Blog Archive 2024 Re-enable networking after macOS Sequoia upgrade Sep 17 2024 Getting OmniFocus Task to physical paper Jul 10 2024 Replicate ISO Date from macOS in Drafts Jun 22 2024 SQL Scripting to Manage Person Records in Maximo Jan 24 2024 2023 New Microsoft Windows App for macOS Nov 16 2023 Using Dictation in iOS Shortcuts Nov 07 2023 Migrating legacy text into Maximo Long Descriptions Sep 11 2023 Add Spacers to your macOS menu dock Jul 28 2023 Maximo Automation Script on Duplicate Records Jul 13 2023 Maximo Version of SMRP PM Compliance Mar 28 2023 Should it really be this hard Mar 28 2023 When technology fails its fundamentals Mar 13 2023 New Mac Setup Notes Feb 16 2023 A new GTDesque Shortcut Jan 06 2023 2022 My Year End Review Dec 29 2022 Another KM Macro Conversion Sep 05 2022 Creating Pelican title blocks in Drafts Aug 10 2022 Rethinking my what's in my toolbox Aug 08 2022 2021 Setting the sort order of Select Value dialog box in Maximo Jun 27 2021 Reviewing PM completion requirements Jun 16 2021 Migrating my plain text files May 05 2021 2020 What time is it? Jul 23 2020 Extending BIRT's hidden parameters - Pt 2 Jun 02 2020 Extending the use of Maximo's hidden BIRT parameter May 30 2020 Conditionally make 'Memo' a requirement Apr 23 2020 2019 Controlling BIRT Chart Colors in Maximo Oct 31 2019 Running a Maximo Escalation to catch an event every 30d Oct 08 2019 BIRT Data Set Types Sep 24 2019 Adding Context Messages to your Maximo processes Sep 18 2019 Flexible date ranges in Maximo BIRT reports Apr 26 2019 Getting OmniFocus 3 Task List on Paper (like real paper) Feb 07 2019 How to turn off drop shadow on screenshots Feb 07 2019 Triggering events on macOS from iOS Jan 21 2019 Adventures in driving Jan 17 2019 A new way to look at 2019 Jan 01 2019 2018 iOS Shortcuts - Return to Home Screen Dec 18 2018 Rationalizing my choices for the Mac Mini Nov 08 2018 Pondering next computer purchase Nov 05 2018 Limiting the voices of my Monkey brain Oct 25 2018 Setting a DateTime for testing SQL statements Oct 02 2018 The day I knew tech journalism was dead Sep 06 2018 Geek Household MCU Movie Viewing Order Jul 14 2018 Replicating Spare Part Lists with Maximo BIRT & MIF Jun 26 2018 Using Keyboard Maestro to drive Marked 2 May 29 2018 Incorporating Location Hierarchy on WO Print May 18 2018 Setting PM to 1st Day of the Month Jan 16 2018 Maximo's Built In Sharing Service Jan 07 2018 The Division for Destiny Players (Pt 3) Jan 03 2018 The Division for Destiny Players (Pt 2) Jan 01 2018 2017 The Division for Destiny Players (Pt 1) Dec 28 2017 Using Conditions for Tab Hiding Oct 26 2017 Add Conditional Security to prevent WO Cancellation Oct 12 2017 Getting ISO Date & Day of Week in BIRT Oct 11 2017 Using Keyboard Maestro for Split View on macOS Oct 04 2017 A conference that turned into a community Aug 03 2017 My 10 years with the iPhone Jun 29 2017 Using multiple Conditional UI statements on 'READ' sigoption Jun 02 2017 Reliability lessons from DevOps May 15 2017 What's wrong with the TouchBar MBP Apr 05 2017 Cheese your way to 50 extra motes of light Mar 31 2017 The lost art of the discerning eye Mar 29 2017 Knowing your Python scripting environment Mar 02 2017 iOS Photo Merge for Pythonista 3 Feb 27 2017 View Footer/Header in Word 2016 Feb 20 2017 iPad vs Mac (for the power user) Feb 07 2017 The Case of the iPad Experiment Feb 06 2017 Accidental iPad Experiment Feb 04 2017 2016 24 Days of Reading Dec 02 2016 Getting back in the groove Nov 28 2016 Rethinking my investment in Apple Nov 21 