It’s always fascinating to me to see the various ways people find this website. First, of course, are direct visits: people using bookmarks or typing in “gregshead.net” into their browser’s address bar. Then, I know that the main referrer of visitors to GregsHead.net is Facebook.com. Some of that is from links shared by others, some…
Technology
[RCS] Amazon Prime
Welcome to another edition of RCS: Really Cool Stuff! Being readers, it makes sense that we are big fans of Amazon.com. (Remember when they just sold books?) Over the years Amazon has kept improving their amazing collection of books (both sold from their warehouses, and links to seemingly thousands upon thousands of booksellers around the…
Shutting Down Individual Apps in iOS
I learned something new today. On a visit to the Genius bar at our local Apple Retail Store (Apple Eastview), I remembered to ask about a different issue I’d been having, and that turned out to be the biggest success of the trip! My iPhone 3Gs has been slow. Verrrrrry sloooooooow. When you tap an…
[RCS] WP Word Count
Welcome to another edition of RCS: Really Cool Stuff! One of the things I most love about WordPress is the huge variety of plugins made available by the creative open source community using and developing for this platform. I switched my blog over a few years ago, and I’m still quite glad I did. (In…
Joining The PIPA/SOPA Cause
OK, so I’m a bit late (publicly) to this cause, but I have been following along (actually for quite a while now, when there were just “whispers in the wind” on such legislation mentioned on This Week In Tech and other TWIT shows… The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America = Not really the “good…
Who Me? A VCR Repairman?
Perhaps one of the strangest things I’ve done of late is a bit of repair man work on my office VCR! Who knew I could fix those? š One of the services I offer as part of my web/graphic design business* is analog-to-digital conversion. So, you bring me your old audio cassette tapes and I’ll…
[RCS] Ordering Online from Mark’s Pizzeria
From time to time here at GregsHead.net, I’ve made a point of sharing things that we’ve come across that are a great value, or just simply worth the price of admission. (There’s even a tag for it.) Since December 31st, I’ve taken a slightly new approach to producing content for this site. I will be…
Two Spaces, Or One?
Being one who has loved writing for as much of his life as he can remember, you’d think that the basics of grammar and punctuation would be the proverbial “old hat” by now, right? Well, sadly, I must admit to a(n incorrect) habit that I just CAN NOT break. ONE space, Greg… NOT TWO! It’s…
Programming of Life
Wow! We just finished watching this video (which is available in its entirety at their website, where you can also order the DVD). It was produced by some friends of ours, and man, they did a fantastic job. It’s the incredible story of the cell, DNA and all the “building blocks” of life. Just so…
Testing The System: Failure?
Curious as to the scope and effectiveness of the Nationwide Emergency Alert System test scheduled for 2pm EST today, I did a little research. A quick scan of various news sources seems to suggest it didn’t go off “without a hitch”. ABC News out of DC reports that the first-ever nationwide test today “appeared to…