May 21, 2020 KDE Connect call notifications hang around KDE Connect is awesome! One of the most useful features is a functional replacement to “click to call” on Web sites. With KDE Connect,…
January 17, 2020 Thunderbird’s profile manager If you experience the Thunderbird or packaging bug where after an update your mail account no longer appears, you should be able to recover…
October 31, 2017 Buyer beware: Virtualization technology When is it a mistake to have a reasonable assumption about a technology? When it comes to desktop virtualization it seems you can’t be…
August 31, 2017 WordPress image syncing Great little app for synchronising local Adobe LightRoom images with your WordPress image library: https://meowapps.com/wplr-sync/ Now, if only there was one for the general…
March 31, 2017 Diving into Divi Builder I’ve been experimenting with Divi Builder of late for some visual Web design. To be honest I don’t much about the world’s WYSIWYG options…
February 28, 2017 LibreOffice Word Completion bug One of the great features of LibreOffice Writer is word completion in AutoCorrect. As you use Writer every word longer than a specified size…
October 22, 2016 Facebook phishing app A few “apps” in Facebook’s ecosystem appear to have fallen under the radar of its security checks. I was invited to verify my account…
May 30, 2016 Watch those default power saving settings If you’re using a KDE-based Linux distro inside a VirtualBox VM keep an eye on the default energy saving settings as you can get…
February 28, 2016 How to create an editor account in WordPress If you would like someone to make changes to your WordPress site content without allowing full administration privileges then create an “editor” account for…
January 17, 2016 Messing with Markdown A few forums I’m on – most notably Github – support Markdown so I thought I’d take a look at how i can work…
May 31, 2015 WordPress child themes with Child Themify If you want to reduce some of the pain of managing theme changes in WordPress take a look at the Child Themify plugin which…
April 30, 2014 WP Resume: A WordPress resume plugin If you’re a WordPress blogger looking to get your resume online I can recommend the WP Resume plugin. It integrates nicely with the WordPress…
January 28, 2013 Avoiding WordPress URL breakage A couple of people have asked me how to recover from a slip of the mouse when using the WordPress administration interface. Call them…
February 29, 2012 DVDs created on Linux ain’t PS3 playable Not sure why it’s so, but I tried two different apps on Linux: kdenlive.org 2mandvd and both failed to play on my PS3 which…
August 23, 2010 Fixing Flash I’m generally not on the lookout for flash content on the Web, but after upgrading to KDE SC 4.5 I was forced to take…
June 26, 2010 Compiz-like key bindings for KWin’s cube effect If you’ve used the flashy spinning cube desktop effect on GNOME-based Linux systems running Compiz, you may be familiar with the ctrl-alt-left (or right…
May 20, 2010 Regressions, regressions So I “upgrade” to Kubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx and in addition to my plasma panel getting nuked my notebook no longer suspended to RAM….
January 20, 2010 Ovi app store I finally got around to setting up my Nokia N95 8G for the Ovi Store. You need to download the Ovi Store app which…
June 15, 2009 A spare battery comes in handy When I purchased a Lenovo 3000 V100 notebook a couple of years ago I had the foresight to throw in a second battery. I’m…
November 12, 2008 Hotmail and Linux: an icy relationship There are a few whispers going around the Internet about Microsoft “breaking” its Hotmail service for Linux users. I can confirm from first-hand experience…