Outdoor Technologist

Random thoughts spewed in the digital realm

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2006 Honda CR-V EX

Transmission Fluid Change: Best Video starting at the Transmission Fluid Change Section Another good video for Transmission Fluid Change VTEC Solenoid Change Video I used is here. He explains a bunch of good stuff for those curious. Another good video from 1A Auto is here Serpentine Belt Replacement I used this video I used the…

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LG Washer Repair

Buying used, be prepared to repair! (especially when the seller tells you the problem!) The deal was too good to pass up so I bought an LG set that included Washer WM8000HWA & Dryer DLGX8001W How do I know the bearing is shot? Because it sounds like this: I couldn’t decide if I should use…

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Dashlane Issue – Solved

After a Chrome browser update Dashlane starting acting differently on one of my chrome profiles – this was annoying and a potential security issue. The issue I was having was not due to the design of Dashlane, but rather an issue of User Experience caused by some odd issue. This is a security hole because…

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Quicken Classic B&P: Making a Loan

I have a Self Directed IRA that I make loans out of, and I like to keep track of them. Fortunately Quicken allows you to “Make” a loan, but it isn’t well documented. There are still a few things I haven’t figured out, but I figured I’d put this out to help anyone who wants…

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Use Name of Tab in a Cell

I found something that would allow me to use the name of tab in a cell to make some of my work easier =MID(CELL(“filename”,C1),FIND(“]”,CELL(“filename”,C1))+1,255) Surprisingly, I found it on the Mircosoft answers site! https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/making-cell-equal-tab-name/06486c8c-a1d9-4f2b-ba17-cf147161353c

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Impact Driver

I’m doing some work and my old impact driver appears to be too weak to get through some of the old lumber to drill some holes for wiring in a tight spot in the attic. I was about to start creating a comparison chart, and then I found the image below on the Home Depot…

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Adding users to BlueSky

This is the location I learned about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueskySocial/comments/15my6r8/see_who_migratedis_on_bluesky_from_twitter/ This is where the magic is: https://skeet.labnotes.org/?index NOTE: Do NOT put your bluesky password in as the password. They want you to Create an APP password & use that! It only found me 1 follower 🙁

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Serial Program – Tera Term

Teraterm is what I use for serial communications Save Settings

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VS Code Useful Functions… that I hardly use, but want easy access to

Select by block: Shift +Alt while drag mouse next…

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