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Thanks for the update. I’ve been sort of...	453,294 Views / 646 Replies
Thanks for the update. I’ve been sort of cataloguing places I’ve been - not as much a travel diary as a list of locations - and I was recently working on my family’s summer trip to Toronto in...
Posted by ghporter, on Yesterday at 07:36 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Sure (he said, after looking up what a JFIF was),...	527 Views / 3 Replies
Sure (he said, after looking up what a JFIF was), that format can be useful. But not widely useful, nor particularly practical for sharing. If I’m going to save an image, and I want to save all...
Posted by ghporter, on Apr 13, 2024 at 06:44 PM, in Art & Graphic Design

I got wonderful video of it getting really,...	453,294 Views / 646 Replies
I got wonderful video of it getting really, really dark here. Nothing really of the sun, since we had pretty thick clouds for most of the period of totality. I did get to see a “crescent sun”...
Posted by ghporter, on Apr 11, 2024 at 05:20 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I consider the sodium vapor process “lost” in the...	943 Views / 38 Replies
I consider the sodium vapor process “lost” in the way the tech to “manufacture a Saturn V” is “lost”. The jigs, production lines, and most critically the personal expertise needed to build those...
Posted by ghporter, on Apr 11, 2024 at 05:06 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Yep, scrapbooking is a good analogy. I started...	635,106 Views / 1,849 Replies
Yep, scrapbooking is a good analogy. I started using it to doomscroll while I was waiting for my hip surgery - and later for the follow-up surgery. I have yet to “add” anything to the plethora of...
Posted by ghporter, on Apr 11, 2024 at 04:54 PM, in MacNN Lounge

The worst I get is Spanish-language ads for VW’s...	635,106 Views / 1,849 Replies
The worst I get is Spanish-language ads for VW’s ID4…. But for some reason Pinterest likes to offer me “men’s underwear” ads that are targeted at a distinctly NOT me (nor my wife) demographic.
Posted by ghporter, on Apr 7, 2024 at 10:27 PM, in MacNN Lounge

That is “really good” adhesive. Or “really bad”...	688,399 Views / 1,236 Replies
That is “really good” adhesive. Or “really bad” adhesive in this case. Wow.
Posted by ghporter, on Apr 7, 2024 at 10:25 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I’m an unashamed special effects geek and science...	943 Views / 38 Replies
I’m an unashamed special effects geek and science nerd. I knew about the sodium vapor technique, and how effective it was in Mary Poppins. But… I had no idea that they’d lost the tech to do it. ...
Posted by ghporter, on Apr 7, 2024 at 10:23 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Let’s try this: This is a valid image: ...	1,497 Views / 11 Replies
Let’s try this: This is a valid image: https://www.ghporter.com/PubPics/MacNNPix/img_0802.png This is not - I changed the extension… https://www.ghporter.com/PubPics/MacNNPix/img_0802.jpg ...
Posted by ghporter, on Apr 6, 2024 at 06:09 PM, in Developer Center

The logs specifically showed failed attempts, so...	1,497 Views / 11 Replies
The logs specifically showed failed attempts, so I’m comfortable that the host and the default security setup are effective. I’ve pretty much finished my overbuilt 404 system. It checks the...
Posted by ghporter, on Apr 6, 2024 at 05:14 PM, in Developer Center

…And getting at my logs turns out to be pretty...	1,497 Views / 11 Replies
…And getting at my logs turns out to be pretty easy. I haven’t done more than scan them so far, but today’s log shows a whole lot of 404s, 301s, and even some 401s (unauthorized) and 403s...
Posted by ghporter, on Apr 2, 2024 at 10:01 PM, in Developer Center

I’ve gotten as far as using PHP to create a JPG...	1,497 Views / 11 Replies
I’ve gotten as far as using PHP to create a JPG image with my text - which includes the URL of the missing file. I haven’t yet done any timing to see, but this may be a lot faster than using an...
Posted by ghporter, on Apr 2, 2024 at 09:31 PM, in Developer Center

My previous reply sounds almost preachy, which...	613 Views / 17 Replies
My previous reply sounds almost preachy, which was not my intent. I have to admit that I am extremely biased against cable shuffling, and I'm extremely cynical about "rated cycles", but not...
Posted by ghporter, on Apr 1, 2024 at 02:40 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Thanks, that makes a lot of sense. Also, your...	1,497 Views / 11 Replies
Thanks, that makes a lot of sense. Also, your logic flow description simplified the PHP for me. It can be a fairly simple decision tree, with options for returning whatever error responses I have...
Posted by ghporter, on Apr 1, 2024 at 02:19 PM, in Developer Center

Gotta do what you can to compete across from a...	60,370 Views / 389 Replies
Gotta do what you can to compete across from a Costco. I wouldn’t want to set up a hot dog stand anywhere near one; competing for gasoline customers is big business.
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 30, 2024 at 09:14 PM, in MacNN Lounge

