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   According to Microsoft ; Power Automate allows you to automate web and desktop applications on your Windows desktop by mimicking the user interface actions like clicks, and keyboard input. You can also combine these actions with predefined support for applications like Excel to help automate repetitive tasks. Not sure if that fits my goal below, but  let's try something simple on Windows 11: Appending a text file with new input. I:  Use a message box to prompt for a name. The name is saved and 'Hello, %name% is saved to a text file.   The flow:      I had made a variable called 'name' to write to. The textbox made its own variable ('UserInput'), so I told step two (Write text to file) to simply output 'Hello %UserInput%  It did save to a text file -- I wish it would open said file automatically upon saving, but a text box is the next best thing. The file updates in real time!   Let's try another: Put a saved file in a particular p...

I earned my AWS Solutions Architect Certification in Feb 2026 (🎊) but Like Smash Mouth said, "So much to do...so much to see."  I've used Lambdas that, when an object was uploaded to a bucket, sent a notification to Eventbridge, and then sent me a text and email via SNS. Now, thanks to the free project on Adrian Cantrill's GitHub , I'm going to make a small image processing eventflow. (Emoji use is for fun; Everything here written by a human being.)  What's Happening: Images uploaded to an S3 bucket are made into 5 thumbnail variations thanks to the power of Lambdas and inserted into an output bucket.   Business Use case; If you want to get quick thumbnails.  Maybe this can be scaled out to do file conversion, like .txt to .pdf.  Materials: 2 S3 buckets - one for input, one for processed output. Lambda An image!  Step 1: Bucket Creation  🪣 I made one bucket (runtcpip-source, for images to go in) and copied the settings from it to make the second...

 Hugo is both a delightful movie from 2011 and a flexible, fast, open source static website builder. I'm no stranger to static websites, so I'm giving it a try!    -> You will need git installed.    Steps. 1. Install Powershell 2. Use Hugo 3. Using a Domain 4.Publishing a Hugo Site (GitHub Pages)     Installing Powershell Powershell is not the same as Windows Powershell. I'm using WinGet , the Windows Package Manager. It's a tool that does everything you do in a GUI for Windows Clients, but in the command line.  WinGet also installs Hugo.   Using Hugo All of this work is in Powershell.  `hugo new site quickstart`  The command makes a new folder called quickstart while populating it with the Hugo things we need.  `git init`  Initializes git.   ` git submodule add https://github.com/theNewDynamic/gohugo-theme-ananke.git themes/ananke ` It clones the repo into the quickstart directory.  `echo "theme = 'anank...

 Possibly the longest post title ever on this blog.   I grew up with the internet. It was easy to be fooled back then. Nigerian Princes. Chain Letters. Bonsai Cats (do not look that up).  It's - arguably - easier now. Entities are trying to sell you something, get you to buy into crypto, NFTs, or AI, or make you believe something that furthers their interests.  Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online by  Mike Caulfield and Sam Wineburg walk through how old techniques fall short of the new internet.   (Many of these entries are slight alterations from my LinkedIn posts on the subject while reading. This is not a review, just some thoughts.)  -----   Caulfield and Wineburg introduce the SIFT method;   Stop  Investigate the Source  Find Other Coverage  Trace the Claim to the Original Context I particularly like how, early in the book, 'Stop' is accompanied by ask...

   This project was sunset / cancelled / not finished in your business jargon of choice, but I thought the notes were valuable.   Why would you want to dump your memory? To check for malicious programs running, digital forensics, stuff like that. What do you use to dump memory? I tried DumpIt and [program     name], as well as NotMyFault (Which is a Windows-sanctioned program), but you can do it with tools already installed on Windows. There's probably multiple ways to do it, but here are some instructions that are, yes, involved. Your own risk and all that. DumpIt and the unremembered program crashed my PC without creating a .mem file, but NotMyFault...also crashed, but it did create the file! So I will be using the semi-built-in Windows tools for this purpose. It's at this point where I learn that Memory Dumping is a serious step, and isn't recommended except as a last resort. I will leave the information below that clarifies the Windows SDK Instruct...

Let's get this out of the way; My biggest issue with AI writing apps is they strip away the tone and character of writing. Imagine two people send you an email. They both include the phrase "Let's connect and align on this". Out of context, how would you identify who said that?  As opposed to "Let's meet for a working lunch (So we're both still paid on the clock) and go over paperwork," or "See me at 2 PM to revisit the project". Companies could save a lot of time and money on "team-building events" if the vice grip of professionalism in written communication was locked in the basement. You can be professional and authentic without being inappropriate - or you can be the same as everybody else.  But meanwhile, we have many tools to help proofread your writing - Something I don't mind AI doing. Steer ( Product Hunt ) is described as ''a native macOS utility that allows users to quickly fix and iterate their writing in a...

     The Xfinity app showed usage of the past 3 months: We used less than 40% each month, for about $80 USD a month.   No thanks! That cuts into the movie budget! Before we save some money (about $15/mo), let's test how T-Mobile Internet unlimited data works for 2 weeks.    There are 15 devices for this test; Smart TVs: 4 Laptops: 4 Printer: 1 Smart Home Speakers: 3 Game Consoles: 1 Phones: 1 (There are other phones in the home but they stick with data) Other: 1 Total : 15  I made tables for 3 entries a day across 3 days to test the Xfinity service we have. Here's one;   Xfinity is pretty speedy - Download times are between 227 - 236 Mbps, Latency between 24.5 - 25.5, Jitter between 5 - 6.68, and 0 packet loss.  Let's quickly define the terms in the table;    Date/Time - The date and time of the data gathered. Download (Mpbs) - How fast your network gets data. Upload (Mbps) - How fast your network uploads data. Latency ...