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My64 – mini ITX system in a new c64 case

This is a project that I definitely WILL do early next year: I thought the whole setup was great except for one annoying thing: I don’t like cables coming out the sides of anything. I know this is standard procedure – even a macbook pro costing thousands of dollars does this. Would have been nice… Continue reading My64 – mini ITX system in a *new* c64 case

Using ProtonVPN with Ubuntu 20.04

If you are using ProtonVPN for your cell phone, you can also use it on an Ubuntu Linux installation. Here is the official guide, and I can confirm that it works and the guide is excellent. Essentially installation on Ubuntu 20.04 involves going into your Ubuntu settings and selecting “network”, and hitting the “+” at… Continue reading Using ProtonVPN with Ubuntu 20.04

Raspberry Pi OS Update December 2020

There are many great improvements to Raspberry Pi OS for the Pi enthusiasts. Chromium browser updated to version 84, which allows smoother video playback in sites like Youtube.com. PulseAudio sound server instead of ALSA, which allows for simultaneous playback and improves Bluetooth options. CUPS, the Common Unix Printing System was added so that wifi printers… Continue reading Raspberry Pi OS Update December 2020

Redirect apache to your wordpress install

We can redirect our ‘localhost’ site to ‘localhost/blog’ on the server using the Apache Redirect Directive. First, create/edit the .htaccess file in your web root directory. This is usually “/var/www/html”. sudo pico /var/www/html/.htaccess Add this line, replacing ‘example’ with your domain name and ‘blog’ with the directory you want to redirect to:Redirect / http://example.com/blog Now,… Continue reading Redirect apache to your wordpress install

Using a Raspberry Pi 4 as a daily driver

During the Covid lockdown, I have challenged myself to use a Raspberry Pi 4 as a daily driver computer and so far, it has lived up to the task. The Pi 4 is using Raspberry Pi OS (formerly ‘Raspbian’) running off of an SSD. I have a DAC/ADC, CD-RW, external SD card reader, and several… Continue reading Using a Raspberry Pi 4 as a daily driver

Install SDR (Software Defined Radio) Software GQRX on a Mac

So, you are interested in using an SDR module and SDR software on your Mac?Homebrew is the easiest install method I have found. The other method involves MacPorts. I was successful using this method on one Mac. On the other… nope. GQRX is a great open-source program that will do the trick. First you will… Continue reading Install SDR (Software Defined Radio) Software GQRX on a Mac

Install Spotify Connect on your Raspberry Pi with ‘raspotify” on Raspberry Pi OS

Setting up Spotify Connect on the Raspberry Pi First update your Pi’s OS: sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade Install ‘curl’ and ‘apt-transport-https’ sudo apt install -y apt-transport-https curl Add the raspotify repository and the GPG key: curl -sSL https://dtcooper.github.io/raspotify/key.asc | sudo apt-key add -v – echo ‘deb https://dtcooper.github.io/raspotify raspotify main’ | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/raspotify.list… Continue reading Install Spotify Connect on your Raspberry Pi with ‘raspotify” on Raspberry Pi OS

Ubuntu 20.04 update and MSQL issues

My thinkzinc.com server was updated to 20.04 from 18.04 and the wordpress install was failing. Apparently there were issues with Mysql. I tried many things; it was so frustrating that I actually left it alone for over a week. Today I decided to try to fix the issue. So many things on the net would… Continue reading Ubuntu 20.04 update and MSQL issues

Private Internet Access VPN for Ubuntu

I can confirm that this method works for Ubuntu 20.04 and looks and works very different from the old method of connecting to Private Internet Access on Ubuntu. https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/installer/x/download_installer_linux