by jtpratt | Jun 27, 2014 | distractions, web
There’s been a lot of discussion over the last year about one of the fastest growing sites https://www.airbnb.com/. Airbnb is a place for a normal person to list their home or apartment short term rentals. In some places this has become illegal:...
by jtpratt | Apr 16, 2014 | cell phones, google, tech news
Random its of technology for the day. Amazon is putting together a smartphone: Amazon’s Smartphone Gets Its First Spy Shots Along With Rumored Specs Google’s Project Ara is creating a modular build your own phone system for 2015 release:...
by jtpratt | Nov 7, 2013 | car tech
When I was a kid we all thought by now we’d be seeing flying cars and moving sidewalks. Like the Jetsons. Nothing has really happened to change our daily commutes, even the Segway – which was supposed to revolutionize transportation, largely did nothing. If Google has...
by jtpratt | Oct 18, 2012 | linux, liveCD, resources and tips, ubuntu linux
Let’s say your on a Windows box, and then you install an Ubuntu VM with VirtualBox. Maybe you give it a default 4GB or 8GB HDD, and then you start installing the things you need to work in your environment. If you’re doing web development (like me), that...
by jtpratt | Oct 17, 2012 | linux, tutorial, ubuntu linux
In VirtualBox by default usually your VM size is 8GB. You might run out of space, and need a larger virtual machine. Recently on a windows box (gack!) I had an Ubuntu VM spun up that needed more space – and there’s no way at all to do this in the GUI....
by jtpratt | Jul 12, 2012 | diy, linux, resources and tips, ubuntu linux
Often for me one of 2 scenarios arise. The first is I’ve used my portable HD video recorder to make a video, and now I need to chop it up into smaller pieces. Not necessarily edit the video, just chop it into smaller pieces. Like when my band “Not...
by jtpratt | Jul 9, 2012 | diy, linux, ubuntu linux
The great thing about Ubuntu is that there are all kinds of free programs for graphics you can install. I use Pinta for a lot of quick image editing, resizing, cropping, etc. However, what I haven’t come across is a decent utility for batch coverting or resizing...
by jtpratt | Jul 7, 2012 | diy, resources and tips, rip dvd, ubuntu linux
When we buy a DVD for our 6 year old, the first thing that comes to mind is – how long before it gets scratched (or ruined, lost, broken), etc. Ever bought one of those Beach Body work out video sets for $150 and thought – what happens when one won’t...
by jtpratt | Jan 29, 2012 | linux, tutorial, ubuntu linux
I’ve been using Ubuntu for years on my desktop workstation – about 5 years now in total. I’ve been through so many revisions of Ubuntu it’s not funny – and as we all know in the beginning upgrading wasn’t really all that fun...
by jtpratt | Nov 2, 2011 | cell phones
There are tons of accessories out there for the iPhone. There are a lot of bad ones, and a few good ones, but my favorites always end up being the ones that allow you iPhone’s camera to become something more than it is out of the box. Here are a few of the best...
