Author Archives: matthannan

Being Irish-American

Posted on 2 June 2014 by matthannan

I had a dream last night about a load of Irish-Americans that I have known over the course of my life being all gathered together for a Christmas party in a small town in County Cork. I wanted to think it was at a restaurant in my grandmother’s village, but no such restaurant exists there.… Read the rest

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Find A Grave

Posted on 1 June 2014 by matthannan


I started playing around with the FindAGrave app for iOS and noticed that there was a tiny burial ground (not even a cemetery) a short walk from my house. I also noticed that there was a photo request for one of the stones in that burial ground.… Read the rest

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Tilt-shift, Swansea/Warren

Posted on 1 June 2014 by matthannan

Whole lotta wooden ships around lately.… Read the rest

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Charles W. Morgan

Posted on 31 May 2014 by matthannan

Docked in New London, CT.… Read the rest

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Going a bit more public

Posted on 30 May 2014 by matthannan

I have been thinking about what a time-sink FB is and how I really don’t enjoy providing them with data to monetize. If my data can be monetized, shouldn’t it be me that gets those monies? So, I am looking at ways that I can start backing down from FB and using the tools that I already have in place (and pay for) to achieve those ends.… Read the rest

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Test

Posted on 30 May 2014 by matthannan
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Howto Make scanned PDFs searchable OCR using pdfocr | Ubuntu Geek

Posted on 8 January 2014 by matthannan

Looking for a way to make the pdf files at http://83rdinfdivdocs.org actually searchable. I am going blind reading these things! Sure, I am getting an education on WWII history, but I am, honestly, only interested in one man.

Howto Make scanned PDFs searchable OCR using pdfocr | Ubuntu Geek.… Read the rest

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Installing Debian Linux on a Pogoplug V2

Posted on 7 December 2013 by matthannan

This one looks pretty good.
I’ve migrated all of my data off of the 1TB external drive plugged into the Pogoplug. I am presently cleaning up and killing as many cloud storage systems as possible. Once that is complete, I will start looking at rebuilding the Pogoplug as a Linux server.… Read the rest

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Baseboard Calculator – PexSupply.com

Posted on 15 November 2013 by matthannan

Baseboard Calculator – PexSupply.com.

A VERY basic baseboard heater calculator.
VERY basic. Ballpark only, but good for a quick guesstimate with the tin foil.… Read the rest

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HeatingHelp.com – Loop_Hot-Water_Heating.pdf

Posted on 15 November 2013 by matthannan

HeatingHelp.com – Loop_Hot-Water_Heating.pdf.… Read the rest

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