From experience (on land) transfer boxes tend to...	688,399 Views / 1,236 Replies
From experience (on land) transfer boxes tend to be really reliable, but anything can fail. With the speed at which the lights came back on (several times) it looks like it was some sort of basic...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 30, 2024 at 09:12 PM, in MacNN Lounge

“Supposedly rated” is anything from the QC folks...	613 Views / 17 Replies
“Supposedly rated” is anything from the QC folks verifying some large percentage of a product actually tests to failure past 10k cycles, to the maker having tested at least one specimen to survive...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 30, 2024 at 09:10 PM, in MacNN Lounge

That’s a huge difference. I typically use...	1,286,578 Views / 1,843 Replies
That’s a huge difference. I typically use the gas station squeegee every time I put gas in the car - assuming the station’s squeegee station has any fluid in it at all. Stuff accumulates quickly...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 30, 2024 at 08:56 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Enforcement on private property has been a low...	635,106 Views / 1,849 Replies
Enforcement on private property has been a low priority - we don’t pay our cops well at all, they are always overstretched, and until it’s pandemonium in the Target parking lot, they’re not going to...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 30, 2024 at 08:50 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I couldn’t find anything errors for specific...	1,497 Views / 11 Replies
I couldn’t find anything errors for specific folders in the Apache documentation. When one clicks on a “no picture” icon in one of my posts, it does produce my custom 404. But it still gives that...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 30, 2024 at 08:41 PM, in Developer Center

It definitely sounds like the Apache docs are...	1,497 Views / 11 Replies
It definitely sounds like the Apache docs are where I need to start. My web host uses Apache, so anything I need to set up I can test at home before I upload it. Since all of the images I’m...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 30, 2024 at 06:35 PM, in Developer Center

I like the term “Pavement Princesses”. They...	635,106 Views / 1,849 Replies
I like the term “Pavement Princesses”. They don’t share, don’t take turns, and consider lane and other markings as something “other people” observe. You wonder how they managed to get past...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 30, 2024 at 12:32 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I always thought of Rain-X as a windshield...	1,286,578 Views / 1,843 Replies
I always thought of Rain-X as a windshield treatment. I didn’t know they offered wiper fluid too. Now I know not to buy that.
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 30, 2024 at 12:15 PM, in MacNN Lounge

That’s true, and a big issue for all shipping. ...	688,399 Views / 1,236 Replies
That’s true, and a big issue for all shipping. Ships are getting bigger and bigger, across the range of types of ships. Continuing with my comparison with cruise ships, the first ship we sailed on,...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 30, 2024 at 12:12 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Wow! Are those prices substantially higher...	60,370 Views / 389 Replies
Wow! Are those prices substantially higher because they’re in Chicago proper, or because it’s a name-brand station? Around here regular bounced up to about $3.00+ for a short time, then...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 30, 2024 at 11:17 AM, in MacNN Lounge

Yep, P-Touch is not a great, long term solution. ...	613 Views / 17 Replies
Yep, P-Touch is not a great, long term solution. Because they are laminated thermal tape, the outer layer separates, then the printed layer comes unstuck, and it falls off. I even tried adding...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 30, 2024 at 11:09 AM, in MacNN Lounge

How To Handle “Missing Files” When I Reorganize My Hosted Images?	1,497 Views / 11 Replies
All of the images I post here and elsewhere are hosted on my personal website. Technically, they’re hosted on my hosting service, and aren’t actually part of a website, just in folders under my...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 30, 2024 at 11:00 AM, in Developer Center

The FSK bridge was a good design that depended on...	688,399 Views / 1,236 Replies
The FSK bridge was a good design that depended on ships not hitting the pilings that supported it. If you look at the pictures, you can see the power line towers are surrounded by a sort of floating...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 29, 2024 at 06:22 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I am using a DP KVM for my two Linux desktops,...	613 Views / 17 Replies
I am using a DP KVM for my two Linux desktops, and I’m quite happy with it. I chose this one ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BGMB4MLM?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&ref_=cm_sw_r_ud_dp_XSGVEDVXR45HEG2CFAT9_1)...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 29, 2024 at 06:10 PM, in MacNN Lounge

That makes more sense. Restoring an older iPad...	2,696 Views / 17 Replies
That makes more sense. Restoring an older iPad with whatever older MacOS version one might have available handles most of the problems with getting the old iPads running.
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 26, 2024 at 03:12 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod

That’s a great idea, but how? There are a bunch...	2,696 Views / 17 Replies
That’s a great idea, but how? There are a bunch of websites that tell you tons of stuff about using old iPads, but they usually talk about putting some flavor of Linux (or worse, an Android-ish...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 26, 2024 at 02:49 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod

