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December 10, 2022September 1, 2024

Window of Opportunity — Mars Opposition 2022

Posted By: Paul 699 Views 0 Comment Mars

The sky was still not ideal, with a Full Moon. And with Mars almost due above, I had difficulty manually nudging the telescope. The focus wasn’t quite right. Despite all this, one set of my Mars videos was passable.

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November 26, 2022September 1, 2024

My First Mars of the 2022 Season

Posted By: Paul 807 Views 0 Comment Mars

The Mars opposition is days away, and though I have been watching the planet night and morning, this was may first take at it in over two years.

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Technology 
November 25, 2022September 1, 2024

How Important is Google to Driving Website Traffic? A Graph Shows

Posted By: Paul 938 Views 0 Comment WordPress

What is Google’s importance to website traffic? Based on my #blog experience, it is the only importance. Google drives most of my traffic.

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Technology 
November 20, 2022September 1, 2024

Reserving My Cloud Server with Digital Ocean

Posted By: Paul 723 Views 0 Comment WordPress

This article explains how I created the Digital Ocean droplet that hosts my Ghost blog, part of the series on how I set up my personal blog.

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Technology 
November 14, 2022September 2, 2024

Garage Security Cameras Using Existing Light Fixtures

Posted By: Paul 1676 Views 0 Comment Home Network

I wanted to set up security cameras to watch my driveway. In this article I explain my approach, which involves leveraging the existing lights.

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Photography 
November 8, 2022September 1, 2024

Lunar Eclipse through iPhone 14 Pro, November 2022

Posted By: Paul 772 Views 0 Comment Eclipses, Moon

I photographed the eclipse this morning 4 a.m. I used my iPhone 14 Pro with “Night mode” for the final image, through 127mm Mak-Cass telescope.

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Technology 
November 5, 2022September 1, 2024

“Interests” Windows 11 – Can They Be Turned Off?

Posted By: Paul 875 Views 0 Comment Microsoft

I really like Windows 11. But the Widgets “interests” feature annoys me. I tried several ways to turn it off. Is there a way?

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Photography 
October 31, 2022September 1, 2024

Jupiter with Great Red Spot, October 2022

Posted By: Paul 722 Views 0 Comment Jupiter

It took weeks trying for the right chance, but I finally was able to decently photograph Jupiter and its Great Red Spot this year.

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Photography 
October 22, 2022September 1, 2024

Using Computer to Capture Jupiter

Posted By: Paul 732 Views 0 Comment Computers, Jupiter

After Jupiter opposition this year, I started using my MacBook as a camera screen extension. In this article, I show results from over a week.

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Technology 
October 8, 2022September 2, 2024

Saying Goodbye to Linux

Posted By: Paul 1082 Views 0 Comment Computers, Linux, Microsoft, NAS

I decided to end my home Linux experiment. Here I explain my original drivers and my final decision to shelve Linux indefinitely.

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