Computing

only link to "general_computing.html" page:      duplex scanning and general computer links and those to sort

site index:    

adobe tips     [subpage]

Android and Verizon     [subpage]

Android Chrome small font issue    [subpage]

Apps and Extensions I frequently use     [subpage]

Ariva

#backups creation

#bambauer.com 2025 hosting plan change lessons learned

#email on bambauer.com

#HP Elitebook 850 g3

#html

#misc (including info on El Capitan, the world's fastest super computer)

ms office tips     [subpage]

programming   [subpage]

regular expressions      [subpage]

SQL   [subpage]

#trail camera

unicode characters    [subpage]

#uses for old computers

Visual Basic & VBA      [subpage]

#vpn

Windows / software      [subpage]

copyright law / digital watermarking    digital photography    my hardware and DVD burning    privacy & security    reverse VNC instructions  
old iPro links including sql server, java script and hl7
my html cleanup     
Gizmodo    Lifehacker    Daily WTF   

artiva rm      [subpage]
Automate [subpage]


links:  
bluehost email interface     Advanced then email accounts
bluehost ssh access
SFTP only for main username on Bluehost
bambauer.com email   
bambauer.com blocked port webmail 
printer color test page

textfixer to remove linefeeds 
printerfriendly to print .html without ads

2024-01-15 free online .epub to .pdf converter that works
takes a long time and looks like it will fail but eventually download completes


Backups creation

****** 2025-02-27 read this
see also Windows#Robocopy
must run as adminstrator
must have wildcard in the filename parameter (the 3rd parameter for robocopy)

when wanting to put the files in subdirectories preserving only the last directory in the path
(e.g. first found file is
C:\RB\Pictures\000 MB all phone pics backup\2023-06-19 part 1\Venice 2023\20230529_094931.jpg
copy to
c:\rb\in_correct_folder\Venice 2023\20230529_094931.jpg"

search    (.*\\)(.*)\\(.*)\.(.*)
replace   robocopy "\1\2" "c:\\rb\\in_correct_folder\\\2" "\3*.\4" /r:0

****** 2025-02-27 read this

using Windows Search to backup only new files [needs updated with 2025-02-27 info above]   

backup reconcilliation from an email I sent myself from nes1 2016-11-28 and was either in my inbox or a "put on www" type folder until 2022-03-08

 

bambauer.com 2025 hosting plan change lessons learned

2026-04-13 to allow directory listings to see files in directory in http:
settings to change with bluehost:
1) websites->new bambauer.com -> FILES & ACCESS in group box row (mobile version has drop down instead starting with OVERVIEW)-> Folder Index Manager->Manage
2) make a "Standard Indexing" entry for the directory of interest
3) may have to change folder permissions to 755 in Filezilla, as I had done this first, but probably was already set to that
4) i suspect a .htaccess file could be uploaded instead, but I didn't check

found while making link to here

bluehost tech support page here

 

uses for old computers

10 things to use your old desktop PC for

Reuse that old PC hardware

 

HP EliteBook 850 G3

new laptop features
backlit keyboard
usb c power
2gb? ssd
2 hdmi ports?
FN keys by default (not pressing fn key first)
keypad
17"? screen

Fn + Esc for HP System Information that includes button to see USB-C information as well as a button to open the System Information app which can also be opened from the Windows Start button

2024-02 Bluetooth radio stops working

may also have an exclamation point icon
just open Device Manager, right click for context menu, choose Uninstall. Then right click on any empty area in the tree control and choose Scan for Harware Changes.
This brings back the logitech mouse.
The Dell travel mouse needs to be manually readded.

2023-03-07 email settings

 

IMAP, POP3, and SMTP require authentication.  

Incoming Server:

mail.bambauer.com
IMAP Port: 993
POP3 Port: 995

Outgoing Server:

mail.bambauer.com
SMTP Port: 465 [465 still works but not listed on bluehost Outlook 2016 page] 26

2024-01-04 link to bluehost settings for different Operating Systems & bluehost settings for different Outlook versions. Note that for Outlook 2016 for Windows,
1) the chart for SSL shows imap.domainname.com & pop.domainname.com which are incorrect. Both should list mail.domainname.com
2) when I set up Outlook for MB, I believe I input the 26 listed for port, but it now shows 25 and still sends the emails properly. This is because I? / Outlook? changed it to non-SSL

microsoft information on .pst (for POP) vs .ost (for others including IMAP)

 



  
Chrome view pdf outside browser: kabob menu->settings->Privacy and security->site settings->(near bottom) Additional Content Settings -> PDF documents->Open pdfs in chrome
chrome://settings/content/pdfDocuments


