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Windows 11 and Sony Memory Stick
If you try to access a Sony Memory Stick on Windows 11 and you do not receive the usual prompt to choose what to do when inserting removable storage or you cannot see said storage in Windows Explorer, it is most likely not the storage media. In my case Windows 11 does not show my…
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Asteroid City
Just got back from seeing Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City. The movie in one word – AWESOME!
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The smartphone killed so much tech creativity
Lately I have been into vintage Sony devices. Just looking through the vast number of Walkman, digital cameras, Clie and Vaio product lines that Sony used to produce, made me realize how much creativity and variety has been lost thanks to the smartphone. Devices, high quality ones, like cameras, camcorders, portable audio devices, radios, disc…
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Azure Static Web Apps, Custom Domains, and Cloudflare
My AlexandarTzanov.com profile website became inaccessible after switching to Cloudflare DNS from Google Domains DNS. I had to go this route because Google announced that they are going to sell the Google Domains service to Squarespace. For some reason this was not announced via email to Google Domains customers! At least I did not receive…
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WordPress Cache-Control Headers
You might see in your WordPress Site Health report that your site is not using Cache-Control headers. You can find this under the page cache test on the Site Health page. Usually this is a result of not having an activated plug-in for managing page cache. I have also seen this being blamed on Apache’s…
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John Carmack about working with Steve Jobs
I came across this post while cleaning up some old “read” links. It was good to read it again. It was a reminder about how when you know what you are doing you can withstand a lot, and that you should not be afraid to “think different”! “I trust you John, do whatever you think…
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Best financial advice?
Someone I follow on Twitter asked – what is the best financial advice you have received? I do not think I can say that I have one specific example I can answer with. I do have several different examples I would consider good guiding principles for saving money.
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How much to get someone interested in Star Trek?
The answer to that question is $6. That is how much it cost me to get my teenage son interested in Star Trek. Now I only have to ask him if he wants to watch Star Trek with me to get an affirmative answer. For a long time, I could not get him to sit…
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Morning walk memento
This pink evening primrose is a wonderful memento from my morning walk with Dallas.
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65 – enjoying a movie without expectations
The family and I went to see the new Adam Driver movie – 65. My family did not know what the movie was about. As far as me, from what the trailer showed, I knew that Adam Driver was in it, seemed like it was Sci-Fi, and there were dinosaurs. So, I definitely was going…
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