I’ve included download buttons to access these important .pdf files I copied and exported to .pdf yesterday as I finally broke down in frustration after spending hours trying to upload an updated doc.x file on my expiring Word application. I typed in a query to Google on my Chrome url field, and got AI answers …
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Fix Your ePub Formatting: Essential Word Tips
One of the hardest things to do in technology is disrupt yourself. Matt Mullenweg To fix your manuscript formatting for ePub uploads, you must use Word’s Paragraph Styles instead of manual font changes. Conversion engines like Draft2Digital’s “Meatgrinder” or Smashwords rely on the underlying “Style” tags (like “Heading 1” or “Normal”) to build the Table of Contents …
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Quality Endures
Being short-sided usually brings with it a ‘low-cost’ mentality that ends up costing much more in the long-run. Savers understand this. Let’s take a look at Old Ironsides, and see how quality becomes priceless. First, we need a strong foundation. Take a look at this mess hall. These tables, these chairs, this dining hall, have …
Gospel-like Adherence and Spurious Uranus in Gemini
I’m now a Zoner. And I’m loving it! I deliver auto parts at Auto Zone!
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Q. What simple tech-hack on a website that is a one-stop shop for answers to that horrible-sinking-feeling about not being able to find the right action to edit or modify an object or page? A. The three dots in the corner! I think I mention this in another blog-post, but it came up again on …
All Hail the Supply Chain
The most important invention in your lifetime is… Paper towels: They are just as good as sliced bread! They finally made the sheets of paper with perforations at the right size. Sure, you got your cries over spilt milk and the large latte —when a mopping is needed—but for swiping the stove top after serving …
Another Day Opens
How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life? I’m just living today as though it is significant! Any influence on my day today is going to have to happen in the here and now. The present is where the gift is received!
From Horseless Carriage to Muscle and Power
Did we actually go the way we should have–when Goodyear and Firestone had us rip up all the trolley tracks? There’s so much talk in political circles about Racism and Fascism, and quite frankly, I think most of us have it wrong. Talk of Henry Ford was that he was a prejudiced white boy. It …
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Mined, Minted, Printed
Bitcoin: The Top Performing Asset of The Decade The Math doesn’t lie–and yes, it’s been done by an Astrophysicist! Let’s look at the facts: Bitcoins’ returns have beat all other asset classes for the past ten years. US Treasuries came in at number one in 2018, and Commodities came in First Place in 2022. . …
What is Your Horizon?
Sung to the tune of Burl Ives Christmas Ring: “Silver and Gold, Silver and Gold . . . I’m down about 14,000 dollars in 2025 on my brokerage account with MSTR and BITO (not to mention MSTU–realized and unrealized losses, LoL!) because I kept doing the same stupid thing over and over and expected different …
The Dao of Doug: A Bus Driver's Perspective 