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Friday, September 3, 2021

Stop Hotmail/Outlook.live from Asking to "Add Application"

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Noticed recently that the tab in Firefox with Hotmail open started displaying an 'add "outlook.live.com" as an application for...
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Friday, January 29, 2021

Fix High CPU/Glitchy PulseAudio in Kubuntu

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PulseAudio randomly started glitching out for me yesterday. Audio began to crackle and glitch, and several processes went bunta on the CPU: ...
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Settings for Tree Style Tab in Firefox 57

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Firefox 57 changed the plugin API extensively, and all plugins underwent major changes. One of which was Tree Style Tab, which lets you (amo...
Sunday, July 23, 2017

Quick Review: Logitech MK235 Wireless Keyboard/Mouse Combo

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Earlier this year I bought a Logitech MK235 mouse/keyboard combo to replace my ageing Rapoo RP-X1800 that lasted longer than I thought it w...
Monday, March 20, 2017

Typing Pipe ( | ) in vSphere VM Console

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Had a problem the other day where the console for some VMs in vSphere wouldn't type the "pipe" symbol properly. It's prett...
Friday, January 27, 2017

Linux Boot from Flash Drive for Legacy BIOS

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Trying to install Linux on an old (~10 years) computer, the UEFI flash install wouldn't "take". For these situations, the t...
Saturday, January 21, 2017

List of Linux Hardware and System Monitoring Tools

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dmidecode hwinfo lscpu lshw lspci ( lspci -v | grep -A 10 for graphics driver info ) lsblk blkid (Like lsblk, but gives UUID without...
Monday, January 16, 2017

NSK2480B and Asrock H170M-Pro4: Not Ideal

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I recently had to change the motherboard in my HTPC. The case is an Antec NSK2480B, a horizontally aligned case that fits up to micro-ATX mo...
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Fix "Cinnamon Just Crashed" on Linux Mint 17.3

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A recent update in Linux Mint included the nVidia 367 driver. Even though my HTPC was using integrated graphics, having the driver installed...
Saturday, September 17, 2016

Image Stacking in reveal.js

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A while back I posted on image overlays in reveal.js . That technique seemed promising but has a problem in practice as it messed with the s...
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Saturday, August 13, 2016

Things to Look for in a New TV, Beyond the Usual Ones

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At some point I'll have to upgrade my TV. My current one is "non-smart", and works fine but is getting old. Since you can'...
Thursday, August 11, 2016

Internode Ping Spikes While Playing CS:GO

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This is a typical ping log just now while playing CS:GO. I'm using ADSL2 and relatively close to the exchange ( 64 bytes from pubweb...
Sunday, July 24, 2016

PSU Status Summary

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Following along from the SSD summary , the powers supplies I've used myself or for family/friends over the past few years: My PSUs: ...
Saturday, July 23, 2016

Trying to Evaluate the Thermaltake LitePower Gen 2

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I noticed that Thermaltake have release another LitePower power supply, this one labelled the "Gen 2". The way Thermaltake uses ...
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Thursday, July 21, 2016

Turning Off Wake-On-LAN on Linux Laptops

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I noticed my Dell Latitude laptop running Kubuntu 16.04 that even after shutting down completely, the battery was still being drained. The p...
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