Solving Ubuntu’s “The following packages cannot be authenticated” Error
I was just trying to install Pine on one of my Ubuntu based boxes and had an issue getting it installed. It seems there’s no 64 bit binary available so I figured I’d try Alpine instead since it was in...
View ArticleConfiguring Alpine 2.0 to Access Gmail on Ubuntu x64
Continuation of from the last post Installing Alpine 2.0 in Ubuntu Linux is a fairly simple process but can be rather confusing and elusive as there is no GUI to help you out. I ran into a few hitches...
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Arduino Prototyping with Fritzing
It’s been a while since I’ve written about Arduinos so I thought I’d share a project that I’m working on right now. It’s somewhat similar to the Reverse Geocache box that everyone was going nuts over a...
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Controlling a Lock with an Arduino and a Servo
The Chronobox – Part 2 The other day I wrote about a project I was building that was a time based lockbox which I have now dubbed the “Chronobox.” Much like the Reverse Geocache this lockbox can only...
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Time Keeping with the Arduino and DS1302
The Chronobox (Part 3) After ordering a few more supplies on the weekend my shipment arrived on Wednesday, the main thing I was waiting on was a time keeping chip and I had selected the DS1302 from...
View ArticleInstalling Archey on Ubuntu
Ever since the first time I saw Arch Linux in action I’ve been in love with Archey. For those of you who don’t know, Archey is just a little script that gets your current system information and...
View ArticleError: DBus error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive...
Ever since I upgraded to the newest version of LinuxMint I’ve been getting this annoying message every time I try to navigate to my shared drives: Error: DBus error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply:...
View ArticleHow to find the Path of an Installed Program in Ubuntu
Back in my FreeBSD days I relied heavily on the locate command to find out where things were installed. Since switching to Debian based Linux I’ve found that command to be far less reliable. The reason...
View ArticleDownload Every File of a Certain Extension on a Site
Today I was editing some video for Youtube and was looking for some free stock music. I ended up at a site I’ve seen many times before, DanoSongs.com, but haven’t really ended up using since finding a...
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VirtualBox + CentOS Hangs on “NET: Registered protocol family 2″
I was given a guest VM of CentOS to work with and when I tried to fire it up it would always hang on “NET: Registered protocol family 2″ on each of my computers. I figured there must be some setting to...
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