Author Archives: bfi admin

google apps & google news

Some adjustments required. enabling news “officially” for your domain. adjusting settings at news.google.com (feeds to “google now”?) seldom-sometimes-often-always are the options. some ref. sites say “never” used to be an option. Preparing for “marshmallow” android, google now & related got me looking at this options. A few screen shots below.

Tech. Geekery – How to Cook your Web Site Visit Statistics….

…for fun & profit. “…the new calculation, CNN’s “total digital traffic” clocks in a 64 million unique visitors, ahead of FoxNews.com’s 55 million.”

Use with caution but…

blogspot google drive plug-in Note publication date of 21 July 2015. Reviews as of today? Ongoing support from google.com as well as microsoft.com? Still has the new car smell. The ash tray won’t fill up for some time. 🙂

(another) Google Translate Tour

translate.google.com

whoa there big fella(s) II (the adventure continues…)

recaptcha “fix” breaks things to an even greater degree. Unable to logon to web site plus – can’t logon using google.com provided “emergency file”. Geek fix – rename the plugin directory.

A few wordpress adjustments (mobile access)

Mobile pack before & after. Enabling analytics on mobile device access. Mobile pack doesn’t respect “off topic” home page exclusion?

another (not) shining moment – google-microsoft-logitech

universal usb receiver my aunt fanny. all available software & firmware applied. So madam – what else is new? logitech mouse t620. Maybe they should have named it – in respect – the chevy vega/nova. logitech keyboard/touch pad k400. Maybe they should have named it – in respect – the chevy vega/nova. it’s microsoft’s fault. […]

Off Topic – Employee Fitness Related…

Alton Brown Leads to Lebovitz leads to tastebook (includes shallots)…

Employee Fitness – Android – Companion

From Android Fitness Candidate # 3. Another “always on” fitness app. Some battery drain issues but offers ability to minimize (but not turn off). Disappearing exercise results? Android Fitness

Employee Fitness – Android – MapMyFitness

From Android Fitness Candidate # 2 – MapMyFitness. Not an “always on” app. Some nice features but sometimes forget to toggle off/on. Not as accurate on predicting type of activity, particularly gym workouts (stationary x-trainer, etc.).