Top Glowforge Supplies
First and foremost, the Glowforge is amazing. You should buy a Glowforge. What are the Top Glowforge Supplies to buy to get started? Masking material – I use Vinyl Ease 12″ x 100 ft Roll Paper Transfer Tape for Cricut, Silhouette Cameo, Oracal Self Adhesive Vinyl for Decals, Signs, Walls and More with great success. …
Replacement Router Recommendation – NETGEAR Nighthawk AC1750
Many friends ask what network router I would recommend. Currently, I’m recommending the NETGEAR Nighthawk AC1750 Smart Dual Band WiFi Router (R6700) If you have not replaced your router in the past 5 years, it is time to do so. If your network router keeps dropping, there are several things that may be causing this. …
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The Three Broomsticks Logo (from Harry Potter) Huge, High-Resolution JPG and PDF
So, the Internet didn’t have any good vector images of the Harry Potter 3 Broomsticks logo. So we made one. If you need a broomstick , there are several Harry Potter Broomsticks on Amazon (affiliate link) Here too is a 9 panel version sectioned into 8.5 x 11″ pieces. Print them on your printer onto …
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Have you lost your Egg Genie measuring cup?
Have you lost your Egg Genie measuring cup? Here are the amounts in teaspoons of water:4 tsp = 6 soft boiled eggs5 tsp = 5 soft boiled eggs6 tsp = 3 soft boiled eggs7 tsp = 1 soft or 7 med8 tsp = 6 med boiled eggs9 tsp = 5 med boiled eggs10 tsp = …
So my son bought me some fishing lures for my birthday. . .
If you know me, I’m not a big fisherman; but we’ve been known to drop a line in the lake behind our house every once in a while. Michael enjoys fishing watching me fish. So today being my birthday and me not wanting anything besides flat screens or HD TiVos nor knowing what a 4 …
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How to define a kilogram instead of just weighing a random chunk of metal
So we just listened to a fascinating story on NPR about how a kilogram is defined as the weight of a cylinder of metal that is stored somewhere in England. There are several official “copies” of that kilogram that are used to set the standard. But now, apparently, not all the copies weigh the same …
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PostgreSQL database documentation of to_char() – explaining money and string formatting
The postgres documentation at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/functions-formatting.html is a bit lacking on examples as to how to format money. For instance, the FM template pattern applies to both Date/Time and numeric, so Table 9-23 needs to have FM in it as well. Additionally, the examples in table 9-24 need to have a disclaimer stating that the examples …
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Communicating with Venture Capitalists
I just sent this email to a buddy of mine and thought I’d share. . . . Venture capitalists are an interesting bunch. They lose interest quickly or they’re pulled in so many directions that it is hard to get and/or keep their attention. The trick is to bother them in short bursts. Since they …
Changing and Adding File Extensions Recognized by Dreamweaver CS4
Adobe has a nice document that somewhat explains how to get Dreamweaver to recognize files by their extension, but it hasn’t been updated for cs4 yet (or maybe they moved it?) http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_16410 For CS4, edit the Extensions.txt file found in C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Adobe\Dreamweaver CS4\en_US\Configuration On the first line, find PHP5 and add ,PHP6,PHTML after …
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