I recently upgraded my main workstation from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. The initial upgrade had a number of issues; one of which was my monitors would never shut off and go into power saving mode/screen saver and the computer would no longer go to sleep. This had been working 100% prior to the Windows […]
My niece’s 2006 Honda Civic had an odd problem where it would randomly not shift into park. Sometimes wiggling the shifter around would allow it to work, but the issue occurred periodically for almost a year. My brother spend considerable time trying to resolve the issue, checking the shift solenoid and linkage. Eventually we looked […]
I ran into an issue with a recent Outlook 2013 upgrade where a new calendar labeled with “this computer only” appeared and all of my new appointments started going to it instead of to my usual default calendar. Originally I thought the appointments were disappearing, but later found them in a new “this computer only” […]
I recently performed a migration of an Office 365 site to the upgraded Sharepoint 2013 format using the Public Website Content Migration App. I had a number of issues; so I thought I’d post the solutions. The first issue I ran into is when running the app I received an error message of: “Server Error in […]
When I first started using Prezi I struggled with the best way to get zoomable graphics that didn’t pixelate and become fuzzy. After quite a bit of trail and error I managed to get reasonably good graphic exports from most programs while keeping vector based images and transparent backgrounds. Here’s what worked for me: PowerPoint: […]
I turned a few pens this holiday season and had 2 interesting ones that I thought I’d post. This first one is made from a globular growth that occurs on some scotch pine trees. Below is a picture of one of the branches, the cut before turning and the finished pen made from the branch. […]
One of my computers (which runs Windows 8.1) started giving an error of “Something went wrong while downloading your template.” in all of my MS office 2013 programs (word, excel, powerpoint, etc). Some internet searching revealed similar issues with other users but no solution. I eventually got rid of the error so I though I’d […]
I recently received an error that Skype could not log in due to a disk I/O error using Windows 8.1. I found this odd since there had been no previous errors with Skype or dirty shutdowns or reboots of the computer. I tried restarting my computer and following the instructions at https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA10143/why-do-i-get-a-disk-i-o-error-when-i-try-to-sign-in-to-skype-for-windows-desktop which did NOT […]
I purchased a Go Pro camera for my wife for Christmas this year and thought I would build some type of pole mount for it. I went out to my shop to look for something that might work for a mount and found a good solution in my box of PVC conduit odds and ends. […]
For some reason our 2006 Honda Civic was missing the entire back up light and socket on one side when we bought it used a couple years ago. I finally got around to working on it this weekend and managed to get a socket and light installed (FYI its possible to use one from a […]
