I run a network attached storage (NAS) device at home to manage all my media (e.g., music, videos, photos, etc.). I have used various programs over the years to manage…
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I tinker with tech…
LibreOffice Calc – Comparing and Aligning Two Lists Using VLOOKUP
One of the tasks I have to do regularly as part of my job is to compare two lists to see which items are missing on one list but not…
Linux – Adding and Organizing Music with Clementine
In the almost 15 years I’ve been using Linux I have gone through a number of music playing apps. From Amarok to Banshee to Rhythmbox and at least a few…
Linux – Fixing the Epson (V33 Perfection) Scanner Issue in Kubuntu 18.04
[NOTE: As of Ubuntu/Kubuntu 20.04, the drivers from Epson work fine without this workaround. Download the driver, then follow the directions to install it.] As of Kubuntu 17.10, my Epson…
Linux: How to Install Zotero Standalone (in KDE or Kubuntu)
I’ve used Zotero to manage my collection of books, articles, and other citations since Zotero was released. The software has become much more robust over time. As of the latest…
Virtual Private Hosting – How to Remove a Domain with Certbot SSL Certificate (on Ubuntu 16.04 with apache)
It used to be pretty easy to remove a domain from my Virtual Private Server – dissable the site in apache, delete the files, delete the underlying database, and remove…
Linux – 360 degree video editing on Linux
I recently purchased a 360-degree camera that I have used a few times. It takes 360-degree spherical photos and also films in 360 degrees. It’s not the most expensive such…
LibreOffice Calc – splitting contents of cells into multiple columns (e.g., splitting commas)
I periodically have to take a column of text in LibreOffice calc that has names like this “Lastname, Firstname” and split them into two columns. I figure it out every time,…
R (Linux) – creating a wordcloud from PDF
On my professional website, I use wordclouds from the text of my publications as the featured images for the posts where I share the publications. I have used a website…
R (Linux) – basic installation
To install the R programming environment on Linux is pretty straightforward, but it does require a little bit of know how in order to find the correct packages. As is…