My Samsung Galaxy S5 had a usb charging port problem after 18 months. I had gotten a SquareTrade policy when I bought the phone, since they are half the price of At&t’s protection plan. I did NOT have enough battery power to do a factory reset, so I sent the phone in minus the SD […]
26
Apr
Amazon Square Trade, Cell Phone Repair, and Fraud Charges
Posted by Wayno Published in Android, Security, Skill Level: Easy17
Aug
this is just a test to see how things work via email. Rose Canyon Lake (picnic) – July 29, 2014
24
Jun
Openvpn revisited: Howto install and configure openvpn
Posted by Wayno Published in howto, Linux Networking, Skill Level: Advanced, Skill Level: MediumVirtual Private Networks. They are useful, but they can also seem daunting. As I have learned more about VPN’S from my first post, some 2 years ago, I thought we should re-vist and update. 1. What’s the first thing we do? Why install openvpn of course! REMOTE (HOST) Configuration sudo apt-get install openvpn 2. Now […]
15
Apr
Ubuntu to go: Installing Linux onto a usb flash drive
Posted by Wayno Published in howto, Skill Level: MediumAnother lost article, originally from May 4, 2009 Putting Ubuntu on a flash drive, can seem a daunting task. But if you follow these steps, you’ will have a portable secure operating system. Here’s what you”ll need: A computer with: USB Ports 256 meg of ram cdrom USB flash drive (at least 4 G) 32 […]
8
Mar
Configuring APC (American Power Conversion) UPS Support for Linux
Posted by Wayno Published in howto, loniThis was an old article from June 23, 2009 that was somehow lost. Installing APC (American Power Conversion) UPS (Un-interruptible Power Source) Support for Ubuntu Linux (debunking the half truths) Information garnered from: apcupsd.org first step sudo apt-get install apcupsd 1. HALF-TRUTH: Problem 2.6 kernels use udev and some distributions to not configure it to […]
8
Mar
Dear Comcast: Today I interacted via telephone with one of your offshore tech support agents, since I was unable to go online. customer.comcast.net was unable to tell me of any outages in my area. One of my online experiences was with a computer anyway since it failed the Turing test. Your Customer Service mark would […]
25
Feb
How to adjust the skip time during playback in mythtv
Posted by Wayno Published in howto, mythtv, Skill Level: EasyThank you jya_ from #mythtv-users (irc.freenode.net) for identifying the location to change the skip time for playback using mythtv. By default, mythtv skips 30 seconds FORWARD using the Right Arrow Key (->) symbol, and skips 5 seconds BACK using the Left (< - ) symbol on the keyboard. I wanted to change the skip back […]
25
Feb
Everytime I looked at the the schedules in mythtv I had gotten from Schedules Direct, They were scrambled. The titles and the times would be correct, but the description did NOT match the programme. I contacted Schedules Direct and found out about something called EIT. Event Information Table. EIT is part of the ATSC standard. […]
11
Feb
Long before Star Trek the Next Generation. From “Lost in Space” (Season 2, Episode 13 — Wreck of the Robot) Pre-Borg! — This use predates Star Trek the Next Generation, by over 20 years. Resistance is futile.
14
Jan
How to update the google talk / hangouts plugin for Linux
Posted by Wayno Published in debian, howto, Skill Level: EasyThis threw me for a loop! Literally. I wanted to use Google Hangouts, but it told me I needed to update the plugin. I downloaded the plugin, installed it, fired up hangouts again, only to be told, I had to update the plugin again! The screen looks something like this: What the? I just installed […]
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