Category Archives: The Universe
5 Secrets of a Winning Resume | FlexJobs
All in all, I think it was worth paying for a membership at FlexJobs simply for their advice articles. For example, the following recommendations to improve one’s resume: Where do you live? Are you qualified to do this job? What have you accomplished in your career? What proof do you have of your qualifications? Where… Read More »
How To Completely Disable Tracker, GNOME’s File Indexing And Search Tool – Linux Uprising Blog
Tracker. *ugh* don’t even get me started on a rant about Tracker… The GNome team forgot all about Linux philosophies somewhere along the way. So how to completely disable Tracker, so it no longer indexes any files, and stop having any Tracker process running in the background? You can mask the Tracker systemd services to… Read More »
Recover deleted files from terminal
When you need a not-as-common tool, sometimes you really need its functionality. I needed to recover a couple of mp3 files from a USB thumb drive. Fortunately, a quick Google search showed how to do this, quite easily, using TestDisk: Step 10 Again, bear in mind that Testdisk is a multi-function tool. Most of these… Read More »
Add SD-Card as internal storage in Android Marshmallow and above
Are you like me, and just got a new Android device whose manufacturer has the device configured to not allow adoptable storage for SD-Cards? Some manufacturers have a bad habit of doing this on all their devices (looking at you, LG, for doing this on both the LG G-Pad X and the LG G6). It… Read More »
Fix middle-button click on Dell Inspiron Clickpads
I seriously cannot believe that it took me as long as it did to find a fix to this issue. New-ish Dell Inspiron laptops have moved from touchpads to Clickpads – the biggest change is that Clickpads have no physical buttons on them at all. Everything is done by a combination of taps and clicks… Read More »