FWIW

For What its worth

  • On our way to Vienna, Budapest, and Prague

    Last stop before we embark for the tour. From time to time we complain about the horrendous traffic in Madison, the beltline, fighting students and cars during Badger football games, sitting at crosswalks between classes, the annoying politeness of Wisconsin drivers at intersections (my New York and Chicago sensibilities taught me that the right of…

  • Amazing Grace – Instrumental Descant

    Over the last 40 years I’ve written descants for hymns from time to time. I’ll post them here. They are free for non-commercial use. Enjoy. If you do use them (usually it will be in church) let me know when and where. If you like them feel free to buy me a cup of coffee…

  • G-SUITE email alias – However, this functionality is not available for your account

    Dang. I set it up before but now it is unavailable for my account! Everytime I turn around there has been a security “enhancement.” OK I shouldn’t complain, but, in addition they keep changing the interface on the back end so when I search for answers, all the answers are old and the solutions have…

  • A document to help with installing Zoom

    I started using Zoom with some groups this month and many were nervous about this new technology. I wrote up a quick and dirty document to help them. One caveat though. I don’t have an iPhone so that page is real short! I’ll fill it out more when I get my hands on one!

  • Add an audio file to A WordPress post

    Wizard will tell you there are shortcuts to do this but I like to have a little more control so here goes. Please note I am using Ubuntu Linux for this demo so some of the pictures might look a little different. Please also note that I am using the new Gutenburg

  • WordPress Exploit

    This weekend during ARRL Field Day I was posting to Twitter, Facebook and the club website. Toward the end of the day I was ready to upload some pictures to the gallery so I tried to log in to the site. I was told that because I had logged in too many times and failed…

  • Can’t we all just get along: Reflections on 50/50 political returns

    My Church and society professor in Seminary made an interesting observation about Jerusalem. Why would He have placed the most sacred places of three of the world’s major religions so close together if He didn’t want us to learn to live with one another?    Of course, that is not the reaction we are most…

  • Reflections on Goodness in Genesis Chapter 1

    Imagine, if you will, that you are an inquisitive youngster. Your family lives in relatively close proximity to the ocean and you are in love with the rhythm and power of the waves. Each day, or as often as you can pull yourself away from chores, carrying water, feeding the livestock or picking on your…

  • 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…

  • 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…