Monthly Archives: February 2017

high quality USB cables

He said          I don’t want a tablet She said         They are really convenient. I should probably check my wallet to see if I belong to some sort of anti-technology society. I actually … Continue reading

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command line fun – finding more space

I may not know where I set down my keys or my latest copy of Linux Magazine, but I do know where my programs are installed.  If I cannot think of where one of my files is I can always … Continue reading

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review of Huawai Mate S

It is a bit of a simplification to say that all smart phones are the same but it isn’t too dramatic of a statement to say that most high end smart phones sold at any particular time are quite close … Continue reading

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Installing Eclipse on Linux

Eclipse is an amazing example of an open source project that easily dwarfs its commercial competition.  Does an IDE make you a weaker programmer?  I don’t think so.  If it makes you more productive, help you with syntax, or speeds up … Continue reading

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Installing Tomcat on Linux

Most of my needs for serving up web content can normally be summed up in a few static pages.  To serve those pages up you would usually find an Apache server in the background.  Apache is a general purpose server … Continue reading

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Installing Java 8 on Linux

I hate to admit it but for some tasks on Linux are easier for some less technical people on other operating systems like windows. Simply run the executable which, most of the time, prompts for the install path and then proceeds to … Continue reading

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