The cat printer in CTP-500 clothing
I got an F in handwriting in second grade. Part of that was the tri-colored-lead pencil (a C was the honest grade), but the trajectory held. Decades later my handwriting is still bad enough that my…
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Code-signing a Windows app with Azure Trusted Signing, end to end
I had a freshly published single-file .NET desktop `.exe` that ran fine and looked the part — and tripped SmartScreen's "Windows protected your PC / unknown publisher" wall the moment anyone but me…
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A one-line timezone bug in Webform Booking
A Drupal 11 site running Webform Booking showed an empty calendar — "No slots available" — to some visitors and a working one to others. The variable was the visitor's browser timezone. West of UTC,…
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From Spreadsheet to Planner: Automating Project Kickoffs with Power Automate
Anyone who has managed a major digital project—from a headless CMS migration to a responsive site redesign—knows the drill: the work-back schedule. It starts in a beautiful, logical Excel sheet,…
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Pondering Large-Scale Redirects: Moving from Blackbaud Luminate to GiveCampus
If you’ve ever managed a CRM or digital fundraising platform transition, you know the anxiety of ensuring every old link still works. I recently navigated this exact challenge: migrating giving pages…
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Error Handling for Humans: My Algorithm for Avoiding the Flu
If you look at our company chat channel lately, it looks like a triage unit. Between school-aged kids bringing home the plague and the start of the annual 'indoor germ-swapping season,' multiple team…
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What Drupal 11.3.0 Means to Me: A Multi-Hat Perspective
Drupal 11.3.0 is out, and like many of us who manage Drupal sites, I don't just wear one hat. Depending on the hour of the day, I might be writing a module, tweaking CSS, or SSH-ing into a server to…
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Beyond VLC and Blender: My Essential (and Lesser Known) Free App Toolkit
We all know the titans of the open-source world. You probably already have GIMP for image manipulation, Blender for 3D work, and VLC installed to play any media file in existence. But there is a…
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Happy Halloween
I have this VHS video cassette, Creepy Classics, a humorously presented series of classic horror and sci-fi film trailers hosted by Vincent Price. It included a trivia card to test your knowledge of…
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Digital Omnipresence: A Workflow for Focus, Awareness, and Search
In today's "always-on" work culture, there's a fine line between being responsive and being perpetually distracted. I'm in countless chats and channels, and I need to be aware of what's happening.…
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