Here’s how you can ban Facebook and Instagram from your computer on a Windows 10 PC. The code below also blocks Whatsapp. Blocking Facebook and Instagram requires you to modify the hosts file deep in your Windows folder. First, click on the Windows start menu … Continue readingBlock access to Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp
When the COVID-19 shutdowns started occurring, I predicted layoffs coming and if you want peace, prepare for war. That made me create helpwithcovid19.ca to organize all the benefits available for people affected by COVID-19. In late March, I remember both the federal and provincial governments … Continue readingGoogle sheets as content management system (Helpwithcovid19.ca)
Beds are hard to get out of it when you’re settled in, but lights don’t turn themselves off. In the past, I could switch the lights off in my bed using poles to turn off the lights. But not after moving to my new apartment. … Continue readingArduino Remote Light Switch
Does showering with the washroom door open increase room humidity? Does closing the blinds help significantly in retaining heat? I wanted to know how my actions affected my apartment’s temperature. But there was no commercial solution that I know of. Luckily, a Raspberry Pi, DHT22 … Continue readingTempIQ: Raspberry pi temperature logger
Eager to create a website and wanting to solve a perennial problem, I created howtopronouncemyname.com. With a goal to make people laugh and maybe learn how to pronounce my name, I kept an eye to having a diverse cast of people pronouncing my name and … Continue readingHowtopronouncemyname.com website
My client had a challenge. They did not have professional graphics creation tools nor were there specialists in that domain. Using simple HTML and CSS, I created a Facebook banner generator for their page. They could sync with Google Sheets or enter their course dates … Continue readingFacebook banner generator
Over the course of a year, I developed a landing page to support Canadian Pro Drivers’ Facebook and Google paid ad campaigns. CPD offers courses to help people become driving instructors. The page included a quiz where people could find out if they qualified to … Continue readingWebsite development for cpd to support paid social ads
Summer is rare and long weekends in the summer even more so. I decided to take my Mazda 5 minivan which has a a simple bed frame with these simple goals: GOAL: EAT WELL GOAL: SLEEP WELL The overarching goal was to explore the places … Continue readingCamper van life on the Princeton-Summerland Road
Near Ingonish, Ont., I had my cake and ate it. That marked the first, full day of riding on my 2013 trip on my 50cc scooter and the evening slowly inched into darkness. I had to find some place to retire. In retrospect, Southern Ontario … Continue readingIn Ingleside, Ont., nice Canadians
In 2013, 2014 and 2015, I brought three different cameras out on my motorcycle trips for photos and videos. Setting off from Toronto in 2013, I went to the Cape Spear, N. L., with a Canon EOS M, a mirrorless camera with a DSLR-sized sensor. … Continue readingCamera choices for photos and videos on a motorcycle trip