Ryan and Debi & Toren

Author: rcragun

  • Iceland – Day 2 – Seljalandsfoss, Skogafoss, Dyrholaey, Reynisfjara and Vik

    Our plan for seeing as much of Iceland as we could in a week was to drive all the way around the country, hitting highlights as we went.  We hit out fairly early on our first full day in the country and made it to our first stop, Seljalandsfoss in the morning. “Foss” is a…

  • Iceland – Day 1 – Reykjavik – Hallgrimskirkja, Sólfarið, and more

    I submitted a paper to a conference in Switzerland in November 2016 and it was accepted. When I started looking for flights, Icelandair was actually the cheapest and that led me to remember that they have a free stopover program – you can fly into Reykjavik, stay for up to a week, then continue your…

  • Kdenlive playhead doesn’t reposition on Linux

    I use Kdenlive for editing videos when I have the occasional need to edit videos.  In recent versions of Kdenlive (e.g., 17.07.70), I have been running into a problem that has been driving me crazy.  The line that runs across the timeline editor, which is called the “playhead,” has been freezing in place.  I could click…

  • Donald Trump hair PNG

    I keep wanting to put Donald Trump’s hair on different things.  Whenever I search for “Donald Trump’s hair png,” I don’t find anything.  So I went ahead and made my own Donald Trump hair png file.   Here you go: I wanted it this time to make this: If you make something with this, please…

  • Triple Falls Trail – Dupont Forest, North Carolina

    I was attending a conference in Asheville, NC, and had half of a day free.  Rather than stay cooped up in my hotel, and knowing there were hills in the area, myself and my colleagues, took a trip out to Dupont Forest to hike Triple Falls. We didn’t have a lot of time – just…

  • Hiking in Silver Springs State Park

    I was invited to give a presentation to a freethought group in Ocala and thought it might be a good opportunity to explore a little more of Florida.  I looked up hikes near Ocala and found Silver Springs State Park.  From what we were told by some of the people where I gave my presentation,…

  • transferring some email between Gmail accounts using Thunderbird

    I have several Gmail accounts for various reasons.  Occasionally I have the need to transfer emails between the accounts.  The only way to transfer just some email between Gmail accounts is to use a desktop email client, like Thunderbird, Evolution, or KMail.  Unfortunately, the process isn’t all that straightforward and can be quite confusing at…

  • Android: Wink Hub and Sprint’s Data Optimizer

    I reformatted my Android phone (LG G3 with Android 5.0.1, software version LS990ZVG) the other day to address a problem I was having.  After reformatting, I reinstalled all of my apps and everything seemed to be working fine until I tried to log into the Wink Hub app to adjust the settings for some of…

  • Linux: Installing Redshift

    There is a growing body of research suggesting that blue light before bedtime can be associated with sleep problems.  I’ve known about this for a while, but have just recently started having sleep problems.  I decided to try some of the programs that make changes to the color of your monitors to see if it…

  • Kubuntu: How to Map Windows Network Share

    My workplace is largely a Windows based institution.  Due to a collaborative project, I was recently asked to access some documents on a Windows Network Drive.  I was sent directions for how to add that drive in Windows.  Those directions were not that helpful as I, of course, run Linux.  As perhaps the only Linux user…