Author Archives: Brian Agrawal Goodacre

NFL 2014 Playoff Scenarios

Posted on 2014-12-26 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

Sport websites love to show all the possible scenarios a football team can have going into the playoffs but nobody really cares about the TIE situations. Ties sometimes happen during the season but rarely at the end of a season. … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged bengals, broncos, cardinals, chargers, chiefs, colts, cowboys, falcons, football, lions, nfl, packers, panthers, patriots, playoffs, ravens, scenarios, seahawks, steelers, texans | Leave a comment

Excel’s Shared Workbook

Posted on 2014-12-21 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

Excel is a great tool that I thought was poor for distributed work because of the locking of the file inconvenience. When many people wanted to access a document right after they receive notification to update the document in their … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Windows | Tagged auto save, Excel, filter, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, Office, pivot table, review, Spreadsheet, table, tips, Workbook, xsl, xslx | Leave a comment

Owncloud complaining that “You don’t have permissions to upload files here”

Posted on 2014-11-30 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

There are few likely reasons for this to happen because I have actually seen this issue a few times in differ situations. It is frustrating because OwnCloud might have had the permissions previously or it has access to the files … Continue reading →

Posted in How-To, Nextcloud/OwnCloud | Tagged chmod, chown, external hard drive, Hard drive, Linux, out of sync, owncloud, permissions, sync, tips, www-data | 2 Comments

Windows 8 to 8.1 upgrade but updates not downloading

Posted on 2014-11-22 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

To upgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1, you need to install all of the Windows 8 updates before you can install Windows 8.1 from the Windows Store. Two ways to install updates Update Center Move your mouse to the … Continue reading →

Posted in How-To, Windows | Tagged Disk access, optional updates, resource monitor, SoftwareDistribution, task manager, Troubleshooting, update center, upgrade, win8, Windows, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, windows update | Leave a comment

SSH to your machine from outside your home

Posted on 2014-11-18 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

If nothing is getting returned, you need a server. You can install a good one called openssh-server… Continue reading →

Posted in How-To, Linux | Tagged ip address, openssh, openssh-server, port 22, server, ssh | Leave a comment

Rooting the LG G3

Posted on 2014-11-16 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

Since CyanogenMod is not ready yet for the LG G3, most users will be stuck with the stock OS for some time until CyanogenMod is ready. Until then, a good way to get by is to root one’s phone so you … Continue reading →

Posted in How-To, LG G3 | Tagged Android, apk, application, cell phone, CyanogenMod, LG G3, root, Stump Root, xda-developers | Leave a comment

Windows 8.1 Non-emotional review

Posted on 2014-11-10 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

…I am all for upgrading to Win8.1 if you are using Win7. Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Windows | Tagged apps, control panel, dashboard, LibreOffice, Linux user, mouse, Office, operating system, search, speed boost, start button, start menu, upgrade, Windows, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Store | Leave a comment

Flash Player for Browsers on Linux

Posted on 2014-11-02 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

there are different solutions to get a flash player installed into your browser Continue reading →

Posted in How-To, Linux | Tagged Adobe Flashplayer, Browser, Chrome, Chromium, Firefox, Flash, flashplugin, pepper flash, pepperflashplugin, sudo | Leave a comment

Website for tracking your TV shows

Posted on 2014-10-20 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

The calendar view on the front page makes marking off recently aired shows easier while navigating to a TV shows you all the shows you have seen (with descriptions) and which one is next. Continue reading →