How to Fix Lulu.com “Ink Coverage” Warnings (IN MINUTES) WITHOUT Adobe InDesign
As promised, here’s the ICC profile needed for the fix: Coated Fogra39 260 Uncoated (CRPC3) ICC profile. So, you’ve finished […]
I Tried Everything to Speed Up this Website… Let’s See the Results
As promised in the video, here are the links to the web hosts I recommend: Rocket.net, and Cloudways. NOTE: Some
Fixing My Frankenstein Website: The Big Overhaul
My website is a mess. Oh sure, it looks just fine, but it’s all smoke and mirrors. Behind the surface,
How to Convert Endianness in C/C++ in 4 Different Ways
I’m going to show you 4 different ways to convert between big-endian, little endian, and vice versa, starting with the slowest because it’s also the easiest to understand. I’m also going to reveal a gotcha that can really trip you up. And, I’ll show you the best-practise for making endianness handling code work on all […]
A Communications Disruption Can Mean Only One Thing…
ERROR I had a major communications disruption end of last week. It has nothing to do with Star Wars, phantom menaces, or annoying alien creatures. Instead, it was the result of an epic #UXfail. I bet you’re imagining a website or app failure, but User eXperience (UX) is more encompassing than that. Here’s what happened…I’m […]
Join Kea Campus as a Founding Member
It’s finally here: The Kea Campus membership portal is finally open and waiting for you. I first started hinting about it two months ago (link). I ran a survey, documented the process of building the membership portal, got delayed… and now it’s finally here. But what is it? Who is it for? And what’s inside?To […]
Building a Membership Portal (For You)
I’m in the process of setting up a membership portal on the Kea Sigma Delta website. It’s for the membership program that I’ve been hinting at (link). So those of you who thought it was going to be Patreon are wrong. I’ve got my own platform, and it makes sense to use it. Here’s what […]
A YouTube Creator AI That Isn’t Hype
I’ve long considered AI to be overhyped, and kind of annoying. All that AI generated content, from over the top articles, through to images that don’t look quite right (e.g., a sheep with 10 legs instead of 4). However, I’ve stumbled on an AI tool that has me genuinely impressed. Here’s why…AI Video Thumbnail analysisHere’s […]
Customer Service UX (User Experience) Design Fail
This morning I had to renew my Malaysian drivers license, and I had to do it in person. In typical government office style here, you have to take a number, and then wait for your number to be called. When we arrived, we discovered that the old push-button machine for taking a number had been […]
Connecting Filezilla to FTP Servers Behind a NAT Router (the Easy Way)
Having trouble connecting Filezilla to an FTP server that’s behind a NAT router? If it connects, but then gives a “Failed to retrieve directory listing” error, then you have likely hit a classic NAT router problem.I first encountered this when trying to connect to ZitaFTP Server when it was running from within the Qemu emulator. […]