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Synergy – sharing your keyboard, mouse, and clipboard across computers

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

Having two computers at your desk does not mean two keyboards and two mouses. The software called Synergy hosted over on their webite can help you share your keyboard, mouse, and even clipboard across multiple computers. That is right, multiple, not … Continue reading →

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Eclipse Luna Dark Theme on Linux Mint

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

Update 2 (4/6/2015): The best theme that seems to work flawlessly is “delorean-dark”. Be sure to select it for Desktop and Control in the Themes section. There are many themes are close but this one seems the best all around. … Continue reading →

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Hard Drive from Linux (Disable Hybrid Shutdown)

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

On dual-boot computers, Linux computers are usually able to see and have write access to the Windows hard drive. This is useful for transferring files between the operating systems. With Windows 8 and 8.1, Windows added a quick boot feature … Continue reading →

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Excel’s Shared Workbook

Posted on December 21, 2014 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 →

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

Posted on November 30, 2014 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 →

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Autistici email on smartphones

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

if you use an email account hosted on autistici.org, there are some extra steps that are easy Continue reading →

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Hard drives do die

Posted on May 24, 2014 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

Hard drives are made cheap but with lots of storage. They are not made to last forever but when hard drives seem so reliable, a dead hard drive can catch many people (including myself) off guard. Hard drives will die … Continue reading →

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