Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

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  • WiFi Management for Parenting

    November 3, 2018
    Broadband, Parenting

    I’ve been futzing for what feels like a year with the WiFi trying out various things. Basically, instead of the wife turning off all the WiFi and none of us having it, I’ve been playing with a few things to bring some sanity. The first approach was the wife disconnected the wifi router. That meant…

  • Same Day Registration

    October 29, 2018
    Election

    Same Day Registration (SDR) gives voters the opportunity to register to vote or update their registration when voting early and on Election Day. Voter turnout in states with SDR was seven points higher than non-SDR states. Somehow I missed this for the Quasi-Mandatory Voting post. If you achieve automatic registration, then you don’t need SDR…

  • Dear Twitter

    October 25, 2018
    Twitter, Uncategorized

    The “Recent Tweets” feature ought not suggest to me tweets I have already hearted. You are suggesting it because you think I will like it. Which is true because I already did. kthxbai, Ezra

  • Check the date

    October 20, 2018
    Fact Check, Uncategorized

    TL;DR: If you see a story that compels you to share it in outrage, then check to see if this really is still an issue. It might be from years ago and no longer an issue. Longer: A few friends posted a news story about how the current Federal administration decided to pay $6 million…

  • Managing Expectations

    October 18, 2018
    Communication

    WaPo published Trump’s transcript from a recent interview with the AP. This exchange caught my eye. AP: Did they give you any sense of the timetable? Trump: I would say within a week. That’s my impression. He said two weeks. But they’re going to try and do it in less than a week. An instructor…

  • Should we rebuild after hurricanes?

    October 16, 2018
    Astro / Climate / Geo, Build / Engineering, Mexico Beach FL

    Over the years, I have thought about owning a house a Mexico Beach, FL. However, I knew that hurricanes are inevitable. So, there is no way I would own one on the beach because it would likely get destroyed by a hurricane. However, I felt better about a house well back from the beach, like…

  • Export your Google+ data before the shutdown

    October 13, 2018
    Google, Uncategorized

    We can download our Google+ content using Google Takeout. Probably because of Europe’s GDPR, we have the option of downloading all of our data. The Google+ stuff are the items marked +1s or starting with “Google+ …”

  • Framing Dangers

    October 11, 2018
    Astro / Climate / Geo, Communication, Family, Valdosta GA

    Hurricane Michael leveled much of Mexico Beach, which is a place I know pretty well. Spread out over my lifetime, but a rough impression is, I think, I have spent about half a year at this particular town. That would rank it third longest of places where I have lived. Several people have expressed surprise…

  • I Miss Google Reader

    October 10, 2018
    Google

    The Google+ shut down reminded me that I still miss Google Reader. Google also shut it down about 5 years ago. I use Inoreader now, but I do not spend nearly the amount of time reading through it that I did GR. I could spend hours a day browsing through articles and mulling the content.…

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