Whether you are a conspiracy theory buff or not, it’s probably a safe bet to say that you think Google is a big and powerful global company that has the potential to do some ‘serious stuff’ if they wanted. Well, today marks a new day in history when you might want to amplify your efforts to withdraw from their ever-reaching…
Category: Technology
Who Owns Your Phone?
Who owns the phone in your pocket? You might be surprised to learn the truth. Check out Randall Ross’ post and make sure to watch the video. It’s mind opening and hopefully inspiring. I concur that there is no better hope on the planet for freedom of phone than the Ubuntu phone.
How to Securely Control a Remote Ubuntu Machine with VNC and SSH
I have been trying to do this for a while because I don’t like using WINE and the only other option that gave me headache free access to another machine was a proprietary one. I wanted to be able to tunnel into my mom’s computer and offer her full tech support visually, just like any other remote access software. I…
A Better Brainless Way To Rip CDs with Ubuntu
Want a simple, automated and graphical way to rip cds and create FLAC, Ogg, Mp3s and other formats? Read on. Of course, we assume that you are using Ubuntu for this tutorial because heck – is there anything else? I was reprimanded and dragged through the coals and beaten like a rented mule the other day by a blond Ubuntu…
How to Stamp PDF Documents in 10 Easy Steps
Need to stamp a PDF with a ‘confidential’ stamp (or any other stamp?) for FREE? Not only is this free but it’s freedom software as well. You may have already read my tutorial about how to watermark and stamp documents using PDF chain. This turned out to be an amazing tool for doing a bunch of PDFs and pages with…
Brainless CD Ripping With Ubuntu
IMPORTANT: This post has been replaced by this post: http://wayneoutthere.com/better-brainless-ubuntu/ This post now remains just a flicker in the memories of those who read it, a historical treasure of things that were, if you will. If you like doing things the harder way, please feel free! Easy audio CD Ripping in Ubuntu? How about: 1) Open CD Tray 2)…
How to Change “My Location” in Kijiji
“My location” setting wrong on Kijiji? Trying to post in an area but you can’t find how to change to that area? The solution is so hard, yet so easy at the same time! 🙁 1. Confirm you’re logged into the correct account (lol?) and your ‘my location’ is wrong. 2. Click the big fat Kijiji icon top left 3.…
How to Fix Lost Launcher and Desktop on Ubuntu 14.04
Logged into your Ubuntu 14.04 computer and all you see is the desktop background and can’t do anything? Thinking that you have to totally wipe everything to fix? Think again. I found the solution. After much time and fear that I was going to have to spend time backing up stuff via live boot disk or command line, I thankfully…
Free Android CalDav Calendar Sync with Owncloud
After a long, long, time, the solution to syncing my Owncloud calendar to Android was bloody easy. The reason why I couldn’t get it done is because it seems that google (no surprise) blocks these kind of tools from their app place. They like to have things like your daily schedule and whereabouts nicely available for exploiting. If you don’t…
How to Watermark Document with Ubuntu
This post includes a quick how-to tutorial and an entire kit in a .zip file to get you started right. To simply watermark your documents, all you need is my .pdf files in the kit and a couple of free apps from the Ubuntu Software Center. If you want to change the way I’ve laid it out, I’ve also included…