Outdoor Technologist

iOS features that I’ve wanted AND weren’t obvious to me

Reopen closed Tabs in Safari? If you press and hold the plus icon that typically adds windows, you get a list of recently closed windows . SOURCE: http://nypost.com/2016/09/22/these-secret-iphone-features-will-make-your-life-so-much-easier/

Outlook Settings

Tasks Reminder times: I try to use tasks to be organized, but the alert is typically at the end of my work day and that is annoying, so I figured out that I can set a default for tomorrow at the beginning of my work day by following this link: https://www.extendoffice.com/documents/outlook/2357-outlook-change-default-follow-up-time.html

Word Functions I sometimes use

Cross – references https://cybertext.wordpress.com/2014/08/08/word-assigning-automated-cross-references/ Auto replace text https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Choose-AutoCorrect-options-for-capitalization-spelling-and-symbols-e7433b94-f3de-4532-9dc8-b29063a96e1f Remove watermark https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Remove-a-watermark-636cc588-489d-46c4-a03f-07f3f4820029

WiFi to Ethernet Bridging

We just moved to a new home and my network is splintered again; however, I donated my semi-reliable DAP-1522 during our last move so I needed another solution. Before I explain how I bridge, I’ll explain why I want to bridge my WiFi to an ethernet switch… I have a few computers that I…

Solidworks Commands

Background change: SOLIDWORKS: How To Change Your Background Appearance OR https://forum.solidworks.com/thread/89072

Raspberry Pi 3 Setup – WiFi using command line

Steps I used to set up my Raspberry Pi 3 To flash OS: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/windows.md Follow directions without modifications NOTE: Raspberry Pi devices typically do NOT come with an SD card! Command Line WiFi I tried to do this: https://www.maker.io/en/blogs/raspberry-pi-3-how-to-configure-wi-fi-and-bluetooth/03fcd2a252914350938d8c5471cf3b63 Which is simply typing this command sudo iwlist wlan0 scan BUT I have too many WiFi…

Python Commands

System version: Import sys sys.version_info Modules installed help(“modules”) ipython version: import IPython IPython.__version__ CygWin Local Drive change: cd /cygdrive/d OR cd d:/ Source: http://magicmonster.com/kb/app/cygwin/change_drive.html

Links for Outlook Task management using OneNote

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/turn-outlook-project-management-tool-onenote-integration/ https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Create-Outlook-tasks-in-OneNote-19725ff3-0234-495d-9838-fb1f511e924f

MS Project

Stop the manual scheduling – it is frustrating when it happens and simple to fix, just follow the arrow at the lower left corner and click – it’ll pop up a selection option:

Excel Functions I sometimes use

Ever create a spreadsheet where numbers need to be converted to names to identify something? I do, but not often enough so I’m putting the links here so I can use this to quickly recall how I’ve converted it to names, versions, etc.. Convert numbers to text using ‘TEXT’ function https://www.ablebits.com/office-addins-blog/2014/10/10/excel-convert-number-text/ Concatenate https://support.office.com/en-us/article/CONCATENATE-function-8f8ae884-2ca8-4f7a-b093-75d702bea31d Count cells…