OK, maybe I’ve mentioned this before, but it’s...	635,106 Views / 1,849 Replies
OK, maybe I’ve mentioned this before, but it’s still an irritant. People with handicap placards or license plates…most cannot park worth shite. For some context, my orthopedic surgeon...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 25, 2024 at 01:42 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I stand corrected on the veracity of my opening...	661 Views / 9 Replies
I stand corrected on the veracity of my opening sentence. It sure sounds like what John might have said, and of the four of them, I feel that John was the most likely to kid about the others. But...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 23, 2024 at 07:26 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Compared to the BMW X3 I had before the CR-V, it...	1,286,578 Views / 1,843 Replies
Compared to the BMW X3 I had before the CR-V, it drives well. And mine is peppy enough to surprise young people with loud exhausts and delusions of driving skills. But true, it’s not an...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 16, 2024 at 05:43 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I think of that as being preemptively rude. It’s...	635,106 Views / 1,849 Replies
I think of that as being preemptively rude. It’s clear to me that most “drivers” got “socially promoted” out of kindergarten, because they never learned to take turns. :\
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 12, 2024 at 09:07 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Hmmm. Now when are the liability lawsuits going...	82,032 Views / 298 Replies
Hmmm. Now when are the liability lawsuits going to show up? G-R may have been “the” criminally guilty party, but there’s plenty of responsibility to go around.
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 12, 2024 at 09:04 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Honda has the Prologue, a full EV SUV. It...	1,286,578 Views / 1,843 Replies
Honda has the Prologue, a full EV SUV. It appears to have a wheelbase similarly to the Pilot, which is a positive thing. They also offer a hybrid version of the CR-V (which would have been the car...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 12, 2024 at 09:02 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Lest we forget, the (before it was a bad word)...	637 Views / 16 Replies
Lest we forget, the (before it was a bad word) hacker’s periodical, 2600. Named after the frequency of that whistle, it was and is a journal of investigating tech that most people wouldn’t know...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 12, 2024 at 08:44 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I’m happy with my purchase. The drive “just...	3,860 Views / 6 Replies
I’m happy with my purchase. The drive “just works”, and I have confidence that it will keep on doing so.
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 11, 2024 at 07:34 PM, in Consumer Hardware & Components

LibreOffice is a really finished product. It...	1,358 Views / 12 Replies
LibreOffice is a really finished product. It looks and feels much like either MS Office or the Apple equivalents, and it has plenty of actually well-written help. It takes a few minutes to get used...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 11, 2024 at 07:21 PM, in Mac Notebooks

“Do You Think Ringo Is The Best Drummer In The World?”	661 Views / 9 Replies
An interviewer once asked John “Do you think Ringo is the best drummer in the world?” and he replied “Ringo isn’t even the best drummer in the Beatles”. It seems that all of the boys could play...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 10, 2024 at 09:36 AM, in MacNN Lounge

She’s G-R as far as I’m concerned. An...	82,032 Views / 298 Replies
She’s G-R as far as I’m concerned. An industry insider who assumes (apparently just because that’s what they have seen) that ONLY the industry uses Starline brass for dummies? That’s worrisome on...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 6, 2024 at 10:34 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Yes. I conflated the “series B funding”...	1,286,578 Views / 1,843 Replies
Yes. I conflated the “series B funding” mentioned some bit before the introduction of the Roadster in the Wikipedia article. I’d been looking for mention of the Lotus connection, and when I found...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 6, 2024 at 10:25 PM, in MacNN Lounge

On an exit ramp, the sign says “Lane Ends Merge...	635,106 Views / 1,849 Replies
On an exit ramp, the sign says “Lane Ends Merge Left”…the broken white lane separator line disappears…yet people still keep going until the barrier forces them to move left. Often this happens in...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 6, 2024 at 10:17 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I remember that one of the big selling points of...	1,286,578 Views / 1,843 Replies
I remember that one of the big selling points of the original Tesla Model B was that it was designed with input from Lotus (it had about 6% parts overlap with the Elise), and it should ride like a...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 5, 2024 at 06:41 PM, in MacNN Lounge

I spent quite a while ranting about how either...	82,032 Views / 298 Replies
I spent quite a while ranting about how either the rental house, the production company or (probably) both had vertically fornicated the whole thing at every opportunity, but even with good...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 5, 2024 at 06:29 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Oops, the stupid lawyer ad just came back…	3,880 Views / 10 Replies
Oops, the stupid lawyer ad just came back…
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 5, 2024 at 05:39 PM, in Feedback

I’m with subego on this. The person responsible...	82,032 Views / 298 Replies
I’m with subego on this. The person responsible for firearms and ammunition on the set is responsible for establishing that the set is safe. This would include inspecting all firearms and all...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 4, 2024 at 07:19 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Related: I worked with a guy here in San Antonio...	44,868 Views / 243 Replies
Related: I worked with a guy here in San Antonio who’d been a migrant picker with his family when he was young. We got to share stories about Traverse City, Michigan because his family had picked...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 3, 2024 at 05:04 PM, in MacNN Lounge

Have had a seriously challenging week but get it...	635,106 Views / 1,849 Replies
Have had a seriously challenging week but get it done. Plan for a productive Saturday and a laid back, “fun with friends and family” Sunday, and knock Saturday out of the park. Feel like low...
Posted by ghporter, on Mar 3, 2024 at 04:56 PM, in MacNN Lounge

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