2016 Using Maximo to help train users on queries Oct 24 2016 Why I chose [blank] as my next gaming console Sep 08 2016 Protecting Maximo from inbound emails Jul 20 2016 Thoughts on Father's Day Jun 19 2016 Fixing Safari Setting for Keyboard Maestro Jun 16 2016 Rise of Iron Bungie Stream Jun 09 2016 Getting multiple records to show inline in BIRT May 19 2016 Destiny Stream - Sandbox & Crucible Apr 07 2016 New RSS Feed Apr 07 2016 Asking the right questions about your metrics Mar 31 2016 Destiny Stream - New Things to Earn Mar 30 2016 Hello iPhone 5 SE Mar 23 2016 Destiny April Update Preview Mar 23 2016 Reviewing Arms Days Packages Mar 16 2016 Making the move to Python 3 Mar 01 2016 Change Finder Sort Order for OS X El Capitan Feb 29 2016 Creating a Row Number in a Grouped Detail Jan 25 2016 Capture and merge photos with Pythonista Jan 12 2016 2015 Solutions for a minor mid-life crisis Dec 13 2015 Can you find the Maximo security risk? Nov 16 2015 Differences in password management Nov 13 2015 Taking a Step Back to Improve Your Reliability Program Oct 29 2015 Wait for El Cap 10.11.1 if you use Office 2016 Oct 15 2015 New Raspbian Configuration Option Oct 01 2015 Using OmniGraffle for your iOS 9 review Sep 13 2015 Logging Ad Hoc Requests to OmniFocus Sep 12 2015 Update to Exporting OmniFocus to iThoughtsHD Sep 07 2015 Adding Applescript to OF 2 Tool Bar Sep 05 2015 Common SQL Server Statements for Maximo Sep 04 2015 Humility through learning Aug 30 2015 Adding Word Wrap Javascript Function to BIRT Aug 24 2015 Using Quick Find to return most recently revised Job Plan Aug 24 2015 Conditionally show 'Where Clause' search box Jul 09 2015 Update to OmniFocus To Do List Script Jul 08 2015 Parents... Minecraft News to Impress Your Kids Jul 04 2015 Getting my Daily To Do List Out of OmniFocus Jul 03 2015 Outlining with iThoughts & Marked Jul 01 2015 Setting Notepad++ as default editor Jun 05 2015 Automation Scripting 101 May 29 2015 3 Questions from 'Age of Ultron' May 04 2015 Using KM to fix Mac Excel May 01 2015 Changing Cisco AnyConnect default VPN Apr 29 2015 It's just 15 minutes... Apr 07 2015 Setting Referential Due Dates in OmniFocus Mar 31 2015 What Metrics Are Really Tell Us Mar 23 2015 Better Asset Reliability through GTD Mar 13 2015 Markdown Test Snippet Mar 13 2015 Best thread on Ubuntu for RPi Mar 03 2015 Fixing Raspbian LXDE GDBUS Error Feb 13 2015 Nationwide got it right Feb 02 2015 Desktop Widget Charger Jan 30 2015 Adding Custom Sort Order in BIRT Jan 29 2015 Adding jQuery navigation arrow Jan 28 2015 Planning out your documentation Jan 22 2015 Breaking down a hardware hack Jan 13 2015 The right time to lose a character Jan 12 2015 Never change your Pelican footer again Jan 09 2015 Using 'rank over partition' in BIRT reports Jan 08 2015 Options to move beyond Apple Jan 06 2015 Letting someone else fail first Jan 05 2015 Raspberry Pi SD Card Setup in OS X Jan 03 2015 Challenges for today's digital household Jan 02 2015 2014 Losing faith in Apple's ecosystem Dec 27 2014 The potential of Markdown + Javascript Dec 16 2014 Installing Pelican on Raspberry Pi Dec 11 2014 Holiday Tech Support Planning Dec 06 2014 How to install a local file in Homebrew Dec 05 2014 Setting up SSH keys for remote access Dec 01 2014 Fixing a MultiLineItem error in BIRT Dec 01 2014 My 3 'Must Watch' Holiday Movies Nov 30 2014 Adding local search to Pelican Nov 17 2014 Backing up Pelican with Dropbox Nov 16 2014 Fixing your childhood memories Nov 13 2014 Over the Garden Wall Nov 13 2014 Referencing related