Month: March 2024
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Nintendo DS Lite Upper LCD Replacement
This is not a “how-to” but rather a commentary on this task. My oldest son complained of a damaged upper screen on his Nintendo DS Lite so I thought, “meh, how hard can it be?” Without doing an real research on it, I purchased the replacement screen, watched a couple YouTube videos and I started…
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Unbreakable Self-Adjusting Vertical Laptop Holder
I requested a new monitor in the office because the one I had was developing a cluster of vertical lines running through it. I actually got what I asked for, an LG DualUp display that is essentially like having two, 1440p monitors stacked on top of one another without the bezel. It was essentially perfect…
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LocalSend | Easily Share Files Between Nearby Devices
LocalSend is a the AirDrop for the rest of us. The ability to easily send files to other computers or systems that are local to your network. This is also cross platform, so whether you are on Linux, Windows, macOS, Android, or iOS, this will work for you. It really couldn’t be much easier. Bottom…
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Wall Mount Glasses Holder
I enjoy using my 3D printer to create things that are small quality of life improvements. One of my ambitions is to no longer have a full-on junk drawer and where everything has a place and a place for everything. One such issue that has been a constant irritant has been that of where the…
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QRencode | Generate QR Codes in the Terminal
There are a lot of web based tools out there to create simple QR codes, but why use a website when you can use the terminal? Generating a QR code in the terminal is pretty easy to do and actually quite convenient. The syntax is easy to follow and therefore makes for an easy time…
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No Sound Output Troubleshooting in openSUSE Linux
I suddenly had a sound issue on my openSUSE machine. There were no sound output devices available to the system to play anything. My laptop was mute. I had never seen this. EVERYTHING was gone. Rebooting didn’t fix it, rolling back to a previous snapshot didn’t fix it, I had no idea what I had…
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Ferdium | Centralized Web-Based Services Application
Like it or not, this web technology thing is not a fad and is going to be sticking around for the time being. I think this is great and terrible all at the same time. The great thing is, this means that I am free to use my preferred operating system for which I do…
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KDE Plasma 6 on openSUSE Tumbleweed
In the wide, wide world of desktop Linux, there is a lot of buzz and excitement over the release of Plasma 6 and for good reason, it is a fantastic upgrade from 5.27. The world of Plasma isn’t perfect but when put into perspective, this is getting real close. I was rather concerned about this…
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Gmail Accounts with Kmail
I had stepped away from using Kmail as my mail client on Linux for almost a year. I moved to Thunderbird for a few months, tweaking a lot of the usability issues with it to make it work better for me. I can say that I almost have it the way I want it but…
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Linux Gaming with Anti-Cheat | Work in Progress
I am not a huge gamer nor am I much into the world of competitive, first person shooters but these are an important part of gaming culture. There are some that are more interesting than others with varying degrees of popularity but for the most part, I largely don’t care, except that these games really…