About Tricksy Human
The Tricksy Human is a very old man who lives in the desert and spends his time making websites. Like this one. Tricksy, huh?
This is only one of maybe about a hundred or so websites made by the Tricksy Human. You can see links to lots more of them at Steve's Web Hosting.
The Tricksy Human blogs too, here are some of the latest blog posts from the various blogs operated by the Tricksy Human.
Tricksy Blogs
MacBook Pro Video Hardware Failure, Repair Pending
Two and a half years ago I bought a 15" Apple MacBook Pro. It was the first model released with an LED backlit display. I've had very good results with the notebook until recently. About 2 weeks ago it began locking up after being used for a while. At first I [...]
http://macsaregreat.com/?p=380
Apple iPad: Get Ready, Get Set, Shop
Like many other people I'm planning to buy an iPad when they become available to order later this month. With that in mind I thought I'd take a quick look at eBay the night before last to see if they had any cool accessories I might have on hand when my new toy eventually [...]
http://macsaregreat.com/?p=371
Samsung ML-2851ND Duplex Network Laser Printer, Under $200
Recently our trusty old HP laser printer began displaying a cryptic series of blinking lights instead of printing pages. Since the printer was already 7 years old and was cobbled onto our wired LAN using an unreliable print server module, we decided it was time for a new printer. I wanted direct Ethernet [...]
http://macsaregreat.com/?p=287
Snow Leopard A-OK on 3 Macs
I received Snow Leopard today and have upgraded an older MacBook, a MacBook Pro, and my Mac Pro with no problems at all. It was the easiest operating system upgrade I've ever done. I now have a lot more free hard drive space on my two notebooks, making room for more movie and [...]
http://macsaregreat.com/?p=284
Snow Leopard On Its Way
Apple will be releasing Snow Leopard on Friday and I have every intention of installing it ASAP. I intend to start with my main workhorse computer, my 8-core Mac Pro, on which I do all of my website development work. I ordered the 5-pack to include some of my other Macs too. In preparation [...]
http://macsaregreat.com/?p=268
Resistance is Futile, I Buy an iPhone
I resisted as long as I could. I kept telling myself that since I was home most of the time I had very little need for a smart phone. My husband has had an iPhone for over a year now, but I kept resisting, content with having 5 Macs and 4 iPods. What finally [...]
http://macsaregreat.com/?p=261
Blogging at 30,000 Feet
As I'm typing this I'm on an American Airlines flight from DFW to Palm Springs using their new GoGo Inflight Internet service. For only $5.95 I am getting quite fast Internet access, and they do not seem to be blocking any ports. I was able to use SSH to connect to a secure [...]
http://macsaregreat.com/?p=223
Coda, Nine Months Later
It has been nearly nine months now since I abandoned using Dreamweaver and adopted Coda as my HTML/PHP editor and site manager. I never look back. Coda does have a few minor oddities about it, cases where I wonder why they did it that way, but I'm able to use it to [...]
http://macsaregreat.com/?p=209
Amazon iPhone App Shows Kindle Books on iPhone or Touch
If you happen to own both an Amazon Kindle (1 or 2) and either an iPhone or an iPod Touch, there is a really cool new free app in the iTunes store that you absolutely ought to grab. With Kindle for iPhone you can login to your Amazon account and see a list of every [...]
http://macsaregreat.com/?p=123
How I Escaped from Dreamweaver with Coda
For the last ten years of my career in corporate America I used Adobe nee Macromedia Dreamweaver for a living. It sucked. There is not a webserver with enough storage capacity for me to list all of the things I hate about Dreamweaver, but I knew how to use it, and the support it offered [...]
http://macsaregreat.com/?p=64
Anti-Gay Party of Jesus CA State Senator Busted for DUI After Leaving Gay Club
A Party of Jesus State Senator from California, known to frequent gay bars in Sacramento, has been arrested on DUI charges after leaving a gay nightclub with another man, that, well you know, wink wink nudge nudge. State Senator Roy Ashburn has always opposed gay rights. As a member of the Party of Jesus it [...]
