I am a n00b when it comes to the Kindle world. When The Narrow Road came out with their e-book version, I was eager to read. As I discovered, there are no posts on how to set up an Android based device for Kindle. The following assumes you have an account with amazon.com 1. Download […]
14
Dec
How to setup Kindle on an android based device
Posted by Wayno Published in Android, Skill Level: Easy1
Dec
Comcast removes clear qam channels from their system
Posted by Wayno Published in Skill Level: Easy, UncategorizedThe nation’s largest cable tv provider, Comcast provided clear qam (or local channels in High Definition withOUT a cable box) over their cable system. Apparently, that has now come to an end. A channel scan today yielded only 2 channels. Both Comcast info-mercial channels. So if you were counting on tuners like the hdhomerun to […]
22
Oct
It took a little over 2 years (June 2, 2011) to add 100 posts to pkill-9. Thanks Joe, Loni, Mike, Frances, Jeremy and Darren! Wayno
21
Oct
How to install PC Study Bible V5.x using wine in Linux
Posted by Wayno Published in debian, howto, Misc. other devices/things, Skill Level: MediumUnfortunately this broke PC Study Bible Linux Kernel 3.14 Breaks Wine for 16-bit Windows Applications using 64 bit kernel (Ubuntu 14.04 lts): 3.13.0-32-generic #73-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 16 00:22:43 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux W O R K A R O U N D: Upgrading to kernel: 3.13.0-44-generic #73-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 16 00:22:43 […]
27
Sep
I was uber bored! Scan Every File (to the tune of Climb Every Mountain from the “Sound of Music”) Scan every file, Search high and low, Follow every highway, Every path you know. Scan every file, Slow as it can go, Follow every virus, Till you finally know A dream that will need All the […]
24
Sep
HDhomerun3 Product Review
Posted by Wayno Published in debian, Misc. other devices/things, Review, Skill Level: Advanced, Skill Level: MediumWith the arrival of the Digital Age, Silicon Dust has a niche market: For those people who want to free themselves from cable bills, Silicon Dust created a digital tuner which can easily be added to a computer network, allowing you to have your own Personal Video Recorder. One of it’s unique features is that […]
27
Aug
Why doesn’t bash aliases work over an ssh connection
Posted by Wayno Published in bash, Skill Level: EasyI had this problem years ago. And it cropped up again, a few days ago. I didn’t write it down then… Symptom: bash aliases work if I am logged in as a local user. However, if you use ssh to gain access, the bash aliases are gone! What’s happening? Actually it is very easy to […]
2
Aug
Today is a hallmark day for my friend Joe Sloan. It was his last day as a Unix System Administrator, at Toyota Motor Sales, in Torrance, Ca. I have had the privilege of his friendship, guidance, prayers and mentoring. In about a month, I will start my 9th year with Linux, thanks primarily to the […]
30
May
It was time to retire the familiar orangerehash Theme. Still keeping an orange theme, we are now using Tomasz Mazur orange coloured theme. If you find any problems, please let me know. I have wanted to use this theme for sometime, but it broke the website. Now it is fixed, and we are ready to […]
6
May
How to: Install Skype on 64 bit Debian Wheezy
Posted by Wayno Published in debian, howto, Skill Level: Easy, Skill Level: MediumIt is NOT as easy as it would first seem. Some magic wand waving (oh yes — Hokey Pokey again!) is required. Download Skype for Debian 7 (multi-arch) NOTE: if you are using Ubuntu or Linux Mint, you will need to download the Ubuntu Multiarch version, instead. 1. What is multi-arch? Multi-arch supports the 32 […]
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