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• USB Cables, does premium equal better?
  on Nov 10, 2015 in Electronics Reviews Uncategorized USB; charging
  If you have been an electronics dork long enough you have been in an electronics store and heard a salesperson trying to sell a $100 HDMI cable, promising a huge advantage in picture and sound quality. I have never been a fan of super premium cables...
• Sending programmatic HTML Email with Spring + Thymeleaf + MyBatis + Database Templates
  on Jun 25, 2015 in Programming email html5 Java mybatis spring spring framework spring mvc thymeleaf
  This bit of code came out of a project I worked on for an application team that doesn’t have a Java developer, the goal was to create an email system that can be triggered based on database rows inserted by Mainframe COBOL code. The application...
• Under Cabinet Lighting
  on Jun 24, 2015 in Uncategorized
  Adding under cabinet lighting is an excellent functional upgrade for your kitchen. My configuration may not work for your particular situation but hopefully this post will give you ideas.   Running the wires takes a little planning, if you have...
• The joys of buying a house!
  on Oct 15, 2014 in Uncategorized
  Sorry I havent posted in a while, I ended up buying a house and have been insanely busy for the past couple months. Part of the “Fun” in buying a house is fixing things. Some of those things include stuff that just makes you shake your h...
• Wet Shaving
  on Jul 17, 2014 in Uncategorized
  I am someone who hated shaving, I was a once a month shaver for quite a few years and at best a weekly shaver since high school. Shaving was not something I enjoyed, that changed about 10 days ago when I bought a Van Der Hagen Men’s Luxury Shav...
• Direct Comparison JetBoil Zip and $8 Amazon backpack stove plus GSI Halulite Kettle
  on Jul 12, 2014 in Backpacking Camping Hiking Outdoors Reviews Bug Out Bag Comparison Cooking Stove Survival Under $10
  Both of these stoves have performed without fail, they both seem to do the job in the same amount of time. So I am giving you the data side by side so you can make a decision based on what is important to you. Obviously there are probably a hundred b...
• Adding og (open graph) meta tags to your blog
  on Jul 12, 2014 in Blogging Programming blogging meta og php plugin wordpress
  Getting into blogging has had a pretty good learning curve. Getting it all to integrate with facebook has been trying at times. I recently found out about og or Open Graph meta tags, these tags provide key information to facebook (and possibly search...
• Adding og (open graph) meta tags to your WordPress blog
  on Jul 12, 2014 in Blogging Programming WordPress blogging meta og php plugin wordpress
  Getting into blogging has had a pretty good learning curve. Getting it all to integrate with facebook has been trying at times. I recently found out about og or Open Graph meta tags, these tags provide key information to facebook (and possibly search...
• Review: JetBoil Zip Cooking System
  on Jul 10, 2014 in Backpacking Camping Outdoors Reviews Cooking Stove Survival Trail
  For my bugout bag/day pack I choose the smallest of the Jet Boil systems, the Zip. This size should be perfect size for a single person and adequate for two people seeing as most MRE type meals only require 8 ounces of water. Specifications Street pr...
• Review: $8 Amazon backpack stove and GSI Halulite Kettle
  on Jul 10, 2014 in Backpacking Camping Hiking Outdoors Reviews Cooking Stove Survival Under $10
  This review is of the first backpacking stove I purchased a couple years back. I got it off amazon for about $8 and paired it with a $22 GSI aluminum kettle. This $30 combo has proved effective and reliable over the past 2 years or so, it has only re...

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