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Google, Hacks

How to get a short link from a Google Maps location

tarah / June 4, 2015

The Google Maps interface has changed, and it’s hard to tell how to share a location from a dropped pin or a business you want to find.Perhaps you’d like to make an easy short link to your house that you…

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Hacks, Mac

Completely remove CrashPlan from your Mac

tarah / April 7, 2015

Have you tried to delete CrashPlan from your Applications folder and gotten the message that the “CrashPlan app is locked” in a popup? Here’s the solution: Shut down the CrashPlan app in the system tray. You may need to elevate…

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Encouragement, Hacks, Web development

Redirect timewaster sites with 3 Chrome extensions

tarah / June 30, 2014

I have a lot of sites that by themselves, aren’t terrible for me. I won’t spend hours on Facebook or Buzzfeed or Twitter or Gawker or Huffington Post…but I have found myself spending hours on Facebook AND Buzzfeed AND Twitter…

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Hacks, Linux

Defaults changed for OpenSSH config in Kubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr

tarah / June 3, 2014

I rebuilt a box this morning, and when I installed openssh-server, I found a different option set as default in the config file–one that I believe is less secure. Where previously, the default Authentications section looked like this: # Authentication:…

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Linux, Scripting, Uncategorized

Your private ssh keys do not copy over with a sudo dolphin! You must use bash in Kubuntu.

tarah / August 15, 2013

I’m glad I keep good backups. When backing up your Kubuntu box, do not just drag and drop one home folder from a hard disk to another hard disk. Your ssh keys will not be copied over, even though you…

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Hacks, Linux

How to play Amazon Instant Videos on Ubuntu/Kubuntu Raring Ringtail 13.04 with Firefox

tarah / May 18, 2013

We’re all aware that there are issues with Flash and playing streaming videos on Linux. You can’t play AIV on Chrome; you’ll get that annoying “If you’re using the Chrome browser with Linux, you must disable PPAPI to continue using…

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Hacks, Linux, Modding

Set up Kubuntu 12.10 and an HP printer for batch scanning in Xsane

tarah / January 20, 2013

This process needs to be much easier, but until then, here’s a script to get you set up. This is an update of an older post here: http://thetarah.com/2010/10/12/how-to-batch-scan-using-xsane/ to make this more intuitive. Instead of having you follow a long…

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Hacks, Linux

Google Chrome Will Not Start In KDE (Kubuntu 12.10)

tarah / January 5, 2013

Have you had this problem in KDE? I’ve clicked a few times on a Google Chrome shortcut, and after 20-30 seconds of a bouncing Chrome icon, it disappears. The Chrome process never shows up in the System Monitor or in…

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Hacks, Linux

How to fix KDE, LibreOffice, and dark themes in Kubuntu

tarah / January 1, 2013

I need to use a dark theme in KDE because I spend so much time on the computer that my eyes get tired of looking at whiteness all the time. I use a very dark theme to minimize the strain…

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Android, Linux

AVD Manager in Eclipse on Ubuntu won’t start device due to double slash error

tarah / November 8, 2012

I have a weird error that happens to me every time I rebuild my machine; when I open Eclipse and attempt to start up AVD Manager, I get an error when I hit “start” for the Android 4.1 virtual device.…

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