Uncategorized New minimal icon for Lyx document processor Created September 22, 2021 / Updated September 22, 2021 by adamf I made a new minimal icon for the fantastic Lyx document processor. Here’s the 512×512 icon Lyx icon suitable for using on MacOS (and probably other OSes); and here’s the Lyx icon SVG source. On MacOS, you can replace the default icon by doing “Get Info” on the application file, copying the image from Preview, […] Read more »
Uncategorized Multiple Rows of Tabs in Firefox 89 (Proton) Created June 6, 2021 / Updated June 7, 2021 by adamf One of my essential tools is having multiple rows of tabs in Firefox. Yes, I’ll admit it– I often open many, many tabs at once while doing research. And even when I’m not doing research. Multi-row tabs should come built in and accessible with a config setting, but it doesn’t. Over the years I had […] Read more »
Uncategorized Tasty Gluten-free Cauliflower Crust Pizza Created October 20, 2019 / Updated October 20, 2019 by adamf I made some really tasty cauliflower-crust pizza yesterday. It’s a great alternative if you are looking for something that has less carbohydrates in it. This recipe uses cauliflower, and some brown rice flour and tapioca, but has no cheese in the crust, so it’s more like a regular gluten-free pizza that is closer to a […] Read more »
Uncategorized Amazing Gluten-free Sourdough Pizza Created October 20, 2019 / Updated October 20, 2019 by adamf gluten-free sourdough pizza I’ve been making really tasty artisan gluten-free sourdough bread for a while now. I put up a page on how to make pizza with that dough: Amazing Gluten-free Sourdough Pizza. Read more »
Uncategorized Ulysses writing app – sort notes by date Created August 9, 2019 / Updated April 18, 2025 by adamf (Update: In 2023 I switched to Obsidian, it is much better. All Markdown like Ulysses, but cross-platform, internal links, plugins, templates, great search via the Omnisearch plugin, and more. Check it out.) I’ve been using the great Ulysses writing app on my Mac. It’s a lot like Evernote, but strictly for writing– you won’t be […] Read more »
Uncategorized Artisan Gluten-Free Sourdough Bread Created May 15, 2019 / Updated May 15, 2019 by adamf I wrote down my recipe for great artisan, crusty gluten-free sourdough bread. My partner says it’s the best bread she’s ever tasted, and it happens to also be gluten-free. It’s chewy with a real artisan crust. Eating it, she doesn’t miss wheat bread at all. I don’t either. There’s nothing like having a house filled […] Read more »
Uncategorized How to Download a Marco Polo Video on iOS Created May 16, 2018 / Updated May 15, 2019 by adamf Marco Polo is a fun app that lets you send and receive videos– a video “walkie-talkie.” The app only gives you the ability to save videos that you sent. But on an iPhone or iPad it’s possible to save videos that other people sent you by using iOS’s screen recording function. Update: Marco Polo added […] Read more »
Uncategorized How to take apart a Brita Water Filter Pitcher for cleaning Created March 20, 2018 / Updated November 5, 2018 by adamf I own one of these Brita 10-cup water filter pitchers, and found it a bit tricky to take it apart to clean the inside. Buried in a review on Amazon were these great instructions: How to take off the filter housing is quite simple: fill the pitcher with soap and water, flip it upside down […] Read more »
Uncategorized Removing and blocking Monero Crypto-currency-mining WordPress Malware Created October 16, 2017 / Updated October 29, 2017 by adamf This is a quick note about how to remove and block Monero crypto-currency mining WordPress malware. Symptom: You run WordPress on your Linux web server and its CPU is at 100% but it should not be. Logging into the system, and looking at running processes, you see this: $ ps ax|grep php 4328 ? S […] Read more »
Uncategorized Google Analytics for WordPress and Shopp eCommerce plugins Created October 7, 2013 / Updated October 16, 2017 by adamf I noticed that Google Analytics for WordPress has Shopp eCommerce plugin support that enables conversion tracking, but it doesn’t work on Shopp v1.2.9, the version I have. I have a fix for this problem – I applied this fix and it works on my site. You need to change the two lines in the Google […] Read more »