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How to fix Bluetooth Quality issues on OS X (snap, crackle, pop, skipping) 11 Aug 2013 | 08:56 pm
For reasons beyond anyone’s understanding, Apple sets OS X’s bluetooth audio quality quite low, this is probably to allow for better bandwidth, but still. When I first read the bluetooth quality sett...
A Note Taking Workflow using Kindle, OmniFocus, and VoodooPad 30 Jun 2013 | 03:49 pm
I’ve been on a bit of a Personal Productivity exploration for quite a while. I can’t imagine how I got anything done in the past without my Daily Actions workflow. One area of Personal Productivity ...
How to Recover the Google Nexus 7 to Stock ROM on OS X 15 Jun 2013 | 06:34 am
See my other article here for instructions on how to root the Nexus 7 under OSX in the first place. Some of those instructions are repeated in this post. Install Android SDK I know it’s a pain, but r...
How to Root the Google Nexus 7 on OS X 10 Mar 2013 | 06:34 am
I got a Nexus 7 last year and have been playing with it on and off since then. Recently I upgraded to JellyBean 4.2.2 and it toasted my Root. I went searching for the Root instructions again and fou...
Evernote vs. Dropbox 8 Mar 2013 | 04:36 pm
I got into a discussion the other day around the merits of Evernote versus Dropbox. Just about everyone has heard of these two services and I wanted to explore why you’d use one over the other. I us...
Automate Uploading PNC Virtual Wallet Statements into Evernote with Hazel 28 Jan 2013 | 03:55 am
I’ve been on a bit of a productivity kick recently. My newfound passion with productivity was a direct result of a guy I work with (thanks @DigitalPeterson) hassling me about dusting off OmniFocus an...
Setting up Automatic Updates for Ubuntu 20 Jun 2012 | 03:54 am
Keeping your system up to date is the single most important way to prevent security and malware issues. Ubuntu provides nice tools for maintaining your system, but if you manage it via a command line...
Astaro Security Gateway – Setting up a Public Web Server with Web Application Firewall 18 Jun 2012 | 02:56 am
I run an Astaro Security Gateway (ASG) from Sophos (now called Sophos Unified Threat Management (UTM)) for the bulk of my firewall needs at home. Sophos (and Astaro before them) did a nice thing in a...
Create a Startup / Boot Script under Ubuntu 3 Jun 2012 | 07:51 pm
In managing Unix systems, you will often have occasion to have a process or action performed at boot time. There are several ways of accomplishing this goal, but the right way is to create an init sc...
Configure SSH2 Access for Updating WordPress 4 May 2012 | 02:36 am
WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms on the Internet. One of the first things I do when I setup a new WordPress installation is harden it. You can read about a number of my suggesti...
