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December 10, 2019

Audacity on a Mac running Catalina

Well, we haven’t seen an Apple product on this website in a long time. I think the last time I wrote about an Apple product, I was trying to emulate […]

July 18, 2019

Home photo server, part 1: Server Setup, SCP and FTP

While there are many, many options out there for photo storage, if you are looking for a home storage solution that does NOT involve just plugging in your phone and […]

November 14, 2017

RWE: Ejabberd failed to start in Debian Wheezy

I had an old laptop that I decided would make a good toy for playing around with some lightweight server applications. It was a great candidate for several reasons. For […]

June 21, 2016

RWE: Step by step instructions for building AOKP 6.0 for the T-Mobile variant of the Samsung Galaxy S4

I have noticed that the build instructions on the AOKP website are a bit outdated. They date back to JellyBean. I would like to encourage other users to build more […]

May 26, 2016

Real World Example: Setting up a dynamic IP for remote ssh sessions – for free!

Yet another Real World Example (RWE)! I know it has been a while since I have posted one of these, but it is better late than never, right? The situation: […]

August 7, 2015

How to make XRDP look better

One of the things I do on a regular basis is use rdesktop to log into another computer (or cell phone) through xrdp. It is simple and works very well, […]

August 3, 2015

Real World Example: Why can’t I talk to my blackbox?

You are probably getting tired of hearing about TCPdump, but I just can’t get over how handy it is. After a recent upgrade to one of our simulator systems, we […]

July 23, 2015

Real World Example: Turning an Access point into a wireless repeater

Recently at my work we realized that we needed to extend our wireless internet without wired connections. They do, of course, sell wifi extenders. We actually bought one, and had […]

July 20, 2015

Real World Example: Why you can’t add a swap file to an older Android device.

Recently, while utilizing Linux on my Android phone, I ran into an interesting problem. Android uses memory differently than Linux usually does. In the Android world, programs that you open […]

July 2, 2015

Real World Example: Fixing LSB tags and overrides on a Linux expanded Android phone.

As is often the case, I usually expand my Android phones to full Debian distributions using Sven-Ola’s Debian Kit. Since Sven does not appear to support the kit anymore, it […]

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  • Psalm 138:8
    “The LORD will vindicate me; your love, LORD, endures forever— do not abandon the works of your hands.”

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