Subscribed Cloud Calendar Not Displaying All Events

Preamble ‘Internet’ or ‘Cloud’ calendars attract us by their ability to share events with multiple devices or persons. These calendars typically offer two access options: 1) your web browser on the publisher’s website, or 2) your calendar user client application with a subscription. There are many non-Google calendar clients (NGCCs), including Thunderbird. While these principles… Continue reading Subscribed Cloud Calendar Not Displaying All Events

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Add TLS 1.2 to IIS 7.5

After about March of 2020, if you were using IIS 7.5 web server, and you needed to provide content secured by HTTPS, you discovered that SSL was no longer supported by contemporary browsers. They were demanding a connection secured by TLS 1.2, before displaying any web content. On the bright side, TLS 1.2 was built… Continue reading Add TLS 1.2 to IIS 7.5

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VBA Characters Method Bugs: Comments vs TextBoxes

Vagaries of the Characters() Method In Excel 2010, version 14, the Characters method of Shapes did not, and in newer versions may still not, build and return a character object containing expected property values. The good news: No deficiencies were identified when working with cell contents. With Comments Two issues were observed when argument parameters… Continue reading VBA Characters Method Bugs: Comments vs TextBoxes

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Unmask masked “password” form fields with Javascript link

Add this as the properties of a favorite or bookmark. javascript:var%20els%20=%20document.getElementsByTagName(‘input’);%20for(var%20x=0;%20x<els.length;%20x++){if(els[x].type.toLowerCase()==’password’){var%20test=els[x].type=’text’;}}

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DIY Shunt Resistor Increases Amp Current Limits of MultiMeter DMM

Ingenuity reins when access to expensive tech is shunned or restricted. You may find this alternative shunt resistor useful when the amps to be measured exceed the capacity of your multimeter. Many digital multimeters (DMM) are designed to handle up to 10 amps. You may need to measure a 30A solar array or a 800A… Continue reading DIY Shunt Resistor Increases Amp Current Limits of MultiMeter DMM

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GM Minivan Console & Cluster R&R

This procedure is specific to the 2004 Montana, but may be useful for Ventures, Silhouettes, and other model years of GM minivans. A couple of dash lights burned out and the tachometer, speedometer, temperature and fuel gauges were reading unreliably. The standard repair is to replace the instrument cluster, but here we describe replacing individual… Continue reading GM Minivan Console & Cluster R&R