I was given a big hard drive by my friend so that I could start using Ubuntu Studio (‘USTUD’ from hereon in) and working on some audio. The challenge was that when I installed USTUD on the drive it could only really be used as a self contained computer. I thought it would be useful to have the option of…
Category: Ubuntu
How to Start Thunderbird and Other Programs at Startup in Ubuntu 13.10
UPDATE 2023: A full nearly 10 years later I realized this blog post is still nearly good but a small change is required in the steps below as follows for ubuntu 22.04+ kind of range after step 2: * after hitting the browse button in step 2 you need to hit ‘+ Other Locations’ at bottome of left pane, then…
Ubuntu Touch Poised to Enter Market with New Smart Phone Partner
It is not often that one can be slightly ahead of a major change or curve. I like to document these moments in a blog post. Bit Coin was my last one. People thought I was crazy to accept Bit Coin at my coffee shop and just a few months (not years) afterwards people were coming back and asking, “how…
How to Recover your Thunderbird Emails with Free and Open Source software
I wanted to post this post right away to make sure anyone in my boat knows there is help coming soon. It took me almost a month to figure out how to do this so I hope you will save a month and even more important, a lot of pain and money. The actual tutorial is coming as soon as…
Echolink for Amateur Radio: Why is it still the best kept secret?
I’ll admit that I’ve been a weekend warrior ham man for too many years. I’m definitely not the guy to have the right to complain about anything based on my participation in the community. That said, my name is VE7CAK and I’m back. And I’m here to stay – God willing and the creek don’t rise. Special thanks to VA7OBI…
Ubuntu – How do you Pronounce the Word Ubuntu- Part 2
You may have read my first article called ‘How Do You Pronounce the Word Ubuntu?’ It got no shortage of fame and created such a controversy out there that I had to fend off the Paparazzi with my bare hands and sleek ninja style. I like to tell myself that anyways. What matters is that the subject is still relevant…
How to go around Google’s market/play: Manual installs of .apk files
This post is more for myself but if it works then I’ll leave it up for others. Goal: To be able to put any .apk file on my Android phone without having to use a google account and use their servers Problem summary: It seems as though Android doesn’t come with a .apk file installer, even though it is widely…
Why Ubuntu: A Bird’s Eye View
I have been a happy member of the Ubuntu community and user of the product for years now. Today I decided to ask the internet ‘why’. I had my own reasons why but I wondered what Mr. WWW was telling people. I was surprised. I couldn’t find any short summary. It was all too product-based or too philosophy based but…
Five Reasons Why I Already Hate My Iproduct
Originally posted at www.blenzseymour.com, Sat, 07/16/2011 – 23:47 ———————————– I avoided Apple for a long time. A very long time. While everyone was running around snapping up their expensive, locked-down hardware for extreme prices, I enjoyed more open items like Ubuntu operating systems and Android mobile devices. However, we didn’t have a touch device for home, more specifically, for my…
If you Care about Freedom, Ramp up your Ham
I think it’s interesting how most people who claim to care about freedom don’t have a ham radio (amateur radio) license, especially you folks in open source. You reject and rebel against the Monopolists in Redmond and the Fruit Devices from Cupertino recognizing that they are dictating how you will and will not use the thing you are spending all…