HOME
Home
Home
Search
About
TECHNOLOGY
Misc Tech
Tools
Linux
SQL
Webmaster:
HTML
Javascript
Drupal
Programming Languages:
Perl
Java
Boards
Tech Blog
Message Board
THE ARCHIVE
Places:
Points of Interest
WTC
Museum
Lists:
The Text Files
Fonts Archive
Names Database
Hobby:
Hobbies
Stereograms
JUST FOR FUN
Games:
Web Games
Games Reference
Other Amusement:
Meme Generator
Weird Pix
Flip Text
Ugly Cars
Aquarium
Tech Blog
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2001
 
FoxyTab is a tabs manager for firefox 2017-11-27 16:27 UTC

FoxyTab works with firefox above 57. This will allow you to manage all your tabs. I only use its copy tab URLs feature. I copy them and paste to a text file.

LINK



Asus Tinker Board and Bluetooth sleep timeout 2017-11-25 03:50 UTC

In Tinker Board's default OS, Linaro ( Debian based ):
Launch Synaptic Package Manager
Install Bluez
Use the newly installed GUI to setup your keyboard or other bluetooth device.

Now, I notice how the bluetooth device stays on until its battery dies.
So, I set a timeout.

Edit this file: /etc/bluetooth/input.conf
Find and set:
IdleTimeout
Set it to:
IdleTimeout=5
Where 5 is five minutes.








Restarting networking on a Raspberry Pi ( debian, raspbian OS ) 2017-11-11 22:32 UTC
I had trouble restarting networking on a debian/raspbian system when the wifi disconnected.

This didn't work:
service networking restart

This didn't work either:
/etc/init.d/networking restart

But this worked:
ifdown eth0
ifup eth0

Simeple as that.
Or in a pinch:
ifdown eth0 && ifup eth0


In raspberry pi, they no longer use ifup/ifdown. They use dhcp entirely.

You can try to bring it up/down with:
ip link set dev eth0 down
ip link set dev eth0 up

You can try to restart dhcp client:
sudo systemctl restart dhcpcd


A notable tool to use for the pi: wpa_cli: LINK



pi-hole.net: Network-wide ad blocking via your own Linux hardware 2017-11-09 22:28 UTC

No client-side software required
Install by running one line on the console:
curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash

That GETs a script and pipes to a shell.

It removes ads, but what do they do with your DNS traffic information? Do they resell it?
LINK



Bill Gates blames IBM for [CTRL] + [ALT] + [DEL] 2017-09-21 15:42 UTC
He says IBM engineers made that combination as a way to guarantee that an interrupt be sent to the system.

LINK




Raspberry pi's operating system, Raspbian, now runs on your desktop. 2017-08-31 08:48 UTC

Run Raspberry Pi Desktop on your PC or MAC. Try it as a virtual machine first.

LINK





Raspberry pi introduces the Raspberry Pi Zero W - W for wireless for $10 instead of the current zero for $5USD. 2017-02-28 14:04 UTC
The RPI 0 now includes wireless 802.11n and bluetooth 4. Excellent move. The W also retains the camera port.

Update 3/4/2017:
I picked one up at Micro Center tonight. It was in stock just a few hours ago. They had many bins full. Looks like at least a few thousand. Its selling at $10 for one. $15 for 2 or more and $20 for 6 or more. So instead of being cheaper in quantity, you are penalized for buying more.

Here's how the antenna works:

LINK

LINK