data in Conditional Expressions Nov 10 2014 Adding search function to static page site Nov 06 2014 CSS Item Check Nov 05 2014 Say goodbye to subsidized smartphones Nov 05 2014 Thoughts on why I'm switching Nov 01 2014 Apologies for the mess... Oct 30 2014 Formatting Maximo BIRT for year end reports Oct 28 2014 Getting comfortable with your lists Oct 24 2014 Temporary home before the move Oct 18 2014 Did Yosemite fix it or break it? Oct 17 2014 Change Yosemite Finder app sort order Oct 16 2014 Updated image merge script Oct 14 2014 My real wish for iOS keyboards Oct 09 2014 Making the wrong arguement about Markdown Oct 08 2014 Using Defer Dates in OmniFocus Oct 04 2014 Pragmatism for the win Sep 24 2014 You're right, but you're wrong Sep 24 2014 A better way to view page sources in iOS Sep 22 2014 Setting default Defer/Due time on iOS Sep 21 2014 Setting Default Defer/Due time in OmniFocus Sep 21 2014 Making the move to FastMail Sep 19 2014 Text Expander 3 creates two classes of apps Sep 17 2014 Tail wagging the dog in iOS development Sep 14 2014 Melting the generation gap Sep 13 2014 So who is the iPhone 6 for? Sep 10 2014 Is iPhone 6 not for diehard iOS users Sep 10 2014 Terminal tips from Craig Hockenberry Sep 06 2014 Migrating from GeekTool to Übersicht Aug 10 2014 Work log tracking on Mac & iOS Jul 26 2014 Schedule a Maximo Escalation from 6am to 6pm Jul 21 2014 Pushing Drafts into Editorial Jul 18 2014 Reviewing process improvement projects Jul 18 2014 The David Letterman of BIRT reports Jul 10 2014 Multiple File Markdown Document Jun 21 2014 Two methods to pass values in BIRT Jun 18 2014 Working around Apple Jun 17 2014 Coaches Feedback Jun 10 2014 Simple email rule for Outlook (Mac) Jun 06 2014 Update Maximo WF via Person Groups Jun 03 2014 How to Tag tasks in OmniFocus May 29 2014 Compact Layout in OmniFocus 2 May 22 2014 Adding Contextual Information to Maximo May 17 2014 Problems with CSS May 07 2014 Easy hack for unbound BIRT report Apr 29 2014 Is Fantastical worth $10? Apr 02 2014 Effective versus efficient Apr 02 2014 Quick fix to pip install error Mar 19 2014 Automating GTD with Drafts Mar 18 2014 Setup Drafts on multiple iOS devices Mar 10 2014 Get professional email signatures in Drafts Mar 06 2014 Fixing my GTD System Mar 03 2014 Running page of URL Actions Feb 26 2014 Random Fantastical for Mac tip Feb 26 2014 Simple URL encoding in Drafts Feb 17 2014 Sharing text with Drafts & Pythonista - Part 2 Feb 17 2014 Getting Pythonista to return text back to Drafts Feb 16 2014 Unofficial Guide to IBM Pulse 2014 Jan 29 2014 Roll your own AirDrop with Pythonista Jan 20 2014 Fixing Finder.app InfoPlist.string Jan 17 2014 Insert MD link using Keyboard Maestro Jan 17 2014 Building your own 'special' Maximo query Jan 09 2014 Maximize OS X App Windows Jan 01 2014 2013 Holiday project for kids Dec 20 2013 Clarifying the Types of Maximo reports Dec 17 2013 How to schedule a date parameter report Dec 10 2013 A new holiday classic Dec 08 2013 More great updates to Marked 2 Dec 04 2013 The Talk: Family & Social Media Nov 29 2013 Caveat to Finder.app Sort Order Nov 25 2013 Use Editoral to create OmniFocus tasks Nov 23 2013 Update to Editorial FTP Image Upload Nov 21 2013 Learning from my mistakes Nov 19 2013 Change Mavericks Finder app sort order Oct 24 2013 Did Apple miss the mark with iPad Air? Oct 23 2013 Mac Word 2011 User Guide Oct 22 2013 How to fix 1Password Dropbox syncing Oct 19 2013 The true effect of Reactive Maintenance Oct 11 2013 Review of Sony DCS-QX100 Oct 09 2013 Time to