Using fsck to check and repair Linux filesystems
No matter how well you take care of your computer, sometimes, it will just crash and you often have to pull off the plug to restart the computer. When such[…]
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Two tools to create bootable USB sticks
Here are two, free software programs for creating bootable USB sticks on Windows. I can’t even recall their names….. DOWNLOAD
Migraines….
Migraines Migraines, which result from changes in brain blood flow, can produce severe headaches as well as disturbing visual experiences. They affect about ten percent of the general population. There[…]
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EPA’s Wood-Burning Stove Ban Has Chilling Consequences For Many Rural People
It seems that even wood isn’t green or renewable enough anymore. The EPA has recently banned the production and sale of 80 percent of America’s current wood-burning stoves, the oldest[…]
7z on Linux
I was pleasantly surprised to discover that 7zip is available for Centos and other Linux distributions. And it works just as it does on Windows. On Redhat-style distros you can[…]
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Stand alone video player
No big shakes, here…. But, sometimes I like to make an HTML file, for local use, with an embedded video. An older version of the jwplayer works fine for this,[…]
James Files Confession, etc.
In 1996 James Files claimed that he and Charles Nicoletti, a Mafia hit man, had been on the grassy knoll at Dealey Plaza and that they had both shot President[…]
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Bizarre object in skies over metro Denver
It’s not a bird, it’s not a plane, and aviation experts are baffled by this strange object which has been seen (and photographed) flying – almost daily – over a[…]
Some odd issues with Piwik and IIS 6
First, I’m using PHP 5.2.5 which is really pretty old. I had to grant read/write permission to the IUSR and to Users to get this thing to work – and[…]
