Month: January 2015
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Free Website Security Certificates (a/k/a Free SSL Certificates)
If you have a website, you almost certainly need to secure it. Even for a simple WordPress blog like this one, security is a real problem; sites get hacked all the time, and even a site like this one can draw hundreds or thousands of hack attempts per day. Sometimes, it’s because hackers discover a…
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How to Make Pretty Blanks in Word
The Problem If you ever work with Microsoft Word, you have probably needed to insert a blank line or a block of text in a filled-in blank. For example, maybe you want a blank like this: . Or maybe you want a blank with text in it, like this . If you just try turning on…
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Ch-Ch-Changes
As many of my readers know, I have a lot going on right now. We’re expecting our first child, Catherine, in May! Meanwhile, my wife and I are selling our current house in Houston later this week and moving to a Houston suburb (more house, less money, good times). Things are a little busy. That…