Ryan and Debi & Toren

Author: rcragun

  • KDE – Adjusting the Look and Feel of the Desktop and Application Windows

    I love how configurable KDE is as a desktop.  However, adjusting the look of the desktop is something of a nightmare.  There are five different options to adjust different aspects of the desktop and application windows, each of which does different things, but the labels given to these don’t always reflect what the customizations will…

  • Linux – Kubuntu 16.04 with Plasma 5.5.5 – unable to change file associations

    I just upgraded my laptop (Lenovo ThinkPad T540P) to the latest version of Kubuntu – 16.04 with Plasma 5.5.5.  Everything was running great until I had an issue with Ark, the archiving program that comes with KDE.  It was having an issue unzipping an archive.  It seemed to unzip the archive, but the resulting file…

  • Half Dome – Yosemite National Park

    I was in Northern California on a speaking tour but had a couple of days while I was there that I didn’t have any speaking engagements.  I had combined the speaking tour with a conference I was attending in Seattle, the plan being that I would travel to several locations in California to talk about…

  • Point Lobos, California Hike

    While on a book speaking tour in California, I had a few days where I didn’t have any talks.  One one of those days, while I was staying in Santa Cruz, I drove down the coast to Point Lobos State Natural Reserve.  I was using my down time to get some work done but also needed…

  • Things to Know About Traveling to Argentina in 2016

    I’m on my second day here in Buenos Aires, Argentina and am slowly figuring out how life works here.  Here are a few of the things I didn’t know about that others may find useful. How to get from the airport (EZE) to Buenos Aires: When you arrive at the airport in Buenos Aires (EZE),…

  • OR-Mt. Hood

    Summit Date May 25th, 2016, around 7:00 am Party Ryan Cragun & Tom Triplett Trip Report For the previous 45 highpoints I had done, my wife had expressed some concerns, but had never insisted that I hire a guide.  With Mt. Hood, given that people die on the mountain regularly and that it is snow-covered…

  • Linux: LibreOffice Print Dialog Orientation “greyed out”

    I really like LibreOffice, but occasionally have to deal with bugs that cause silly regressions, like this one.  For years, I have printed my LibreOffice Impress (i.e., powerpoint) slides for my students to a PDF file. The options have made this pretty simple.  Click on “Print.” When the Print Dialog window comes up, click on…

  • Linux: Securely erasing a hard drive

    I recently did some upgrading to my main desktop computer and my Network Attached Storage.  As a result, I ended up moving around some hard drives and have several hard drives that are no longer in machines.  I’m holding on to most of the hard drives, but some I plan on selling or giving away.…

  • Linux: Digikam Editor not showing images

    I ran into a really weird problem with Digikam that took me a couple of days to figure out.  Since it took me so long to figure it out, I figured I should note this problem here for anyone else who runs into it. What was happening is that I would open Digikam and when…