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Category Archives: Dear Lazyweb
Talk to Me About the Gorillapod
Dear Lazyweb, Lately I’ve been doing close-up photography with a Canon 500D close-up adapter. To get enough depth of field I find myself using tiny apertures. Tiny apertures require long exposures, which beg for a tripod. A short tripod would … Continue reading
Posted in Dear Lazyweb, Photos
6 Comments
Follow-up with pics: converting raw speaker wires to banana plugs
Last Christmas we upgrade our home entertainment system and moved everything to new furniture. During the move I had trouble with two of the speakers. Re-cutting the speaker wire fixed one speaker, but not the center. During that trouble I … Continue reading
Posted in A&E, Dear Lazyweb, Tech
1 Comment
School Me on Speaker Wire and Banana Connectors, Please
Dear Lazyweb, Let’s talk about speakers and speaker wire. Ten years ago I bought a set of Paradigm speakers (which I still lurv), a Pioneer receiver (which is OK if not great) and lamp cord to connect everything. And for … Continue reading
Posted in A&E, Dear Lazyweb, Tech
4 Comments
How do I get Kim Kardashian’s picture off of my Twitter profile?
Dear Lazyweb, So I created a Twitter account for work. During account setup Twitter asks if you’d like to follow some of their top Twitterers. Thinking I should see how other people Twitter I picked five people. Now I have … Continue reading
Bleg: childproofing Windows XP?
Dear Lazyweb, My mom got Katie a LeapFrog computer last year. Now she wants to use our real computers. We’re thrilled that she wants to learn about computers, but obviously I don’t want her deleting files. A few months ago … Continue reading
Posted in Dear Lazyweb, Tech
8 Comments
More chainsaw advice
In response to my bleg for chainsaw advice Richard Calderwood sent this, which I’m reposting with his permission. – LJ Hey Les – I’m a Portland city slicker, but I own a couple hundred acres in NE Arizona and have … Continue reading
Bleg: Chainsaw advice
Dear Lazyweb, I’m ready to buy a gasoline chainsaw. I’ve only used one a couple of times so I plan to take a class. Any advice to get started? Price isn’t the main consideration. I’m not looking to buy the … Continue reading
Tech bleg update: WiFi problem solved
A month ago I wrote about my WiFi problem. The laptops connected fine, but the desktop in the back bedroom would no longer get a usable signal. That desktop is in a cubby under the desk, with its antenna about … Continue reading
Posted in Dear Lazyweb, Tech
2 Comments
WordPress bleg: how to get keyword tags, ShareThis in RSS?
Dear Lazyweb, I’ve noticed some of the blogs I read in RSS show the keywords/tags and a ShareThis link. Anyone got the WordPress template code or plugin for that magical sorcery?
Posted in Blogging, Dear Lazyweb
2 Comments
Bleg: how to cut WordPress’s CPU usage?
My ISP is telling me I still have massive CPU usage. In an attempt to get it under control I’m experimenting with some WordPress settings. The first step was to put the Recent Comments sidebar on hiatus. I may install … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Dear Lazyweb
9 Comments
Bleg: help me fix my wifi connection
Dear Lazyweb, So over the last few months I’ve been having problems with my wifi connection I haven’t had before. We can get a good signal on the laptops, which we almost always use in the living room near the … Continue reading
Posted in Dear Lazyweb, Tech
10 Comments
Help me pick out a watch for my 40th birthday
Dear Lazyweb, The big 4 Oh approacheth. My wife asked me what I wanted for my birthday, as she always does, and this time I gave it a little more thought than usual. I decided a watch would be a … Continue reading
Posted in Dear Lazyweb
7 Comments
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