WOTD

mumpsimus
1. Adherence to or persistence in an erroneous use of language, memorization, practice, belief, etc., out of habit or obstinacy.
2. A person who persists in a mistaken expression or practice.

sumpsimuses
1. Adherence to or persistence in using a strictly correct term, holding to a precise practice, etc., as a rejection of an erroneous but more common form.
2. A person who is obstinate or zealous about such strict correctness.

Remove Password on PDF file.

My accountant sent me my tax returns as password protected PDF files. There isn’t any way to get them out of Adobe Acrobat Reader without the password. There are lots of on-line solutions, but that means giving someone else access to your data. There are also programs that you can download, but it’s hard to know if you can trust them. Instead just drop your PDF onto Safari. Enter the password, then use File –> Print to print to PDF.

If you want to add a new password, open the file in Preview and then use the Export as PDF command. Click on the Show Details button and check the box for encryption. You can add your own password here. The encrypted files will open in Reader and Preview.

Centering YouTube Videos

WordPress automatically displays YouTube videos when you put the shared link into a post. (Leave a blank line before and after the link.)

Sometimes you want to center the video and this code will do it.


<iframe style='margin: 0 auto; display:block' width='560' height='315' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/xnBAwUV7abA' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen></iframe>
<p class='caption'>Bruiser and Bird</p>

Bruiser and Bird

If you use the centering trick, the video won’t display in preview mode.

You can have the video start at a specific location by appending the time to the link.


https://youtu.be/xnBAwUV7abA?t=43s