Filklore Posts
August 18, 2019

Chocolate Toxicity Calculator for Dogs

I’m a bit of a worrier. So whenever I used to foster a dog, knowing that chocolate is toxic to dogs, I more or less didn’t buy chocolate for the entire time of the foster.

I know that this is over the top, but worrying about dropping a chocolate having the dog gobble it up, or otherwise letting the dog consume it, it was easier to simply not have it around.

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August 14, 2019

Windows 10 Scrollbars

To my surprise, in Windows 10, there is no control for the scroll bar width (at least not that I can find). In Windows 7, it was directly controlled by one of the Advanced screens in the control panel. I would have thought it would be a prime contender for an entry in Windows 10’s Ease of Access controls, but no.

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July 29, 2019

Katie and Her Crates

July 22, 2019

Happy Birthday, Katie

July 16, 2019

Review: Amazon Echo Show 5

The Show 5 is wedge-shaped, like the Show, with a screen about he size of the average mobile phone. The screen is nice and bright, with a good resolution. The sound is quite wonderful, far better than the similarly sized Spot. One feature I like a lot is a physical switch in the case, which covers the camera. This is quite appropriate, as I can see this being an excellent bedside device.

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June 28, 2019

Life with Katie

May 22, 2019

Oculus Quest has arrived

May 7, 2019

Not a dead Parrot, after all!

I have an old Parrot piano accordion, which was given to me by an aunt many years ago. It was the larger (37 keys, 80 buttons) of two accordions she had and played, and was then too heavy for her to manage.

Knowing I was musical, she asked me if I wanted it. Somewhat startled, I answered yes.

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April 15, 2019

Alexa Skills – Goodbye Storyline/Invocable

Some time ago, I posted how Storyline, the free online tool I had used to write my first Alexa skills, had changed to Invocable, a paid platform charging developer level charges for hosting (i.e. hundreds of dollars a month).

At the time, however, they said existing skills would continue to work, even if you didn’t pay, you just wouldn’t be able to make changes.

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February 1, 2019

New Arrival – Katie The Beagle

January 22, 2019

New Echo Kit

January 18, 2019

Happy Birthday, from Alexa