Category Archives: Stuff

Tax Time

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Check out my lonely H&R Block App on the home page of my iPad.  Yes, that is a cool picture I took from a past trip to Las Vegas that I use as my wallpaper.  For the first time ever, I used an iPad App to file my taxes.  As you can tell, I like to procrastinate until the last possible day.  In the US, today is the filing deadline for Federal Taxes.  I liked the App so much that I gave it 9 out of 10 stars.  It was free, my filing process was simple and free, and my rather small tax refund should arrive electronically in my bank.  Isn’t technology wonderful?

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Instagram Blog

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Lately, if I get some downtime, I am enjoying the Instagram Blog.  It has features like the one seen above called “The Week on Instagram”.  The photography here is inspirational.  There are also many other blog posts of interest, like the one below called “The Life of a Ballerina, Photographed by a Ballerina…”.  Check it out and see if you find it interesting, or not.

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World Market

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The World Market has useful things – like tea and chocolate from different parts of the world.  You can go there and pretend that you are on a multinational trip.  They also have things that are less useful- like elephants, chocolate banana Pocky sticks, and champagne flavor jelly beans.  I find that I tend to gravitate to the less useful items when making my purchasing decisions.  At least my next snack time should be fun.

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Themes

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I have spent the evening researching WordPress Themes, and my head is spinning.  I am using the Reddle Theme, but want a change for my new blog home.  I like themes like the ones shown here.  I want a good theme for a photography blog, probably one column, most likely with a black or dark colored background, and one that will support WordPress WordAds.  I will keep on researching and let you know what I pick for my next Theme.

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earthrobert.com

  
Since my Media Library was filled to the brim, I have opted to try out the Premium upgrade to my WordPress blog.  From what I can tell, this includes the following benefits.

     

  • The Media Library is now capped at 13 GB instead of 3 GB.  So you will see more photos from me.

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  • I get my own domain name, “earthrobert.com”.

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  • I will have more options to customize the design of my blog.

So look forward to some changes in the near future.  For now, I received the message “We are setting up earthrobert.com for you.  It should start working immediately, but may be unreliable during the first 72 hours.”  I hope this is a seamless process for me and you.  We shall see what happens.

Want Sunsets?

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I keep getting out of work after dark.  It is not fun.  At the latest, I should be catching the sunset.  So now, I am using Periscope to catch the rising or setting sun.  Like this person above who was Periscoping while driving in Russia.  Thanks for sharing your awesome sun event with the world!  The most recent Periscope feature adds a live, moving curve that defines the dark part of the world versus the light part of the world on the map view.  If only I could get out of work early enough to see the light side of things…

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Log Out of Twitter

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Before you do anything, make sure you know the account name and password for your Twitter account so you can successfully log back in.  If you are totally sure that you’ve got this, then log out of Twitter on the web browser of your choice.  What you will discover is something that might be more entertaining than your usual Twitter feed.  The Twitter people have recently made this happen.  You will get a view of the newest and most popular tweets.  You can also search for key words or hash tags.  For example, if you are interested in art, just type it in and search.  More fun than when you were logged in as yourself?  Probably so – but you can only have so much fun in one day, so log back into Twitter and check out your normal feed before bedtime.  🙂

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