Git Tips
Clear history to save space
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$ rm -rf .gitSamsung 65″ Q80T
Latest member of our TV family. Full Name: Samsung – 65″ Class Q80T Series LED 4K UHD Smart Tizen TV. Paid $1499 for it at Best Buy.
Embedding Google Photos Albums
This is a great solution for embedding Google Photo Albums. Google does not offer an option to generate embed code. You can either paste the embed code you obtain at this website, or if you have a WordPress site, you can install the WordPress Plugin.
Northern Cardinal
Birdnet identified this Cardinal in my backyard. We see them a lot especially males chasing after females.
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Chuck-will’s-widow
We hear this bird almost nightly. I used this app to record it’s song to help identify it:
Recorded in backyard
Birdnet sent me to THIS Wikipedia page after identifying the song as being from a Chuck-Will’s-Willow. You can find a recording below the right details column
The Chuck-will’s-willow is often mistaken for the Eastern whip-poor-will which has a similar song.
You can compare the two here:
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This has been bugging me about my Samsung monitor. Thankfully I found the answer HERE. Basically, go to your monitor’s Settings. Try Setup and make sure it is set to PC mode rather than AV mode (for TV)
De Colores
De colores ([Made] of Colors) is a traditional Spanish language folk song and one I grew up with in my family. Read more about De Colores on Wikipedia