2022-03-01 I think this must be the AX Suzy mentioned as the Microft ERP tool or formerly popular ERP tool

Trail Camera

specs

manual .pdf english only from here, then i removed pages

setup video on amazon review

vpn

2025-01 pcmag comparison    free Proton VPN got 5 stars

html

2026-04-13 to allow directory listings to see files in directory in http:
settings to change with bluehost:
1) websites->new bambauer.com -> FILES & ACCESS in group box row (mobile version has drop down instead starting with OVERVIEW)-> Folder Index Manager->Manage
2) make a "Standard Indexing" entry for the directory of interest
3) may have to change folder permissions to 755 in Filezilla, as I had done this first, but probably was already set to that
4) i suspect a .htaccess file could be uploaded instead, but I didn't check

found while making link to here

bluehost tech support page here

<mark> is the tag for highlighting, but it doesn't show in dreamweaver

preserve spaces and carriage returns when posting code with <pre> tag (rather than using <code> tag) see table a bit further down, click here
also handy for a non-blue gap between paragraphs:
<pre>&nbsp;</pre>

device width online tool   
media query to determine phone vs tablet vs monitor - found link in this thread

html color picker to find different shades, lighter, darker, etc.

best practice font size for mobile

<li><strong class="rb_orange"> orange bold text here </strong> </li> for red orange text
Format->CSS Styles->rb_orange

<font face="Arial" size="3">

for paragraph followed by unordered list or similar without space:
<p style="margin-bottom:-1em">

order of paramters for margin (similar for others) in the one call version:
margin-top
margin-right
margin-bottom
margin-left

inline styles in .html
<p style="color:purple;margin-bottom:-1em;border-style:solid;border:purple">

typical styles in .html    [example for borders]
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
p.dotted {border-style: dotted;} <!seems like space after number before unit is sometimes a problem i.e. "margin-bottom:-1em" may work but "margin-bottom:-1 em" doesn't>
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p class="dotted">A dotted border.</p>
</body>
</html>

<pre> preformatted text.
Text in a <pre> element is displayed in a fixed-width font, and the text preserves both spaces and line breaks. The text will be displayed exactly as written in the HTML source code.
<code>

Defines a piece of computer code

encapsulate <code> inside a <pre> (preformatted) tag so spaces and line breaks aren't ignored
<pre>
<code>
fomatted code here
</code>
</pre> 

for more control, use css to set font as desired

          <html>
          <head>
          <style>
          code {
            font-family: Consolas,"courier new";
            color: crimson;
            background-color: #f1f1f1;
            padding: 2px;
            font-size: 105%;
          }
          </style>
          </head>
          <body>
          
          <p>The HTML <code>button</code> tag defines a clickable button.</p>
          <p>The CSS <code>background-color</code> property defines the background color of an element.</p>
          
          </body>
        </html>
<samp> Defines sample output from a computer program
<kbd> Defines keyboard input
<var> Defines a variable

 

html & css colors    
online color picker with lighter darker

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="../../../css/sitewide_styles.css">

<p style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;}">

<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Times New Roman; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">

2022-04-26 html description list
<dl> <dt>Coffee</dt> <dd>Black hot drink</dd> <dt>Milk</dt> <dd>White cold drink</dd></dl>

2022-06-06 override the font listed in .css file
<font face="Arial" size="6"><a href="http://www.blahblahblah.com> cheap hosting</a></font>

2022-03-21 to link to a particular place in a youtube video add &t=118s at the end where 118 is the number of seconds into the video

misc

 

Tech Support : Foamy The Squirrel    part 2

2026-04 the 2milii vape pen i have only charges with an old usb a to usb c and not with a usb c to usb c cable
this post describes it well as does the google AI results here

2026-04 How Do Modern iPhones Stack Up Against An '80s Supercomputer?
1985 CRAY-2 was fastest 1.9B FLOPS 5500lbs, 16 sq. ft
current iPhone 17 is 5000 times faster, would be equivalent of 27.5M lbs = 13,750 tons, 80k sq. ft of CRAY-2s

2025-01 El Capitan 11 million core supercomputer worlds fastest
replicating El Capitan's power in the 1990s would have required "half a million" cutting-edge supercomputers and more electricity than the US could generate. "And it would take several hundred square miles

2022-05-04 Alternatives to Google's Reverse Image Search   The drag and drop on Bing's is handy.

2023 free online fax services

ftp

maybe try client http://www.coreftp.com/download.html

ftp server tester at https://ftptest.net/

forum post about blocked port21

post on how to open telnet to test     using telnet 1 2
quit telnet with ctrl+] then "quit"

misc

brute force times for different lengths and character types of passwords

 

last updated:    Wed 2026-05-20 7:01 AM