http://partyofjesus.com/?p=404
6 Mar 2010 at 11:16am
Improved Searching for Gluten Free Food
For years our designs of gluten free food shopping sites have been frustrated by limitations on searching across multiple categories for gluten free food. A recent visit from my far away programmer son led to a very promising breakthrough. We'd like your help in testing and improving the results, if you [...]
http://myceliacblog.com/archives/400
2 Feb 2010 at 10:37am
SC Lt Gov: Helping Poor Like Feeding Stray Animals
The Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina flaunted his Party of Jesus Family Values this week with a comment he made about financial assistance given to poor people. "My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed! You're facilitating [...]
http://partyofjesus.com/?p=392
26 Jan 2010 at 12:06pm
Product Review: Sam Mills Gluten Free Conchiliette Pasta
Recently we noticed a new brand of gluten free pasta showing up in online searches, Sam Mills. One thing that sets this brand apart is very low price. We decided to take a chance and buy a 12 pack of Sam Mills Gluten Free Conchiliette from Amazon to see what it was like. Sam [...]
http://myceliacblog.com/archives/375
18 Jan 2010 at 9:25am
Buy Gluten Free Rice Stick and Save Money
Have you ever noticed that once the two words "gluten free" go onto a package it suddenly costs a whole lot more? Many types of gluten free pasta noodles are made from rice, but why not sidestep the gluten free food industry by finding foods that inherently contain no gluten, without being labeled as [...]
http://myceliacblog.com/archives/371
15 Jan 2010 at 10:22am
Still More New Sites for GF Shoppers
We are in the business of creating websites, so we do. Many of our websites are designed to provide support for people affected by celiac disease, this includes our two latest additions. Gluten Free Finds Gluten Free Finds is a gluten free food shopping site organized according to different types of gluten free food, like pasta, [...]
http://myceliacblog.com/archives/356
14 Jan 2010 at 2:26pm
Gluten Free, Vegan Mayo Substitute: Mayola
Recently I discovered a gluten-free, vegan imitation mayonnaise product that comes in a handy squeeze bottle designed to be stored upside down like those cool Heinz ketchup squeeze bottles. This idea appealed to me because it involves inherent protection against cross contamination that might be caused by people using a knife to spread mayo [...]
http://myceliacblog.com/archives/348
13 Jan 2010 at 11:23am
Wife of Party of Jesus SC Governor Protects Sanctity of Divorce
Jenny Sanford, the wife of Party of Jesus South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, has filed for divorce from her husband in order to demonstrate her respect for the Sanctity of Divorce. The Sanfords are well known for sanctity, Governor Sanford made the news a while back when he moved to protect the Sanctity of Extra-Marital Affairs [...]
http://partyofjesus.com/?p=389
12 Dec 2009 at 2:00pm
Party of Jesus South Carolina Governor Faces 37 Ethics Charges
South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford (Party of Jesus) is a member of the morally superior Jeebus-brand political party formerly known as the Republicans. Because of his moral superiority and oft-stated support for the Sanctity of Marriage it may come as a wee bit of a surprise to learn that this prominent Party of Jesus [...]
http://partyofjesus.com/?p=378
23 Nov 2009 at 3:10pm
the gluten free celiac store
As I do from time to time, I've created another website designed to hopefully make life easier for people with celiac disease. This one is a gluten free food shopping site, but unlike all of the others I've made I rolled this one out by hand, line of code after line of code. [...]
http://myceliacblog.com/archives/342
22 Nov 2009 at 2:23pm
Maine Voters Set to Choose Between Jesus or Justice
Today, November 3, 2009, voters in the great state of Maine will go to the polls to vote on Question 1, a ballot measure based on California Proposition H8 that would render null and void the legality of same-sex marriage in Maine despite the fact that their "activist" legislature and "activist" Governor passed and signed a law to establish equal marriage rights for all citizens.
http://atheistfag.com/archives/714
3 Nov 2009 at 10:26am
Party of Jesus Representative Says Gay Marriage is Socialism
Party of Jesus US Congressman Steven King (Iowa -no relation to the author of the same name who is not a moron) has revealed the official Party of Jesus dogma that gay marriage is a purely socialist concept. No doubt his observation is based on the prolific writings of luminaries such as Karl Marx, [...]
http://partyofjesus.com/?p=370
24 Sep 2009 at 11:34am