How to Bulk Download Thumbnail Images of a list of YouTube videos using YT-DLP (youtube-dl) (Mac)
I had a long list of YouTube URLs and needed to easily download the thumbnail images of them. YT-DLP is an amazing and easy solution.
Exploring Blue Ridge Parkway: Mount Mitchell & Green Knob Fire Tower (2021)
As it turns out, the journey to any of the destinations along the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway, full of winding road and scenic overlooks, is half the fun…and maybe even more. Mount Mitchell State Park and Green Knob Fire Tower are two spots I had the chance to stop and explore.
My photo on the Wildwoods 2021 Vacation Planner!
I’m so excited to say that one of my photographs appears on the front of the Best of the Wildwoods Vacation Planner 2021!
How to Fix Apple Mail Can’t Connect after O365 Password Reset: “Unable to verify account name or password”
Following a password reset (specifically a Microsoft O365 account), Apple Mail was not happy. It recognized that the password had changed but wasn’t accepting the new password, even though we knew the password was correct…”Can’t connect to the account…Enter the password for user…Unable to verify account name or password…”
ReportPundit Review & Use Cases for Shopify Stores
The reporting features in Shopify are painfully lacking. Part of me dislikes how resourceful we are as entrepreneurs, because that means we will find a way when Shopify is lacking features and solutions they should really have. I’m not excited to rely on / pay for a 3rd party app, especially when it seems like … Read more
Coursera Page Not Found Error: “We were not able to find the page you’re looking for”
Are you encountering the following perplexing error when trying to visit Coursera.org or a Coursera course: “We were not able to find the page you’re looking for”? This is what worked for us.
“%@” Notifications Pop-Up Prompt on Apple Mac OS
“%@” Notifications Notifications may include alerts, sounds, and icon badgets” If you’ve randomly been asked by MacOS if you’d like to “Allow” or “Don’t Allow” notifications for “%@”, you’re not alone. One of my users saw this pop-up notification seemingly out of the blue. They had been specifically running MacOS Catalina 10.15 for many months … Read more
Canvas File Upload 400 Error: Request failed with status code 400
I couldn’t find anything online about this unhelpful error message in Canvas. BUT, we figured it out.
How to Record Zoom Gallery View instead of Active Speaker View
Zoom defaults to “Active Speaker” view when a meeting is recorded to the cloud. For smaller meetings and classes, you might instead want the “gallery view” so you have a better view of everyone in the meeting. Good news! For cloud recordings, you can change the default recording view from “active speaker” to “gallery … Read more
Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.
Fortune Cookie: Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. I reacted negatively at first to this, like it was encouraging me to not take chances and be mediocre. Then I realized small victories lead to larger successes. Breaking down goals and aspirations into smaller, more manageable steps makes stepping a lot easier. … Read more