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I tinker with tech…

Ubuntu: Enabling USB Support in Virtualbox

Posted on August 13, 2009

While Ubuntu does about 95% of what I need my OS to do, there are a few things it doesn’t do (or at least doesn’t do well).  I occasionally need…

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Ubuntu: How to Automount Internal NTFS Drives

Posted on August 13, 2009

For most new users of Linux, automounting an internal NTFS drive is probably not a concern as you’ll just have one hard drive and it will be reformatted to either…

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Goodbye Windows (mostly). Hello Linux!

Posted on May 19, 2009

After about three years of toying with each new release of Ubuntu Linux, the latest version, Jaunty Jackalope 9.0.4, sold me.  It’s about 95% there, and that’s enough.  So here’s…

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how to open Google Reader links in a new tab without changing focus

Posted on February 15, 2009June 17, 2021

If you’re a fan of Google Reader, like I am, that means it is now part of your life – something you’re not sure you could live without.  I use…

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OpenOffice Macro to fix UTF-8 and iso-8859-1 encoding issues (–, —, ”, “, Â)

Posted on December 14, 2008

I’m not exactly sure why it is happening (probably cut and paste issues), but occasionally I get some encoding errors on my blog.  Quotes and dashes end up as: –,…

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new video!

Posted on November 15, 2008February 25, 2020

A little less than a year ago I posted footage of a shuttle launch filmed in Titusville, which is about as close as you can get to a shuttle launch…

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Sony HDV “AV/C Subunit” Error

Posted on November 15, 2008

I have a Sony HDR-HC1 camcorder that I use for shooting video. It’s a great camera with lots of features. The only problem I ever really have with it is…

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have you done your part?

Posted on June 18, 2008

If you haven’t downloaded Firefox 3 yet, you still have a couple hours to participate in their Guiness World Record setting attempt at the most software downloads in 24 hours. …

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software everyone should know about

Posted on March 8, 2008October 2, 2022

I run into people all the time who are fighting technology. Not everyone spends as much time in front of a computer as I do; and not everyone has the…

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recommended software page

Posted on March 8, 2008

I added a page on here with some software recommendations.  I talk to a lot of people who don’t know about this software, so I figured I’d put it on…

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