Category Archives: How-To

Saving Battery on your Lenovo X61 in Linux

By admin | Published: December 6, 2008
here are some issues with the power manager in ubuntu and tablet.  There was  alarge discussion you can find here. But basically to save power and time you should run without atime by following these commands Make sure you have vim-full installed sudo apt-get install vim-full This is a powerful editor, the lite edition is [...]
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Updating Ubuntu to Newest Wacom

By Drew | Published: December 6, 2008
Most users of linux need not be concerned with updating Wacom.  But there are many out there that should be.  Namely, those that are using tablets or have a tablet PC.  Wacom is probably the number one driver manager for tablet hardware in linux.  Unfortunately, it’s a driver that too often gets fuddled with and [...]
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Server Accessible Locally, Not from the Internet

By Drew | Published: May 22, 2008
You can learn something everyday it seems. Yesterday, I had some issues that I hadn’t planned on ever occurring with my local development server. Basically, the issue was discovered when my server suddenly did not have ANY access from the internet. Now, it DID have access to the internet, oddly enough, and I could reach [...]
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How To: Converting PDF to Word and HTML

By Drew | Published: December 23, 2007
Sites need to be able to interact in one single, universal space. -Tim Berners-Lee I started this little project because I have a client whom needs to get his 24 page PDF online. The problem is that a 24 page PDF with all the bells and whistles ends up being over 5mb in size. This [...]
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