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Plex – Sports Videos Library

Posted on April 25, 2020April 25, 2020

I use Plex to manage my music and video libraries. I actually don’t watch sports very often. The one exception is when I’m grading papers (I’m a college professor). I’ve…

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LibreOffice Calc: Graphs with Two y-axes with Different Scales

Posted on March 28, 2020March 28, 2020

While a bit technical, it’s occasionally useful to plot multiple data series that have very different scales in the same chart. Let me give an example to illustrate. Let’s say…

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LibreOffice Calc: Interpolating Missing Values in Graphs

Posted on March 28, 2020March 28, 2020

Here’s my situation. I have some data over time but I’m missing values in specific years. I want to graph that data but would rather not have to estimate all…

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Setting Up a New Windows Computer for Your Kids

Posted on March 25, 2020September 24, 2022

I recently had a colleague contact me for some computer advice. He knows I’m a computer geek and was looking for some help setting up a new Windows laptop for…

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Plex/tinyMediaManager and Doctor Who Specials

Posted on March 19, 2020February 9, 2022

I’m a science fiction fan. And I want my science fiction at my fingertips. To that end, I have slowly been digitizing my favorite series (e.g., Star Trek, Stargate, and…

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Change Doorbell Sound on Ring App and Amazon Echo

Posted on November 30, 2019

I’ve had a Ring doorbell (and security system) for quite a while. I never bought the chime that goes with the doorbell because it has always worked through my Amazon…

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Linux/Kubuntu – Disable Network Printer Auto Discovery

Posted on October 5, 2019

I don’t know when Kubuntu started automatically discovering printers on networks and then adding them to my list of printers, but it is a problematic feature in certain environments –…

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Linux – Failing to Read Encrypted DVDs

Posted on October 5, 2019February 4, 2020

Thanks to the fine folks at VLC and Ubuntu, watching DVDs on Linux is generally pretty straightforward. Install “libdvd-pkg” and follow the prompts and you’re generally good to go. That…

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Plex – Syncing Media to Devices

Posted on August 31, 2019May 17, 2022

NOTE: As of 2022, Plex has switched from “syncing” media to “downloading” media. More information on how to do that is available here. I love my Plex server. It works…

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Linux – Setting Up FTP/SFTP Restricted Access for User

Posted on August 31, 2019July 23, 2021

I run a server (Ubuntu 18.04) that hosts about a dozen websites using Linode. Most of the sites are run using WordPress and are my own or sites I manage…

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