Back in the fall of 2024 I wrote an article about going back to driving school bus. It took me a while to get my Class "B" license back (needed to update medical and get doctor referrals). I started mid-month December 2024. In the article, I offered some data – reviews of school bus operators...
Like most people (I guess), I have quite a few applicaitons and websites that I need a username and password for. I refuse to use the password manager functions in browsers or the specialized password management apps. The concern is for ID theft – having your passwords and usernames all in one...
I previous wrote an article Automation software: AutoHotKey vs AutoIt. The purpose of the article was to rant about AutoIt, an automation scripting language I have used for at least twenty years now. The original purpose of AutoIt was to automate a series of processes on a remote computer. I wanted...
For the past year and a half, we have been focused on renovations to our basement apartment and then renovations to the garage. The basement apartment was finished in mid October 2025. No rest after that, we had some health emergencies to deal with ... then right into the garage reno. I call it a...
Marketing messages really push the megapixel wars further and further. Hobbyist cameras are typically in the 20 to 24 megapixel range. Enthusiast and professional cameras are 40+ megapixels. My last two cameras were Nikon Z9 and Nikon D850, both 45.7 megapixels. That is 8256 x 5404 pixels. If you...
Brassing? Camera bodies used to be made of an alloy. Mostly brass. When the paint wore off, the brass became visible. That's where the term "brassing" comes from. Today's bodies are made of zinc and other light weight alloys ... note, many are also inexpensive plastics. But they are not that...
Nearly two years ago I wrote an article where I mentioned my two full kits spanning two technologies. The article was titled "Make up your own mind". Two take-away threads there, the most obvious is to make up your own mind on your needs, and the second (less obvious) is that I had two full sets of...
AutoIt is one of the first Task Automation tools that was available. It is a Basic-like scripting language for the Windows environment. I've used it all the way up to Windows 11 with no Windows compatibility issues. While there is a GUI component, using the GUI to automate tasks that involve...
No, definitely not. It is changing, but nowhere near dead. As of early 2026, there are approximately 61,400 pictures taken every second. 1.8 trillion for the year. What has changed is the gear used. As of early 2026, between 92% and 94% of all pictures taken are with cell phone cameras. Not...
The Jodit WYSIWYG editor is licensed MIT and authored in Typescript. I discovered it quite by accident while search for a WYSIWYG editor for my new project. I had previously used several other products, notably CKEditor and TinyMCE. I switched recently to Quill because the license models for...