We just changed back our clocks here in the USA from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time, and frankly I'm sick of this dance. Invariably it means having to find all of the clocks in the house (though fortunately they are becoming fewer and fewer non-internet connected clocks). We have …

The sale of Bandcamp to Songtradr and the subsequent layoff of half of Bandcamp's staff has gotten a lot of folks thinking about Bandcamp alternatives. That's fantastic, and I really hope that several of these take off and become successful. But I'd like to caution folks on missing the mark …

This is an update to the post CiviCRM / Wordpress cron no longer working under php8, grumbles ensue.

I followed a trail of crumbs (thank you, Nicol) to CiviCRM's Mattermost server. The initial thread presented didn't get me the full answer but I did manage to find something that helped me …

Update: Found a solution

Back when I became a MUG board member one of the first things that I did was figure out how to automate our membership system. The previous system required the board to mail out envelopes to our current member asking them to renew by check. It …

Email is the ultimate instant messenger.

This might seem like a controversial take but I'm quite sincere. In my long history on the internet I've come to the realization that email is, by far, the best instant messenger client out there, and will outlast all of the existing technologies out …