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Category Archives: How-To
Saving Tree Style Tabs into Bookmarks with Firefox
On Firefox, my favorite add-on is Tree Style Tabs (download), because you can see all of your tabs and their names tabs have hierarchy (parent > children > grandchildren) Once you use it, you will always want to use it, especially … Continue reading
Posted in Desktop Apps, How-To
Tagged add-ons, bookmarks, extensions, Firefox, tree style tabs
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NAT Loopback on Xfinity
The current Xfinity routers (end of 2017) do not support NAT Loopback and have no options for enabling NAT Loopback. What is NAT Loopack? NAT Loopback or Hairpinning is when Device_A behind a router tries to access another Device_B behind … Continue reading
Posted in How-To, Networking
Tagged DNS, DNS Server, Hairpinning, NAT Loopback, router, VPN, Xfinity
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Plex loading local subtitles
Plex tends to do a good job of loading local subtitle files (usually .srt) and it can even automatically load subtitles for you [2]. But sometimes, it will not load a file that is in your directory with your video … Continue reading
Nextcloud Snap Installation
The Nextcloud installation page has two sets of instructions now: automatic and manual. Previously on this website, I have described the manual steps to setting up Nextcloud. It is a good learning experience and worth a try, but even better is … Continue reading
Posted in How-To, Nextcloud/OwnCloud
Tagged external hard drive, hostname, https, Let's Encrypt, letsencrypt, nextcloud, snap, snapd
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Setting up the Etekcity WiFi Smart Plug with the VeSync app and 2.4 GHz connection
The Etekcity WiFi Smart Plug Mini Outlet with Energy Monitoring (2 Pack), Works with Amazon Alexa Echo, No Hub Required, 1 Minute to Set Up, White is a good smart outlet. It goes for about $30 for a pair [1]. … Continue reading
Posted in Android Apps, Hardware, How-To
Tagged 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, Etekcity, Etekcity WiFi Smart Plug, IoT, router, VeSync, VeSync Outlet, wifi
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UPnP on Plex
Getting your Plex server to use UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) will increase speeds, along with allowing it to run on more clients. For example, one Smart TV’s Plex app did not work until UPnP was enabled on the server’s … Continue reading
A Cruise Vacation’s not obvious and not needed essentials
These are all of the things I wanted when I was on my last cruise. You can decide what will help you on your next cruise. Offline Data Offline map of your ports will be helpful when you are walking … Continue reading
Posted in For Fun, How-To
Tagged cruise, FireChat, offline content, offline map, offline music, offline video, state room
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Best Nextcloud 11 Links
Getting Nextcloud ready is lots of fun, but getting it to a very stable state is tedious. I gathered the best of the best resources on the web from putting it up to backing it up. Installing LAMP server Follow … Continue reading
Posted in How-To, Nextcloud/OwnCloud
Tagged apache, external hard drive, LAMP, Let's Encrypt, Linux Mint, MariaDB, nextcloud, Redis, redis cache
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Red screen at night on Linux
f.lux and Redshift are the two major players for making your laptop screen turn red. I had f.lux working on Linux Mint but recently upgraded to Linux Mint 18 and it stopped working. I cannot get the applet to show … Continue reading
Have Linux access Windows hard drive again
In Windows 8 and 10, Microsoft added a “Fast Startup” feature that saves a state of the computer to disk. This is like Hibernation, which for a while has prevented Linux from mounting a Windows partition. This new feature makes … Continue reading
Posted in How-To, Linux, Windows
Tagged fast startup, hibernation, Linux, mount partition, Windows 10, Windows 8
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Brother printing blank pages on Linux
The Brother HL 2140 is a good printer but getting it to work on Linux Mint is a bit of a hassle. There are many forums online with the problem of the Brother printing many blank pages. Finally, I found … Continue reading
Raspberry Pi OpenVPN Server
I heard about the Raspberry Pi VPN on the Security Now! Podcast, but I found it a few months later when looking how to set up a VPN on (you guessed it) a Raspberry Pi. The set up is almost … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, How-To, Reviews, Security
Tagged Amazon Video, ip address, Netflix, PI VPN, Raspberry PI, VPN
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Mac Flag’s Broken Flags
While Mac Mail is simple and works, it has a problem syncing flags with Microsoft Exchange server. It can add messages as flagged, but when removing the flags, the messages will no longer be shown as flagged but the counter … Continue reading
Removing Windows 10 Apps
The apps that come with Windows 10 are neat but they seems to always want to run and they mess with VirtuaWin. So, you can try to Uninstall them from the menu. Right click on an app and select Uninstall. … Continue reading
Posted in How-To, Windows
Tagged powershell, script, VirtuaWin, Windows 10, Windows 10 Apps
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