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If your AirPods Max buttons stop working, try this…

Articles / November 4, 2024

I recently acquired a set of AirPods Max after something like six years of using Beats3 OTE headphones. They sound fantastic, and, as with any Apple product, they work seamlessly with the rest of my Apple crap. One day in the last week or so, the buttons on my AirPods Max stopped working. It also […]

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This young woman turned 16 when I wasn’t looking.

Images / June 23, 2023

This young woman turned 16 when I wasn’t looking. Read More »

Imagine being the newbie lawyer who had to type up the paperwork to register this trademark

Images / May 5, 2023

Imagine being the newbie lawyer who had to type up the paperwork to register this trademark Read More »

Nora as Alice in “You Can’t Take It With You”

Images / May 5, 2023

Nora as Alice in “You Can’t Take It With You” Read More »

Hands down, the most repulsive Python code I’ve written in at least a quarter

Updates / April 25, 2023

Hands down, the most repulsive Python code I’ve written in at least a quarter Read More »

I’m putting this crap on my cornflakes at this point

Updates / April 13, 2023

I’m putting this crap on my cornflakes at this point Read More »

One-line shell script to get the HTTP status of multiple sites

Articles / April 13, 2023

Had this come up with a client recently… A software vulnerability was discovered that could—potentially—result in a WordPress site throwing 500 errors. My client operates dozens of sites and needed to know if any of their sites were affected. Shell to the rescue. First, I exported a complete list of sites from their host (WP

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