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(Almost) Universal File Format Convertor unoconv
Sometimes you want to batch convert office files from say .doc to .docx to bring yourself into the 2010's but you can't find a format convertor. LibreOffice has an application known as unoconv Which is very cool unoconv -l & # start the listener # convert a Word...
Google Algorithm Change Traffic Increase
On May 19 2014 Google made an Algorithm change as can be seen at this Google Algorithm Change History page. Around the same time I moved my website from Rackspace to DigitalOcean Anyway, a day or so later I noticed a marked increase in daily traffic. I thought perhaps...
www.domaincentral.com.au run a mile
Just trying to help a friend get Wordpress running on Domain Central The one click install of Wordpress they provided was many versions behind so I deleted it and attempted to upload 3.9.1 and did the install. And then ran straight into a brick wall: Domain central is...
Transferred from Rackspace to DigitalOcean
Just transferred this site to a Digital Ocean "droplet" which is what DO calls a VPS. The instance is being hosted in Singapore. Things I like at the moment: Fast provisioning ping times to the DO Singapore datacenter are quicker than to Rackspaces ORD data center...
Ubuntu Fonts install on Fedora 20
Just noticed some nice fonts from Jono Bacons Dealing with Disrespect PDF book I downloaded recently Thought to myself I would like these fonts on my Fedora 20 Workstation. So I opened the PDF properties discovered the font was Ubuntu & Ubuntu Light which lead...
Galaxy S4 Secure File Deletion
I have a work phone which I use as my personal phone also. So there is a lot of stuff like personal photos co-existing on the device. When I return the phone I want to know that the next IT person that get's the phone will not be able to run a file recovery utility...