I took a bunch of time awhile back to upgrade “The Hobbyist Machine Shop” from what was and had become a mishmash of HTML coding and various styling forms. I won’t go into the details as that information can be found elsewhere. What I did was use some of the latest web CMS (Content Management System) publishing tools available. This RamblinDan Blog is a form of CMS. A few folks were kind enough to point...
Continue reading...Getting Down to Business
After I got all my tax work done, I was feeling so good that I tackled getting my The Hobbyist Machine Store (THMS) bookkeeping in first class condition. I worked on that second most favorite thing to do (next to doing the taxes) until bedtime last night. I got it finished. I had the end of year (2011) balanced, closed and reports printed as needed for taxes, but I had let the first quarter of...
Continue reading...2011 Taxes
Yea! I got up the courage to complete my USA Tax report and get it filled. That’s one of two sure things in life I am glad is over. The other sure thing I am going to continue putting off for as long as possible. I only get one shot at that one and I know it is impossible to miss. Ha! I always look to the middle of April with some feeling of dread....
Continue reading...The Bug
There is a slight problem in the display of the lead articles in the timeline view of the blog articles in TheHobbyistMachineShop – Blog and the RoboBoatBlog. The program used to create the format of the blog is called Artisteer. The bug is that article photos are not being displayed in the multi-article view normally used as the lead page in these blogs. In single view it works properly. The RoboBoatBlog has a little warning...
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