reason my FTM-400 stopped transmitting the beacon. I would monkey with settings and test again and I would never show up at APRS.FI. Dang. I had it working but for some reason it stopped. Today I stumbled upon the solution. It was not necessarily the explicit settings but…