Tech notes by Joel Dueck, 2005–2019. Fixes for Windows and Office problems, ebook and podcast workflows, and later a lot of Pollen and Racket. Each post is also published as plain Markdown for language models and other readers.
2019Racket School 2019Racket
2018A Quick Macro for PollenPollen,
Racket
Using SQLite to Speed Up Pollen RendersSQLite, Pollen, Racket, programming
2017Home IT Overhaul, Phase Zero: A
ScreenHome IT Overhaul
Site Incident ReportTextpattern, web servers
Splitting Pollen tags with Racket
macrosPollen, Racket
Testing network switchesnetworking, switches
Shot in the PatootTweets
Marked 2 Previews of Scrivener Files
Coming Up BlankScrivener, Marked
2014How to convert mp3 files
for use as on-hold musicphones, audio
How to move from Blogger to another
CMSBlogger, Kirby, Python
2013How to go paperless the future-proof
way (without using Evernote)paperless, scanning, PDF
How To Get Inexpensive Data
Roaming For International Travel on Verizontravel, Verizon, cell
phones
The iPhone Hot Battery Drain, Fixed
with a Lightweight Email Setupbattery life, iOS
How to Easily Use OpenType Fonts in
LaTeXLaTeX, typography, pandoc, PDF
Publish multiple Markdown files to
HTML in WindowsMarkdown, pandoc, VBscript
Formatting and Typesetting your
Book in MS Wordtypography, Word
WriteMonkey: Tips and Tricks for
WritersMarkdown, WriteMonkey, text editing
Siri: Slow, unreliable, and maybe not a
priority at AppleSiri, Apple, iOS
How to Sync Calendars on Two (or
more) iPhones or iPadsiOS, calendars
Recommended Calendar Apps for
iPhoneiOS, calendars
Encryption and DropBox: Comparing
TrueCrypt and BoxCryptorencryption, security
2011The Best Data Collection App (And
Format) for iPhonequantified self, data collection
Cleaner titles for podcast posts in
TumblrFeedBurner, iTunes, podcasting, Tumblr
How to find free e-books for your
KindleKindle, ebooks
How to use Markdown in Blogspot
postsfuture-proofing, Markdown, Blogger
Solution for persisting ‘Windows
created a temporary paging file on your computer’ errorWindows
problems, virtual memory
How to publish a better podcast using
Tumblr, Textpattern, or anything elseFeedBurner, iTunes,
Textpattern, podcasting, Tumblr
The 50 Books Every Child Should
ReadKindle, ebooks, books
How to get more use out of your
KindleCalibri, Kindle, ebooks
Instapaper Auto-send to Kindle not
workingKindle, Instapaper
Windows 7 updates keep installing,
restarting and failingWindows problems
2010Delicious Linkrolls Not
WorkingDelicious
Quickly apply “Inherit Zoom” to all
bookmarks in a PDF filePDF, regular expressions
BBM Messenger Log Cleanup
ScriptBlackberry Messenger, VBscript
Blackberry Messenger Logs — Timestamp
FormatBlackberry Messenger
No internet access over wifi (the
infamous “local access only” problem)Windows problems,
wifi
2009Removing DRM from your
audiobooksaudiobooks, DRM
Is Windows ready for the desktop?Windows problems, Linux
Using LightBox with Image
MapsJavaScript
A look at project management
platformsProject management
Drive mapping using ‘net use’
fails.environment variables, Windows problems
‘No Audio Output Device Is Installed’
— Vista ErrorWindows problems
2008TrueCrypt whole disk encryption:
process and performanceencryption
2006Windows error: Directory or File
could not be createdFilesystem
Troubleshooting TLS connections in
emailTLS, email
Secure Password Storage on
XPpassword storage