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Sans-serif fonts look “cleaner” The days of “flow” guided by otherwise “clutterful” serif fonts are waning as analog print materials secedes evermore to digital. A client recently requested a “cleaner” look for their website overall. Comparison to examples immediately revealed “cleaner looking” sans-serif was an easy substitute for quick results. Serif Font Sans-serif Equivalent Notes … Read more
Real-World Layer-2 GHOST – RealTek USB NIC is Total Junk vs Known Good Quality Replacements Realtek RTL8153-based USB NIC Troubleshooting (another) tech problem that should have been simple but instead became insanely obnoxious, costing some hours, hardware swaps, etc. Details at the bottom. Just below are known working USB NICs that do not use RealTek … Read more
Search Engines accepting submissions Past Efforts to Allow Public Contributions to Search Engines Some search engines—especially open-source or decentralized ones—have experimented with allowing users to contribute directly to their data or indexing pipeline. These efforts generally fall into a few categories: Open Indexing Initiatives Search Engines that Accept URL Submissions or Additions Search Engine Public … Read more
Full Spectrum Lighting for Product Photos When photographing products, light quality plays a crucial role in accurately capturing color, texture, and dimension. Full-spectrum lighting sources like studio strobes or halogen bulbs offer significant advantages over LEDs, CFLs, or other spiky-spectrum lights. Here’s an objective comparison: A tilted full-spectrum is much easier to correct via software … Read more
NetSuite Internals – Index Slowly but surely detailing the internals of NetSuite. The 3 Main Tables Transactions, Items, Entities https://wp.brenden.com/netsuite-internals-the-3-main-tables-transactions-items-entities/ Transaction Table https://wp.brenden.com/netsuite-internals-transaction-table/ Transaction_Line Table https://wp.brenden.com/netsuite-internals-transaction_line-table/ Several APIs https://wp.brenden.com/netsuite-internals-several-apis/
Identity, Authenticity, Authority, Validity – Trump Challenging Biden Pardons signed by Digital AutoPen Of course it’s divisive strife generation and political theatre, but this does tangle what establishes reality. Donald Trump’s claim that President Joe Biden’s executive orders and pardons are invalid due to the use of a digital autopen signature raises legal and procedural … Read more
NetSuite Internals – Several APIs SuiteTalk API (suitetalk.api.netsuite.com) vs Other SuiteConnect Methods SuiteTalk is the SOAP-based API that NetSuite provides for interacting programmatically with its platform. However, NetSuite offers other ways to connect external applications via SuiteConnect, which encompasses different integration options such as SuiteAnalytics Connect, REST API, and ODBC/JDBC. Here’s a comparison of SuiteTalk … Read more
NetSuite Internals – The 3 Main Tables Transactions, Items, Entities NetSuite Internals: Deep Dive into the Three Core Tables NetSuite’s data structure revolves around three primary categories of tables: These tables do not exist as single physical tables but are logical groupings of multiple interconnected tables. Let’s explore each area in depth. 1️⃣ Entities (Customers, … Read more
NetSuite Internals – Transaction_Line Table Transaction_Line Table in NetSuite: A Complete Guide The Transaction_Line table in NetSuite contains line-level details for all types of transactions. This is a child table of the Transaction table, meaning each record represents an individual line item within a transaction (e.g., sales order, invoice, bill, etc.). 1️⃣ Purpose of Transaction_Line … Read more
NetSuite Internals – Transaction Table NetSuite Transaction Table: A Detailed Breakdown The NetSuite Transaction table is the core database table where all financial and operational transactions are stored. It contains high-level (header) information about each transaction, while related details (such as line items) are stored in separate linked tables. This table is crucial for accounting, … Read more