NHL 2018 Playoff Bracket
Here it is. Haven’t followed much hockey this year but going with the heart! P.S. I do have a second bracket with Tampa Bay taking the east and the Preds winning it all but I’m not posting that one 🙂
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Programming
Sending email with PHPMailer
It appears most of the examples out there relate to version 5.2. The current version is 6 and I had to make the following change in order to get it to work. Everything else from the examples worked. Change: $mail = new PHPMailer(); To: $mail = new PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer(); I’ll post (or edit this post) a
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FTP on macOS High Sierra
As you may have noticed, FTP is no longer a part of macOS High Sierra. If you are in the Terminal, you’ll get something like this: Norms-iMac-Pro:~ norm$ ftp -bash: ftp: command not found An Apple Forum’s post has this reasoning. Fortunately, there is Homebrew to the rescue. As pointed out in that post, you
Mac OS X, Programming
Installing GCC-7.3.0 on macOS High Sierra
I talked about getting GCC-5.3.0 running in a previous post. As part of some benchmark testing I’m doing for a new computer build, which I hope to write about in a future post, I ventured back into the world of parallel programming. I used the excellent instructions from Solarian Programmer found here to get GCC-7.3.0
iOS, Mac OS X, Programming
Allowing different orientations by device (iPad vs iPhone)
I’ve been watching the Developing iOS 11 Apps with Swift podcast (yes, iTunes U content is now available as podcasts, which is cool because you can view them on your Mac) and playing around the Concentration app. This app really wants to be Portrait on an iPhone but Portrait or Landscape on an iPad, given
Mac OS X, Programming
Installing Octave 4.2.1 on macOS Sierra
I’ve been using version 4.0.3 of Octave for some time, installed via the binary available from SourceForge. It works reasonably well, with the exception of having to return to Terminal to enter commands for paged output. I wanted to move up to the current version and managed to get version 4.2.1 installed using HomeBrew. In
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NBA 2017 Playoff Bracket
The #NBA in general and the #Warriors in particular are the only league/team I’ve really followed this year. So, here are my picks. I feel good about the first round, although picking the #Bucks hurt. The second round, especially in the East, was a little trickier. #WarriorsGround
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NHL 2017 Playoff Bracket
Well, here it is. I confess I have not followed the NHL at all this season, with the exception of checking in on the Leafs every now and then. And they (the Leafs) have been a nice surprise. This “first” playoff run will be great experience for the youngsters. I would LOVE to see them