Jul 8, 2012
Gramps 3.4.0 Released
This is a bit passed due but the Gramps project has released Gramps 3.4.0 The “always look on the bright side of life”. If you are interested in Genealogy and looking for an OpenSource solution, then you owe it yourself to check out Gramps. If you are a seasoned Gramps user then you owe it to yourself to download the latest version. Version 3.4.0 of Gramps! The “always look on the bright side of life’“, a... read more
Jul 8, 2012
Creating EPUB documents with LibreOffice Writer
With all the ereaders and tablets available it is now easy to take your documents with you everywhere, be it a book technical manual, etc., but what about stuff you write or company documents. With LibreOffice Writer you can create your own by using the Writer2epub extension for OpenOffice / LibreOffice Writer. Writer2epub can b downloaded at http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/project/Writer2ePub/ and is... read more
Jul 5, 2012
Changing Print Size in Firefox 11+ with NoSquint
Recently came across and issue with emails and other web pages printing the fonts in an unreadable size. This was not an issue with Internet Explorer or Chrome. Found that this is a fairly common issue that users were experiencing. This is where Firefox AddOns fill the gap. Enter NoSquint. NoSquint allows you to adjust the viewing and printing size of the pages and fonts and alleviates the issue.... read more
Jul 4, 2012
Your Own Media Server using Plex Media Server
Recently I found a need to add the ability for my Roku XD box to be able to access my home movies and other media on my NAS, also looking for an all in one solution to stream to Asus Transformer TF101, iPod Touch, Sony Bravia TV and iPhone. A good co-worker recommended Plex Media Server which does all the above and more. Plex Media Server is the solution for local and online media. According to the site:... read more
Jul 2, 2012
Java leapsec issue causes high CPU
Seems like a bug is going around caused by leapsec in Java that causes high CPU. There is a simple fix for the issue. For CentOS / RHEL 5 & 6 /etc/init.d/ntpd stop; date; date `date +”%m%d%H%M%C%y.%S”`; date Wait for the CPU to go down and then restart ntpd /etc/init.d/ntpd start After doing this, see if the cpu usage falls down using top or your tool of choice. If not, restart of the ntpd... read more
