Intro All I wanted to do was to convert a markdown (.md) file to pdf for crying out loud. I heard it was possible and good to use pandoc. For years I ran the command I was supposed to. Looks like this: pandoc input.md -o output.pdf But all I got was this: pdflatex not found. Please select a different –pdf-engine…
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Mautic Contacts Import Export Template CSV
This will be one of my smallest posts. For some reason in Mautic, unlike most systems I’ve worked in, you can’t easily click and download a .csv ‘template’ of the fields that it uses. I was trying to create a test list in a spreadsheet and then import that test list (mainly for emailing of course) into Mautic and I…
Protected: LOOKING AWAY – Why Smart People Get Messed Up By Technology (and how to stop it)
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Fringe Minority Song
I wrote this to be owned by the people, specifically the Canadian people, and more specifically the truckers who took a stand against freedom infringements in high places. This song can be used for whatever you like as long as for the protection of our rights and freedoms. – Enjoy! – Wayne (out there) Link to video/audio Fringe Minority VSYour…
How to Load a PDF Floor Plan Into Blender
This is annoyingly hard and I forget how to do it every time so here are some instructions to myself that might also help others. Convert PDF into PNG Using Gimp Probably your floor plan is a PDF or you wouldn’t be reading this page, but if it’s a jpg or png kind of file format, then you are done…
Who is the Original Wayne?
I am. It’s very important to make it clear that the author of this blog is not L’il Wayne. I was blogging before L’il Wayne was a thing. Sorry L’il Wayne. Ain’t nothing but a chicken wing. I’ve also noticed that these young bucks started a band called “Fountains of Wayne” which was clearly stolen from this blog. That’s ok. …
How to Use Owncloud Sync on Ubuntu Phone
Congrats! So you figured out the 20 steps to getting owncloud-sync on your ubuntu phone. The problem is … now what? How do you make it work? It took a bit of goofing around but here is what I figured out: Sync Files Do my tutorial (if it’s not in the software center when you read this) HERE Go to…
Stuff that Matters (STM): Digital Privacy for the People
And, the ‘new series’ to compliment the new category ‘Question the Magic (QTM)’ is ‘STM’ (stuff that matters). There is a flurry of stuff, especially in tech, flying at us. Most of that is white noise, but all of it matters because I’ve learned from people (like my ghost writer) that you are either travelling down the slippery slope to…