Second revision: March 17, 2016 The other day I indicated to a Bible-believer friend that I would prefer to only communicate with this person (and everyone else) by means of Telegram or secured email, rather than SMS messaging or totally unsecured email. To my surprise, this person replied back that they were ‘unsure of their biblical position on privacy’. Being…
Category: Technology
Is Gmail Safe to use ‘Just for Business’?
No. Google is *not* safe to use ‘just for business’, I confirmed clearly today. About seven or eight years ago when I moved my whole life over from proprietary operating systems to Ubuntu, I was still using services like Gmail, Google search engine, Twitter, and a few other ‘services’ like these every day within the Ubuntu environment. Thankfully, I had…
What does your Email say about you?
I love this post and I come back to it time and time again. However, it is now both out of date and also needs further commenting. First, though, go take a look and enjoy the original here: COOL CARTOON THAT EXPLAINS HOW YOUR EMAIL REPRESENTS YOU Here are my updates, and I’d love any extras or edits you could…
How to Install Telegram on Cyanogenmod
If you were following my other post this week, you’ll see that I’ve had to take a short trip away from ubuntu phone while a few kinks are ironed out. I had started down this journey thinking that I would just install Cyanogenmod and then download a few apps from google play and then kill the connection to the mothership.…
How to Flash Cyanogen Mod on Nexus 4 Using Ubuntu
If you ended up on my first tutorial showing how to get ‘android back’ I did post that too hastily and forgot that Cyanogen mod is a much, much safer version of android because it doesn’t connect to the mothership of Google. If you have been running Ubuntu on the Nexus 4 and been challenged and need a temporary solution…
How to Flash Back to Android from Ubuntu Phone
UPDATE: This tutorial below will flash you back under the nasty tracking eyes of Google/Alphabet. You will get the google play store and all the ‘fun’ but you will also get spied on and ultimately regret it. I have since updated my tutorial/solution to this: How to Flash Cyanogen Mod on Nexus 4 Using Ubuntu There is no play store…
How to Fix Owncloud Maintenance Mode Message Ubuntu Server
Did and upgrade to your Ubuntu packages and owncloud is mucked up? Same. So I blogged this because it happens all the time and I always forget how to do it quickly. Hope this helps you, too: Access your server via terminal (ssh in) move to your owncloud directory. Mine is default and if yours is too copying and pasting…
Should I Kill my Dumb Smart Phone Forever?
You know, sometimes you read an article and when you read it you are sure it’s wisdom screaming out at you. You know there is truth there. You know you should listen. This article is just such an article but before reading it, let me state a few things: she should also ditch google and all the other invasive companies…
Everything You Need to Know about Ubuntu Phone
My friend sent me this link to a great page that summarizes most of the key things you need to know about the Ubuntu Phone. As mentioned in my previous article, we are quickly moving to convergence and in order to make sure we get there safely, ubuntu is the *only* option. The great news for all of you who…
The Race to Convergence: Or is it a Marathon?
This article started out kind of exciting. It explained how Ubuntu was about to show, on a large commercial scale the unveiling of convergence of multiple devices. For those who don’t know what convergence is, it’s the ability for multiple devices to converge into one user experience – without the need for multiple processors and hard drives. For a company…