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The Tech Deck archive for Oct. 2013

MONDAY, OCT. 7, 2013


How to correctly identify a font 

Because I get asked this all the time, I thought I'd share with you the best way to identify a font. Does it look like Helvetica? It's probably Arial. Does it look like a restaurant menu? It's probably Papyrus. Does it look like the very…

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THURSDAY, OCT. 3, 2013

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 2013

These are a few of the nerdiest things 

Girls speaking Klingon and 16 Gig caches, writing in code with some dots and some dashes, Wood Elves with bows fighting dragons with wings, ... these are a few of the nerdiest things.--Jim Stone, local nerd Last week a friend made a joke on the…

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Need access to federal websites? 

In case you haven't heard, the Federal Government is shut down for the moment. In a completely nonsensical (from a technical perspective) act, a bunch of federal websites have been taken down and replaced with this very welcoming message: In case you really, really needed…

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The iOS upgrade experience 

Our newsroom has an iPad Mini, codenamed "iPad Mini", for testing stuff. It's still using the archaic and antiquated iOS 6, so let's update it. First we open our Settings app. Then we go to General settings, and at the top we see Software Update.…

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TUESDAY, OCT. 1, 2013

Introducing the Tech Deck blog 

Welcome to the Spokesman-Review's new Tech Deck blog, where we discuss all sorts of different nerdy things, with an Inland NW slant. As one of the online developers for spokesman.com, I fortunately/unfortunately cannot escape the moniker, so I might as well represent. One goal of…

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