As most of you know by now, my brain tends to work best in ‘Workbooks’; collections of spreadsheets that allow me to visualize, categorize, organize, and sometimes manipulate data in a visual manner so it becomes actionable to me. One of the projects I’ve ‘workbooked’ is my search for a reputable Web Host, and in […]
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For financial matters, it’s quite nice, and very practical, to have a budget. It’s important to know where all of your money is supposed to go, and while there’s plenty of budgeting tools out there, I have yet to find one that works as simply and thoroughly as this PY sheet. Personnel Year Budgeting Tool
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Client sent me a Dell Latitude E6420 laptop that was in good shape, but had no OS. I pulled the back cover off, gave it a solid lookover, and didn’t find any issues so I put it all back together and started installed Windows 10 Pro 64 bit. OS install was straightforward, and I specifically
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Howdy all! I’m in the process of updating my web hosting to a new host, Rad Web Hosting, after all the problems and failures of Hostinger. Changing web hosts is definitely a problematic experience with older CMS systems, but I’m enjoying learning all about how much easier it is to do with WordPress, and a
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Howdy folks! This post is my process for troubleshooting a parasitic draw. Learn more about what a Parasitic Draw is. The first thing I do is roll the drivers side window down, open the hood, make sure the engine is off, the key is out of the ignition, and close all the doors. Then I
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A parasitic draw is when something electrical is using energy while your vehicle or other electrical device is powered off and should not be using electricity. This could be in your vehicle, where we most commonly talk about this issue, or it could be in an appliance, tool, equipment or other electrical device.While it generally
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When it comes time to program your radio with software, there are three key components to consider, and it’s very helpful to separate them when troubleshooting. First, the connection.In order to get your devices (PC and radio) to communicate with one another, you need a connection. While Bluetooth is starting to become available in newer
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I keep a master frequency plan that I’ve honed over the years, and I have it set up so that all of my radios start with these frequencies in this order. They’re all simplex frequencies, so it doesn’t matter where in the country I am, I’ll want these frequencies in my radios.This allows me to
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