René's old blog
Whatever I feel like posting, whenever
This site goes back some twenty-five years, so it is bound to be full of stale links and irrelevant information. It is, at best, updated irregularly.
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The Paddling Planet sure has been totally redone, and it is now a WordPress blog that automatically imports posts from the feeds
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WordPress image sizes
Figuring out proper values for WordPress image sizes takes a bit of effort, but it’s not rocket science. Whenever you upload an image to a WordPress site, the software generates several scaled copies of the image. Some are built-in to…
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Goodbye Gondola
We have said goodbye to our old gondola. It has become impossible to keep it well, so we have donated it to the museum on the Lazzaretto Nuovo
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Nextcloud on Synology NAS
Installing Nextcloud on a Synology NAS
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Closing the Venice Kayak chapter
My company Venice Kayak is finally being closed after years of bureaucratic issues – another Venice Kayak still remains
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Synology DS720+ and NVME drives
Setting up two NVME drives as a volume on a Synology DS720+ NAS
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Our gondola is retired now
Our gondola has been retired to the museum on Lazzaretto Nuovo
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Across the river, into the trees
I spent a good deal of January and February 2021 on a movie set, but it wasn’t a very positive experience
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Rowing video from Across the River
Short video of me rowing dressed as a 1950s US Army colonel
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Fog in the lagoon
The Venetian lagoon under the fog is like an eery dream of being lost in nowhere