Why The Hell Would You do This? I’m more than happy building vector designs in Inkscape. It’s the most proficient vector designer app that …
I think there’s something awesome about an image that can be animated. It’s different than a video clip because of the quick, loopy, and …
Many people overlook the practical value of command-line tools, and demonstrating their usefulness, whether through scripting or combining them, can …
I’ve noticed that lately, I’ve been starting, stopping, and abandoning projects. This is a familiar place I’ve been in before—but it’s easy to forget …
When bringing my footage shot on my Google Pixel 9 XL Pro into Kdenlive, I noticed the clips looked a lot worse than when I previewed the clips with …
Running an Android without the Play Services, like I used to when I ran Lineage OS, would save battery. Google Play has so many services running in …
As someone who has spent years building content around online platforms like YouTube, I’ve come to realize that relying on these giants can be a …
I can see why people hate it Often called the plagiarism machine, LLM’s like ChatGPT become popular because it’s ability to generate text …
Getting ready for the move and it seems like I’ve been packing and cleaning forever. We knew this was how it’s going to be, with two homes …
Adding metadata to your images, whether for websites or social media, is an effective strategy for improving engagement and accessibility. Let’s …
We’ve experienced some ups and downs recently, with the high points being equally as enjoyable while the low moments have been absolutely …
I’ve kind of let my home site sit in the dust while I focused on other things like my YouTube and PeerTube channel. I think it’s time that …
I’ve been crossposting on BlueSky and Mastodon for a minute and I want to share the lazy way I’ve been doing it. Getting the Software …
Twitter has 238 million daily active users. By comparison, the fediverse only has about 10million daily active users. One of the major differences …
If you haven’t had the chance to experience the Southern California Linux Expo, located in Pasadena, California, I highly recommend attending. I …
I know I’ve talked a lot about ChatGPT. It’s been less than two years since Open AI launched ChatGPT, and it’s already become one of …
After a few weeks of using ChatGPT a few things became clear to me. ChatGPT is a powerful AI tool that has revolutionized the way people write …
Well we managed to survive another year. Congrats, my friends. This year will have more videos, music, and probably some web-dev stuff. I’m …
I often make a lot of little cheat sheets that I often use as a quick reminder of the tools I use often enough that they can find there way into my …
If you’re reading this article, chances are you’re concerned about the potential for AI to manipulate you. And with good reason! As AI …
Last night I had a Lyft ride home from my Tuesday night meetup. I meet some local nerds as we chat about machine learning, the fall of social media, …
Most of my life I’ve lived in Los Angeles County. For the first time in my life I am a resident of Orange County in California. There are some …
The last few weeks have been a total whirlwind in regards to hosting. For years I used Jekyll to build my site and hosted on Netlify. However Jekyll …
The number one reason I switched to Pop OS is because how they handled pipewire audio sound system. When configured correctly the pipewire audio …
The Thinkpad x230 Tablet About a month ago I bought a Thinkpad x230 tablet from a friend hoping to use the Wacom drawing functions built into that …
YouTube Link In my personal observation, there seem to be two main groups of people when it comes to computing preferences. However, there’s a …
ABCDE is “A better CD encoder”. In this video I got over a tool that I like to use a lot for ripping CDs. I don’t really go down the …
I’ve been bitten by the bug and the last 5 weeks I’ve been getting to know the Thinkpad x230. This little laptop is an absolute beast. …
These is a pretty bad article on Mashable on why Mastodon won’t survive. I’m telling you its a terrible article but you’re probably …
I like wifi access points that are relatively accessible and free. I really love the fact that the Los Angeles library and the Long Beach Library both …
This will be my first year attending the Southern California Linux Expo. I’ll only be there Sunday and I only could afford a general admission …
So I guess the street view car grabbed a shot of me when I was heading out to the local liquor store for another 80oz bucket of fizzy caffeine. I saw …
It seems to be all the rage these days. A video “gif” is a silent video embedded to a site in loop mode. I guess the audio is an optional thing but …
I found myself in a unique situation last night. I somehow corupted my install of Ubuntu and my installer thumb drive was no where to be found. To …
About a month ago I sold my Chromebook. It was the HP 14. There was nothing wrong with it as a Chromebook but at the end of the day when it comes to a …
I live in a bicycle friendly city. It’s one of the reasons I moved back to Long Beach. I’ve recently gave up driving and now my transportation is …
I believe APG stands for Automatic Password Generator. I’m not 100% sure but I believe it’s installed in the Default of Ubuntu and Debain Linux. If …
Our communication is being listened to. We know this already. It’s a fact of life these days. A lot of us don’t encrypt our communication. I …
Last year I wrote about my adoration for youtube-dl and how it was awesome for streaming youtube videos without flash or even a web browser. Since I …
There was a time not long ago that I weighed almost 300lbs. I’m not ashamed. In fact I’m proud of the weight loss. I’m still a fatty (always will be, …
One of the biggest challenges with making a video in LibAV/FFmpeg is the lack of title cards. Using the GIMP (or ImageMagick) you can make some very …
For a few weeks the Cthulhu has been out of commision. I’ve been working on an old beat up Acer Aspire 5100 lately. Even though the computer has a …
I’m still amazed with the pictures I get out of this Nexus 4. I’m using the “leaked” Android 4.3 camera and it’s almost instant. Though this picture …
I hate flash. It’s taking a very long time dying but it needs to die. Sadly there are a lot of amazing websites that use it. Fortunately I found a …
WARNING! *Following this tutorial will wipe all the data off your Nexus device. If you’re files aren’t automatically synced to the cloud or backed up …
There is a blog post from ‘If Jesus was Irish’ that attempts to tackle the Bluray / AVCHD mastering process under Linux. The two formats …
Installing ADB on any Ubuntu based system is as simple as adding the ‘android-tools-adb‘ package. You can also add the package through the command …
For some unknown (and possibly criminally dumb) reason one of the Linux desktops strongest features are horrifyingly stunted. I’m talking about …