change how we read ebooks Oct 09 2013 Thoughts on iPhone 5c impact Sep 25 2013 Managing my digital buckets Sep 19 2013 Thoughts on OmniFocus 2 for iPhone Sep 18 2013 Fix Little Snitch and Mavericks DP 8/GM Sep 16 2013 How to work with engineers Sep 13 2013 Letting Brett do all the heavy lifting Sep 11 2013 Editorial for iPad guide in iBooks Sep 06 2013 Editorial Worflow - FTP Image Upload Sep 01 2013 Why does A to B to C to D mean A equals D? Aug 18 2013 Methods for date selection in BIRT Aug 18 2013 Methods to pull job task long text to WO print Aug 13 2013 Golden rule on nested BIRT datasets Jul 26 2013 Moving on... Jul 23 2013 Use Automator to automatically FTP images Jul 08 2013 Simple Keyboard Maestro web clipper Jun 27 2013 40 Terminal commands for OS X Jun 24 2013 Mixing my favorite hobbies Jun 22 2013 Making the move to Mac at work Jun 20 2013 Figuring it out in the end... Jun 20 2013 Getting to a common ground Jun 14 2013 The engineering behind science... Jun 12 2013 Debunking the ice cube myth May 29 2013 It's not you, it's me... May 28 2013 Using Drafts to create DOCX templates May 23 2013 Quick trip to NYC... May 23 2013 Grouping on a NULL field in BIRT May 08 2013 Mental musings on snot rockets and bowties May 04 2013 Been there, done this... May 03 2013 Meet the new Avengers... May 03 2013 Gracefully trimming fields in BIRT Apr 23 2013 Christmas in April... Apr 18 2013 Javascript Date Functions in BIRT Apr 17 2013 Validate KPI's & Metrics in Maximo Apr 15 2013 Snot rockets & bow ties Apr 05 2013 3882 days ago.... Apr 03 2013 March madness... Geek Dad style Mar 25 2013 Geek Task Management Mar 19 2013 The Minnesota way... Mar 17 2013 Keyboard Maestro - Mac Shutdown Macro Mar 15 2013 Highlights from Las Vegas... Mar 11 2013 Oh, you needed something? Mar 04 2013 True Minnesotan Feb 19 2013 Karma... Jan 15 2013 Common Date-Time SQL Server Statements Jan 12 2013 2012 Why LEGO continues to impress me Dec 05 2012 Optimize BIRT Report Performance Dec 03 2012 Unexpected surprise… Nov 11 2012 Coming home... Oct 26 2012 Re-usable Date Queries in Maximo Sep 12 2012 Left work just in time... Jul 26 2012 A view from the backyard... Jul 20 2012 I don't care what the weather does now... Jul 06 2012 Happiness abounds... May 27 2012 How to embed .js files into BIRT May 12 2012 Date Formatting in Maximo BIRT May 03 2012 A first in my life… Mar 31 2012 First things first for Maximo KPI's & Metrics Mar 31 2012 News from Pulse conference last week... Mar 12 2012 Some stuff needs to be shared... Jan 29 2012 2011 Fall colors from Mankato Nov 03 2011 This is what I think heaven looks like... May 20 2011 Preparing for the big 4-0… Apr 13 2011 Happy St. Patricks’s Day (geek style)… Mar 17 2011 Another 5 minutes of fame… Mar 01 2011 Fifty years ago and fifty years from now... Jan 25 2011 2010 Test post Dec 31 2010 Quick shot from Iowa drive… Dec 29 2010 The kindness of a stranger... Nov 18 2010 Why I carry my camera with me… Nov 03 2010 The winning photo… Oct 12 2010 Very happy results… Oct 11 2010 Special thanks... Oct 01 2010 The insignificant things from your past…. Sep 26 2010 King of the world… Aug 07 2010 This one’s for Dad… Jul 12 2010 Fireworks pictures… Jul 05 2010 Should have been on the Op-Ed page... Jun 27 2010 New pics on Flickr Jun 25 2010 Getting started… Jun 17 2010 Get OS X Finder to sort files like Windows Explorer Jun 12 2010 Happiness from UPS Apr 03 2010 2009 Remembering a great friend… Dec 23 2009 What I’m really thinking sometimes… Dec 17 2009 2007 First Post... Sep 20 2007
