Month: July 2011

It's been years since I was on the certifications treadmill. The MCSE, CCNA and CCA certs that I got are so long in the past that the knowledge gained by passing them has diminished in relevance and usefulness. Not that attaining certifications is pointless. If you...

I created this howto a while ago. How to password protect files by saving them as PDF's using Open Office. Note: The file must be in Open Document or a format that Openoffice can read. And then: Using Openoffice. Open the file you want to password protect. Click File...

Just had a strangely unresponsive banshee not allowing me to click on other songs while one was already playing. (In my case banshee was downloading album art at the same time I was trying to switch tracks). Did the sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade...