Category: Tip

Installing Dropbox on Red Hat 9 [SOLVED]

August 2, 2022

Welcome back to the world of Red Hat and enterprise Linux and dependencies you don't get in server software but you do in other distributions, like Fedora or Ubuntu. Installing Dropbox on Red Hat has a few command line steps and some compile time.

My Easy System to Beat Jetlag in 2020

February 1, 2020

I have a simple system to beat jetlag that I have been using for close to 20 years now. It takes some preparation and will to adjust your clock, but it works.

Jabra Elite Problem, 1 Reason Not to Buy

January 29, 2020

The Jabra Elite Problem can't be fixed. After 2 years I've been unable to fix the low volume issue. You won't believe the response I got from Jabra support.

OS X Mobile Account Admin Off Network Fix

January 29, 2015

I came across an issue with one of my mobile users that was unable to get admin access off network. As soon as they connected to the corporate network their admin rights would return.

Gems when using Ruby via Software Collections

June 26, 2014

In my previous article I outlined how to get Ruby installed via RedHat Software Collections (SCL) and this works for basic ruby commands until I tried to install my backup gem. I got an install error when trying to build the native extensions.

Centos 6.5 and Ruby 1.9.3 via Software Collections

June 26, 2014

I wanted to cut the amount of repositories that my systems were running and I recently came across Red Hats Software Collections (SCL). Software collections is a relatively new system that allows you to run some newer versions of popular packages including ruby, php, postgreSQL and more.

Synology FTP with an Airport Extreme Firewall

June 22, 2014

If you have read some of my other posts you'd know that I've got a couple of Network Attached Storage devices from QNAP and Synology. I've settled on using the Synology as my primary array with the QNAP as a backup.

Food Preparation

June 8, 2014

Eating healthy sometimes isn't easy but there are some simple things you can do to eat well is to get on top of your food preparation. I've always cooked most of my meals and as I've got older my free time has gotten shorter. I live with someone who is even more health conscious than myself and he prepares all his meals...

Wordpress Plugins I Recommend

March 24, 2014

I've been working and developing websites with Wordpress since version 1.5 and before that I was using b2. Wordpress has come along way from a blogging platform to a very powerful content management system.

Cisco SRP527W Setup & Users

March 1, 2014

The other night I was helping a friend out and they needed a better adsl router/wireless router and I happened to have one of these Cisco SRP527W units at home. It's a good little set and forget device (when they behave) so I thought I'd install that.