My views, reviews, and how-tos
I have to admit, I got terribly confused when trying to descale my Nespresso Vertuo Plus coffee machine for the first time. 😂
Now that I’ve done it a few times, I decided to write these steps out for myself. Maybe they’ll help you out, too!
Continue reading “Nespresso Vertuo Plus Deluxe descaling instructions”I noticed that when I opened the main Cloudflare plugin page on my WordPress site, I got an error spinner. I thought maybe I should deactivate the plugin and reactivate it to fix the problem.
But that was a mistake. Because it then resulted in a “Too many redirects” error when I tried to access my site, effectively locking me out of wp-admin as well.
Continue reading “Fix too many redirects after deactivating Cloudflare WordPress plugin”This post explains my fix for automating the lighting in my bathroom, using an Echo Flex with motion sensor and a Wyze bulb.
These are the devices I’m referring to:
Here’s my Fitbit setup for tracking my 21 Day Fix Extreme workouts. (Or any workouts, really, that you want to label.)
I like using this information to compare my performance (calories burned, for example) across different sessions of the same workout. It’s also interesting to see how different workout programs (21 Day Fix Extreme vs Focus: T25 vs 22 Minute Hard Corps) affect your numbers!
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So less than four months after buying my Honda, an “Emissions System Problem” showed up on my dash when I started up the car one morning before work.
Wut?! How can a brand new car already have problems?
Turns out there’s an easy fix.
Continue reading “How I fixed the “Emissions System Problem” on my Honda”
This article was originally posted April 5, 2015, and updated January 5, 2016.
The Polar H7 Bluetooth heart rate sensor is must-have equipment for working out! I’ve had mine for a few years now, and it tracks how many calories I burn and how strenuously I work.
Because I use it almost every day, I have to change the battery a few times a year. The first time I changed the battery, I could not for the life of me figure out how to re-pair the sensor with my iPhone.
Thank goodness for the interwebs. :D
Continue reading “How to reset the Polar H7 Bluetooth heart rate sensor”
This is the goal: zero Google Webmaster errors on the Structured Data page for your WordPress site!
If you use the fabulous Hueman theme, there are only a few simple changes you need to make.
Here’s a complete list of changes, straight from my own site, tanster.com!
Continue reading “How to get rid of Google WebMaster errors in the Hueman WordPress theme”
WordPress 2’s theme selection page (click Presentation from the Admin panel) now includes thumbnails so you can see what each theme looks like. A theme must include this thumbnail file (called screenshot.png) in order for it to be displayed.
When a theme doesn’t include its own screenshot.png, here’s a quick and dirty way to create it yourself:
Continue reading “Quick and dirty way to create screenshot.png”
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