Author Archives: matthannan

Convert MAC Addresses in Excel

Posted on 10 August 2017 by matthannan

I have 140 MAC addresses that I need to find out not only what switch, and switch port they are on, but also which part of the floor. It is a time-consuming slog, especially since the MAC addresses are not in a standard format.… Read the rest

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PiBeacon – Making an iBeacon from a Raspberry Pi · Hack N Cheese

Posted on 19 July 2017 by matthannan

Source: PiBeacon – Making an iBeacon from a Raspberry Pi · Hack N Cheese… Read the rest

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SoftEther VPN, Part 2

Posted on 12 July 2017 by matthannan

So, SoftEther VPN has been cranking along nicely for me for months now. I really love it. It stays out of the way and does exactly what it is supposed to do.

I just bought a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B.… Read the rest

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How to connect to Cisco routers using Minicom – Fadil’s blog

Posted on 23 June 2017 by matthannan
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Reconnecting Lost Donohues

Posted on 23 June 2017 by matthannan

So, this is how I started my day today:

Email from Kieran

 

I have been working with Kieran for a couple of months now. I would like to say I played a larger role in his journey to discover his bio family, but he really did all the legwork.… Read the rest

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Flynns and Draddys and Donohues, Oh My!

Posted on 12 June 2017 by matthannan

In a follow up to this post and this post, I finally received the first of the grave records from Calvary Cemetery in Queens. This took just over two months, which seems a bit long, especially for the amount of “research” that went into this and the cost.… Read the rest

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Getting a Simple Text Pedigree from Ancestry.com | Kitty Cooper’s Blog

Posted on 30 May 2017 by matthannan

http://blog.kittycooper.com/2017/05/getting-a-simple-text-pedigree-from-ancestry-com/… Read the rest

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Names Change

Posted on 30 April 2017 by matthannan

In an effort to clear my desk fo at least one piece of paper, I am going to write this blog post about my mother’s, mother’s father, David T. Atkinson Sr. At least, that is what he thought his name was.… Read the rest

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Shrink to Fit in Word 2010 and Word 2013

Posted on 28 April 2017 by matthannan

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Zork 2017

Posted on 23 April 2017 by matthannan

I am working my way through Zed Shaw‘s “Learn Python the Hard Way“, which is both a book with a DVD containing videos of each of the lessons and a web site that does not have the videos.… Read the rest

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