My last update on Ubuntu didn't go very well. After the typical sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y, the system downloaded and installed the usual assortment of packages. When it was done, it required a reboot to finish the installation, because of the updated kernel. So, I clicked the …
Recently, I came in possession of a Furi FLX1 Phone. It is really cool in many ways, and yet, still has a ways to go to be a useful phone, in my opinion. One of the things I was able to do with it though, was load Ubuntu Touch. Ubuntu …
Recently, while playing around with a new to me used phone, I tested out UBports Ubuntu Touch again. I was pleasantly surprised to see that it worked really well on this particular phone, but I noticed a stark lack of any SIP related apps. Long story short, Linphone was the …
If you are not familiar with DVDStyler, it is/was a great tool for creating your own DVDs. It allows you to add videos, create titles, use themes, custom buttons, and more. But I say is/was because it is still around, but was working great before, and does not …
Recently, while looking around F-Droid forum, I found a post about a person who wanted to build Android apps, but did not want to use Google's Android-SDK, which comes with an EULA, or Google's Android Studio, because it is proprietary. You can read their forum posts here:
I've decided to make a few changes to my setup in regards to controlling my HF transceiver. I'm using the FT-991, which is a great shack-in-the-box radio, I highly recommend it to anyone looking to shrink their shack, get on the air, and just for the fun of ham radio …
A few weeks ago, I did something I've never done before. I ran over my own snowplow.
I don't mean that I ran it over because it was sitting in the yard, and as a stationary object I drove over it. What I mean is, I was snowplowing WITH it …
Not my usual post, but a fun one none the less. My in-laws moved away and left behind this really cool toaster. Unfortunately, it was super cool, as in, it didn't get hot. In fact, it didn't work at all.
After taking it apart, I was able to find out …
Just a quick post for my own reference later, though hopefully it is useful to others. Many new phones have a super partition and the way they are designed makes it difficult to remount the system partition as read and writable. I didn't come up with this, but it took …
A good friend of mine asked me if I could put some of my soldering skills to work for him on this little project of his. It was a simple job, and of course I said yes. It only took a few minutes and the new USB connector was attached …