Not that most of you are going to ever see this or care, but as for me, I just spent about 6 hours over the last few weeks trying to resolve it so I hope as a public service this will help someone both fix their client and save some time! Background: My Ubuntu owncloud client was working just fine…
Author: justadminnit
Procaffeinating – Definition Corrected and Expounded
You may have seen this most excellent image floating around the webs: I thought it was pure genius and if I had the energy or time, I’d probably track down the source and give them credits but that kind of work is for previous generations. Also, I couldn’t find any detailed expounding on this new and most excellent word. Also,…
Great Article to Quickly Review Our Financial and Investment Literacy
This is a great article to quickly reveal how much we *don’t* know about $$ and what we need to do. Thanks to my friend Paul who forwarded this article to me. I think these are most painful to me because I remember sitting there in high school having a classmate explain to me the importance of compound interest and…
How to Privatize Your Calendar with Owncloud, Thunderbird, and Lightning
Edit 151224: I had accidentally selected ‘ics’ format instead of caldav. Sorry about that. Now it works! — Getting your calendar off other people’s servers should be a priority. It’s bad enough that you’re being tracked unwillingly but throwing your daily calendar out there to be viewed is borderline twisted. I needed a solution where the sync was happening on…
Stella Young – Inspiration Porn
I have got to say… Watching this presentation by Stella Young completely revolutionized the way I view disabled people. In a humourous way, Ms. Young presents a non-humourous subject matter – the way non-disabled people view disabled people. My spew will follow underneath the embedded TED Talk below: This speech really challenged me and my position and relationship with…
Stuff to Keep in Mind for Realtors, Tenants, and Landlords in BC
Here are some snippets of information that should help both tenants and agents. When a property is for sale, there are some rules that need to be followed and some in particular are more relevant to common real estate transactions involving tenants. First here is a link to the BC government tenancy guide page Next, here is the actual PDF…
A Brief Comparison of Korean Gayageum, Chinese Guzheng and Japanese Koto
Eun Chae, one of my students, submitted this interested topic for her writing. I thought it was quite intriguing so I thought I would publish it. She didn’t do exceeding amounts of research but enough for all of us to benefit. Enjoy and thanks, Eun Chae. Why do musical instruments that come from Korea, Japan, and China look similar?…
Two Classic Highly Intelligent and Humourous Comedic Acts
Sometimes I review these to help me realize that some things old are much better than new. I guess back then people had brains when they used humour? Johnny Carson as Ronald Reagan Abbott & Costello Who’s on First
Ready to Die?
Usually I try to focus on the humourous part of life, but sometimes life is serious. Sometimes something jumps out at me and ‘puts me in my place’ and helps me refocus. This quote was just such a quote. I stopped in my tracks and thought of my family, my friends and even myself. Take a moment to grade yourself.…
Why Setup and How to Setup PGP Encryption on Your Email
Preface If you don’t have encryption on at least your email, you might as well send the information on a postcard for the world to see. If you don’t like the idea of the content of your email being put onto a postcard then you need to set up PGP as today’s best solution. Is it amazingly easy? No. Like…