This site is some twenty-five years old, and it contains lots of ancient stuff, much of it utterly dated and useless.
Sorry about that.
If anything, I post very unevenly, and about whatever occupies me.
Some featured posts
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De-googling
I have tried for ages to de-google. Not just from Google itself, but all the big ones — Google, Apple, Meta, Amazon. However, de-googling is not easy.
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Koha Library Software
Setting up a library management system like Koha is not easy, but once it’s done, registering and cataloguing your books is very easy.
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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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Most recent posts
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Mail-in-a-box
When Google shut down the free Google Workspace I’ve used for over ten years, I moved to Mail-in-a-box.
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Paddling Planet overhaul
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 WordPress, some are defined by the theme used, or by plug-ins, while others can be…
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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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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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