by jtpratt | Oct 26, 2009 | tutorial, ubuntu linux
Have you had problems playing .wmv Windows Media video files, or AVI’s after upgrading to Ubunty 9.04 Jaunty? I sure did, and you know I never had these problems before the upgrade at all. Totem would crash immediately on opening a video file, it would just...
by jtpratt | Aug 30, 2009 | cell phones, gadgets, tutorial
Hack a Palm Pre Wifi hot spot router? Yes! Remember back when the Palm Pre debuted at CES and one of the major announced features was the ability to tether via USB cable or Bluetooth? Well a few weeks before the Pre came out sprint quietly removed the feature from...
by jtpratt | May 1, 2009 | diy, music, tutorial
I’m going to show you “How to Fix MP3’s” today because we all have digital music for our ipods, cell phones, computers, and laptops. Most people I know have thousands of songs, some have tens of thousands. Today I decided to sit down and...
by jtpratt | Mar 19, 2009 | diy, linux, resources and tips, tutorial, ubuntu linux
I came across this great article full of “Linux Terminal Shortcuts” this morning and thought I would share. Well the title of the post was actually “50 ways to impress geeky linux friends”, but I think there were some good tidbits in there for...
by jtpratt | Nov 13, 2008 | computers, resources and tips, tutorial
I was asked the other day by a colleague “how do I print directory file lists for all my external drives”? I would imagine that this is a pretty common task, considering those of us with gaggles of external drives just chock full of digital images,...
by jtpratt | Oct 7, 2008 | tutorial, ubuntu linux
I created this tutorial how to page because I had trouble accessing my Ubuntu PC from my Windows based Network (Windows Vista, Windows XP) in my home. I have 4 PC’s (wired and wireless) connected to a router – which is the how they get out the Internet....