Peanut Butter Jelly Time
Yeah, I know you danced along... I realized today that there wasn't a website anymore that you could send to someone for a surprise of this song. I found the…
The Identity Dilemma in Cryptocurrency: Privacy, Surveillance, and Global Alternatives
Cryptocurrency was born out of a desire for financial independence, decentralization, and privacy. Bitcoin’s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, envisioned a system where peer-to-peer transactions could occur without the need for trusted…
Understanding the Difference Between Child Themes and Custom Themes in WordPress
One of the common points of confusion I still encounter is the difference between using a child theme and simply copying a WordPress theme to create a custom theme. While…
Back to the old blogs
Wow, this is weird to run across old blogs from years ago. I was reading something that mentioned blogspot and when I went to check it out it popped up…
Change up
I’ve been running Ubuntu and have been pretty happy on my laptop; but I’ve been thinking about trying to find a system that has Nemo better integrated. Nemo is the…
Full circle back to using Ubuntu
I finally decided to do away with windows on my hard drive. I'm always a little paranoid when I reformat my hard drive, but I bit the bullet, backed everything…
New laptop
So it's actually been a couple weeks, but my new laptop came in. I've been saving and got an older model Lenovo Thinkpad. https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadt/thinkpad-t14-amd-g1/20uds17y00 I have never had a computer…
Sidequest distractions
I've been thinking about finding a windows theme for linux for a while, but I definitely found something better than i was imagining. https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/s17p37/xfce_old_looking_chicago_95_for_my_new_old/ I guess i was scrolling through…
Rynoplasty?
Oh lots to catch up on. This week's project was migrating my server's OS to another partition. I'm running Fedora 36 on an old Intel PC. That's another story about…
Couch sitting
Okay. I'm lazy. But sometimes I don't want to sit at the desk piddling with the computer. It's not a very comfortable desk set up anyway. Really I want to…
To have been continued
Coming back around to getting a full OS on my tablet I had mostly given up. I ran across a reddit post today that showed a full install with xfce…
What is an earwig for $200?
I woke up to an idea and now I'm searching for a way to get WordPress to post through SMS. found a couple of references that look promising. I'll try…
Side chicka
I mean side project...:) So a while back I bought a Vankyo Matrixpad S20 off Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0999HY77Y?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share I've been wondering how hard it would be to root and of course…
Yay, Opera!
So I do kinda like opera, but tonight I installed Opera the browser. My media server is running Fedora and I finally decided to jump off Chrome and try to…
CSS Tutorial
I took a online CSS tutorial tonight. I definitely learned alot. I tried to play with some CSS in Kompozer, my html editor, but I couldn't get it to work.…
Get Rdy for Podcast Shoot
I had to put my Macbook in the shop for case repairs...no i didn't take picture before i left it so i'm not going to post before and after pics.…
best knot ever tied
best knot ever tied,this has nothing to do with technology other than my new digi camera itook it with. >> Note: copied from https://justondean.blogspot.com on 5/8/2025 <<
New Purpose for Old Box
so tonight, want to ftp into old xbox to work on installing ubuntu. also, want to see what i need to podcast (just audio for now). >> Note: copied from…
Mac wouldn’t do ‘curl’s – haha
i got apt-get working on my mac last night, installed wget...still don't know the options like I should. Unix came with 'curl' but i couldn't get that to do what…
Virtual Hosting
oh, yeah... i actually have WordPress working on ApartTogether. i'm trying out virtual hosts on my personal site and hope to have that working within a week. once i get the…
Lost in Netherworld
so my dad is likeing the alternate display ability when watching netflix. my biggest pet peeve with multiple/alternate displays though is Twhirl. I really like Twhirl, but every time i…
My Macbook
>> Note: copied from https://justondean.blogspot.com on 5/8/2025 <<>> broken link went to flickr, photos was deleted at some point <<
Apple Earbuds
in the middle of making a new set of short earbuds. i'm trying to shorten a pair of apple earbuds, which is way trickier than others. as of now, i'm…
XP Home edition server
setting up XP Home for web serving. 1. sshd2. ftpd3. apache4. mySQL5. php6. phpAdmin i finally have my XP box running Opensshd so that i can sit around the house…
Forums, please.
okay, so now I need to learn how to set up a forum on my site... >> Note: copied from https://justondean.blogspot.com on 5/8/2025 <<
Tables
right now i am working on the webpage at josh-ubuntu . i'm hoping to put linked images inside some tables (which isn't a problem) and them align the tables around the page…
Flickr
Okay, so i have Flickr working. yay! still i must decide if i'm going to use Mevio or Flickr for photo hosting. tough call. side note: one of my bigger…
SUCCESS!!!
took a break from project, watched some Stargate SG-1, and some LOST. i then went back and finally got two lefts to work...haha. project is accomplished and semi-pretty (no splices to see…