Category Archives: Computer

Train Firefox mailto: to use Google Apps – Take 2

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Don

In a prior post I’d detailed the method of using a javascript entry to add an external mail resource to allow clicking on mailto: links to use the Google Apps version of gmail. Unfortunately, when I tried to repeat that … Continue reading →

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Arch Linux and 1-Wire on a Seagate DockStar

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Don

Outline for now. This is currently improcess, but I’ve made much more progress than shown below – I now have all but the data logging/graphing set up and everything autostarts with new systemd service files. Yay! Reinstall latest Arch following … Continue reading →

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Windows Freedom Round 2: HomeBank and JStock

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Don

This is just a stub of a future post regarding more progress in ditching MS Windows altogether. In a prior Windows-freedom post I covered my list of remaining programs that keeps me booting a virtual machine installation of Windows XP … Continue reading →

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Motley Fool: Immoral or Incompetent?

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Don

I have to say I feel quite let down. When I first started investing to save for my retirement (quite some time ago) I came across material from the Gardiner brothers, a.k.a. the “Motley Fools”. The information was funny and … Continue reading →

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Password and Files Encryption/Sync/Backup: Gettin ‘er Done!

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Don

One of my to-do list items for quite some time now has been to get my computer files organized and to set up automated backup and synchronization across my computing devices. I’d kept putting this one off because I wanted … Continue reading →

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Tomato Router Update Triggers SSL Error

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Don

After updating my Asus WL-520gU router to the latest version of the Tomato firmware (with OpenVPN support), I ran into a strange error. While trying to access the admin interface via https:, I got the following error in my Firefox … Continue reading →

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Palm GnuKeyring Conversion to KeepassX

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Don

I was a very early user of the original PalmPilot device. Way back when I actually had the PalmPersonal syncing with my ’90s era Sun Microsystems SPARCstation 4 work calendar and email, etc. I eventually moved on to a Treo90 … Continue reading →

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Linphone: a VOIP Softphone for Linux (and others)

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Don

In an earlier blog post I mentioned I was using Twinkle as a softphone client for my VOIP service from Galaxyvoice (GV). As I also mentioned in this entry I’ve now switched my netbook over to a Debian Linux. I’d … Continue reading →

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Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) on an Asus EeePC 1000HA

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Don

I’m a long time user of UNIX-based computers and have been using Linux exclusively for my primary computing for close to 10 years now. For the past couple of years Linux Mint has become my favorite distribution for desktop and … Continue reading →

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Fix for Schwab Site Tossing Users Out When Accessing Certain “Offsite” Areas

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Don

After my most recent upgrade to Linux Mint 11 (and the resultant upgrade to latest Firefox), I started running into an issue on the Charles Schwab site. I could log in fine and see my account info, but as soon … Continue reading →

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