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  • The A.I. Dilemma

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  • How to Batch Add Quotes in Excel

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    I had a list that I needed to add quotes to but I didn’t want to add the quotation marks manually, so I figured I’d do it in Excel. (Actually, I needed to add single quotes to a list to run a SQL query.) I started with something like this: But I needed something like…

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  • Display Chinese Characters in WordPress

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    Chinese characters show up by default in WordPress as ???. In order to show them properly, you’ll need to edit the following lines in the wp-config.php file: Comment out the lines by adding two forward slashes at the beginning of each line: Et voila! Well, you may need to re-publish your posts, but the Chinese…

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  • My Top Google Home Commands

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    I recently upgraded my phone because my battery was dying, and I received a promo code for a free Google Home Mini. I’m still on the fence about it. There are a lot of basic things the Google Assistant can do for you, get news or weather updates, control your smart home, make phone calls,…

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  • Disney Trying to Hide the Millennium Falcon

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    Oh my goodness, how did I miss this back in June? I guess Disney tried to hide the Millennium Falcon with a bunch of shipping containers at a Star Wars production location outside London. But you can’t hide from The Google. You can see it fairly clearly on Google Maps.

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  • Signal, The Private Messaging App

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    So I’m finally giving the Signal messaging app a try. It’s the same messaging app that Edward Snowden uses because it’s currently the most secure platform there is. Signal messages and calls are always end-to-end encrypted and painstakingly engineered to keep your communication safe. We can’t read your messages or see your calls, and no…

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  • Lightsaber Escape

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    Work is sometimes a battle. Google’s latest Chrome experiment: play here. If you haven’t tried any of these before, your phone acts as a lightsaber controller, with syncing taking place between the Chrome app on your phone, and the Chrome browser on your desktop computer.

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  • My Current Favorite Origami

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    Now that’s some talented origami.

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  • Star Wars Themes for Google

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    Update (Nov 23, 18:22): Also do a Google search for the phrase “a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.” Be sure to turn the sound up for the full John Williams effect. Or for my lazy peeps: click here. As if there isn’t already an over abundance of Star Wars stuff to…

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  • Geeky Valentine’s Day Card

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    This is my favorite: High five to Tiff for this gem.

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  • Creative Log In

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    http://dash.readme.io/login (Select the password field.) Awesome.

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  • OpenSSL Heartbeat (Heartbleed) Vulnerability (CVE-2014-0160) and its High-Level Mechanics

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  • Whatever goes up, that’s what we do.

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    A short blog post about Facebook’s battle between design and numbers.

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  • Facebook Varmint

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    What is this thing on my Facebook news feed?

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  • When YouTube Goes Down…

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    This is what happens when you work at a company that works with YouTube. When YouTube goes down and everyone in the company goes to check, YouTube thinks you’re bots. If you’re ever curious about the downtimes of popular sites, check DownRightNow.

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  • Show User Library Directory in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion & 10.8 Mountain Lion

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    I can’t believe I’m posting about Mac issues. But here goes, just for my personal documentation. Not that I own anything Apple, but only because I have to use their products. Show User ~/Library in OS X Lion & Mountain Lion Launch Terminal from Spotlight or Launchpad -> Utilities, and enter the following command to…

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  • The last decade was about sharing. The next decade will be about protecting.

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      Jason Kottke on fingerprint technology: So much about us is stored in the cloud (our finances, our communication, our social lives) that we can’t turn back. The only way to protect what you’ve shared so far is to share some more. Protect your data with a password. Protect the password with some secret, personal…

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  • Android is Better

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    Before you run out and buy your pink iPhone 5c, read Paul Stamatiou’s article on why Android is Better. The list of Apple products I use daily largely amounts to OS X and Apple hardware. People identify themselves as Mac users and Windows users… zoom out a bit and you’ll find another Venn diagram where…

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  • Starbucks’ WiFi goes Google

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    Starbucks dumps AT&T WiFi for Google.

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  • Chromecast

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    Anyone buying this?

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