Author: Jonathan W. Thomas
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Plexing with Apple TV – Amazon Fire Sticks and TVs Suck for Plex
For the last couple of years, my household has been an Amazon Firestick and FireTV household. It made sense, the sticks were cheap, they had access to all…
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What was it like to flight across the USA in the ‘Post-Covid’ era?
Strange is the word I would use to describe it. My wife and I canceled a special trip three times during the plague year. So when we got…
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How To Get Your Website out of the Internet Archive Wayback Machine
The Internet Archive Way Machine can be an incredible resource. But it can also be bad for your publication. For several reasons. One being that they’re literally copying…
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Rolling Your Own Link Shortener With the .IM Domain and Automating it With WordPress Jetpack
Link shorteners were very in vogue in the early 2010s but they seem to have fallen out of favor somewhat since most social networks now automatically shorten links…
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Finding a Better Way to Make eBooks – ePub Files and Learning Sigil
I dislike eBooks. Well, I don’t dislike the idea of them, they’re fine. I dislike having to make eBooks. I’ve been publishing books for years, and the worst…
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How to Roll Your Own Linktree Link Landing Page and Control Your Brand
I’ve been using Linktree for a while now as my primary link on Instagram. For those that don’t know what it is – since Instagram only allows links…
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A B-17 Flying Fortress Visits Laporte Indiana
Recently, well last weekend, a B-17 owned by the Commemorative Air Force recently stopped at the local LaPorte Municipal Airport. It was quite a surprising thing to happen…
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Why You Need Your Own ISBN Numbers
So, I’ve published quite a few books on my own over the years. I’ve always had ISBNs with my books (international serial book number – basically the ID…
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How to Roll Your Own Invoice Website With WordPress to Process Your Own Invoicing Payments
As someone who runs a small business, I need to send invoices quite often. For a few years, I had a solution that worked fine. I used GoDaddy…
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Thoughts On Using My iPhone 11 Pro as My Primary Camera on a Recent Trip to Ireland
For as long as I’ve been traveling, I’ve always brought a ‘proper’ camera with me. First an SLR and for the last ten years, a Sony Nex-7 mirrorless…
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Insane Video of Lake Michigan Coastal Erosion
This video is insane. I have watched it about five times (I recommend looking at it in 4K). Some context is needed here. This is where I grew…
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Quitting Mailchimp and Moving My Small Business Email Marketing to Sendy For a Fraction of the Cost
Email is the most important marketing medium for businesses, especially in the age of declining free social media reach. Email is the only way to communicate with your…
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