Category: Computers

  • Random Surfing, That’s What I like

    It’s not often I get a chance to random surf. But I took a little break to do just that. Here’s what I found: Flash, Not Flash Gordon…okay maybe him too Flash animation was great at the beginning, but it was always difficult to share and embed elsewhere. When social media came along, there were…

  • Facebook and Phishing for Catfish

    I am seriously wondering when the worlds attraction to social media will implode. I’ve been waiting for over a decade now. Take care of your own data! I’ve just heard on the following podcast that Huber Engineered Wood Ltd. used Instagram to educate clients about improvements in building techniques and product use. The account got…

  • What 3 Words Are You?

    One of my favorite mapping tools is what3words. I’ve updated the contact forms to include a location autosuggest for filling out a 3word address. The CSS keeps messing up the display, but that’s another days work.

  • New To Me Laptop

    I’m currently in the middle of reinstalling the operating system on a laptop I acquired from my daughter. An intel i3 system with only 4 gigs of memory. Also the computer’s battery is toast. I need to get these two things fixed. I plan on maxing out the memory – whatever that is – to…

  • Statistics Canada

    I took a short-term contract with Statistics Canada working on the national census that is carried out every 5 years.  I thought I’d do my part by syndicating on of their videos that they produce to educate Canadians on what the census data is used for.  I gotta say that the back-drop for the video…

  • Maps Online

      Esri is putting out some open source API’s. Because of this there are new opportunities with creating plug-ins for WordPress. I was about to link to the ESRI Javascript API and create my own embedded map from ArcOnline. Someone beat me to it, namely Gavin Rehkemper,  With the help of his brand new Plug-in…