Control I’m Here: GFI TakeControl For Linux
It’s no secret that I prefer to work in Linux. It’s where I am most comfortable. My staple tools are readily available and my habits are instinctual on that system. I use GFI Max on a regular basis and...
View ArticleSearchin: Remove Unwanted Search Box Changes From Firefox 34
Firefox 34 introduced a new search user interface. One of the features added in this version is the ability to use an alternate search engine on an individual search by clicking a tile in a window that...
View ArticleAmnesia: Dissociate File Types in Windows 7
I ran into an unexpected situation yesterday where a user had inadvertently associated his Windows desktop shortcut files with an application. This led to the application trying unsuccessfully to open...
View ArticleShareaholic Warning From The “It’s Not Spam When We Do It” Department
I am beyond furious with Shareaholic right now. It certainly could be argued that I bear some culpability in my own outrage, since I didn’t thoroughly review the changes included in an update to their...
View ArticleLittle Fluffy Clouds: Deploy a Bitnami ownCloud Stack on Linode
I recently gave a presentation at the Boise Cloud Computing Meetup on deploying a Bitnami ownCloud Stack on Linode. The presentation includes material from Bitnami, used with permission. It also...
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Headhunter: Use Snipping Tool For Screen Grabs (Not Microsoft Word)
If you work in an office, chances are you will need computer support at some time. In the course of working with support, you may need to submit a picture of something on your computer screen. If you...
View ArticleRE:BOOT Punish Your Machine
My friend Michael W. Dean (of Freedom Feens and FeenPhone fame) has a recent post that is worth sharing on a Windows Wednesday. If you leave your Windows PC on all the time and feel like it runs better...
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Biting My Nails: WordPress Thumbnails On Facebook
Around this time last year I solved a problem of my blog posts not having thumbnails when published to my Facebook page by manually setting featured images in the posts, as well as using the Facebook...
View ArticleSilent Order: Ninite Silent Updates
I’ve been wanting to put together a script to automate software updates with NinitePro for a while now, and finally deployed my first version. Right now it simply checks to see if NinitePro is in the...
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Facing Pictures: Complex Thunderbird Email Signatures
I’m plain text email guy. I don’t like HTML email. I cling to the historic notion that an email signature should be no more than 4 lines of plain text following the traditional signature separator of...
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