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…
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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…
How to Flash OpenWRT on a DIR-615 C1 Router
Before I explain the ‘how to’ part, please allow me to explain everything I tried to do first in case some of these key words save someone else the pain: -I tried everything I could find on the well meaning but horrendous pages of OpenWRT. Specifically this one for this router located here. -I tried the ‘upload via recovery mode…
How to Flash from Cyanogen Mod to Ubuntu on Nexus 4
Normally in the past, it was very easy for me to flash from android to Ubuntu for phone. I just used the usual ubuntu tutorial and it worked. Then, somewhere in the middle I switched to Cyanogen mod (android) as the ‘lesser of two evils’ while I was waiting for bluetooth to improve. I heard today that everything is working…
How to View Multiple Page Fax with Ubuntu
I got a fax recently as a .tif image file and when I went to open it on the world’s best operating system ubuntu, and it wouldn’t view anything except page 1! I thought there was a bug with the operating system but it turned out that they actually had, built right into ubuntu a viewer designed specifically to handle…
Eye Spy with Alphabet Google’s Little Eye Something that is Creepy
Some people think google and their new secret daddy ‘Alphabet‘ are ok. Perhaps this article will convince you otherwise? In the past, google would very slowly ‘creep’ you from behind. They’d take a little ‘peek’ over your shoulder at your personal information and then kind of ‘accidentally’ share that information with advertisers. No biggy. People get their ‘free’ services and…
Question the Magic (QTM): Hello Barbie
Thanks to my usual homeboys for forwarding this one. It’s simply…. MAGIC! HELLO BARBIE which costs a mere… oh…. HUNDRED BUCKS, will also, for that small fee, spy on your children (and you as a bonus) and report its findings to an unidentified source for not-fully-disclosed purposes. The Magic Your kid speaks to Barbie and Barbie comes back with one…
Phone with Etiquette or No Phone At All?
Yesterday a friend of mine sent a list of phone etiquette to make sure that we are being as respectful and professional as possible in the way we represent our company and ourselves as individuals. I am thankful for the list and I made a mental note of all the suggestions and implemented the changes that I could. However, before…
How to Make Telegram Desktop Auto Start on Ubuntu 14.04
You want your Telegram app to start when you turn on your computer each time? Ok, here’s how you do it. First, review the first three steps on this blog I did here. Now, simply take note of the location of where I tracked down this Telegram Desktop app. —then click through some other telegram folder and then do the…