Author Archives: Dennis

Why and How to use OpenDNS.com

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Dennis

I’ve been recommending to friends and family that they use OpenDNS.com to help safeguard their homes from adult content. A few things have changed since I originally started using their service and I thought I’d write up a little article … Continue reading →

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Simplified Envelope Budgeting for GnuCash

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Dennis

OK, out of popular demand, I’ve decided to revisit this topic. My original Better Budgeting with GnuCash article is still highly relevant and worth a read for the background if you haven’t read that yet. The method I proposed in … Continue reading →

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How to export 1080p HD video with iMovie 08

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Dennis

So I’ve been playing around with video a bit more lately. I have two different cameras that record natively at 1920×1080 (1080p). I can get my videos into iMovie just fine, but one thing that always annoyed me is that … Continue reading →

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Google map with Utah Repeaters

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Dennis

I thought it would be helpful to visualize where all the radio repeaters are in my area. I found a lack of map information available for this sort of thing but I found readily available CSV data with the information. … Continue reading →

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YUI Image Uploader works with YUI 2.8.1

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Dennis

I thought I’d better double check that the image upload still works fine with YUI 2.8.1 If you haven’t read the original YUI Image Uploader page, start there. After that, you can use this page for an example getting the … Continue reading →

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Debugging Linux Kernel Modules with VirtualBox and KGDB

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Dennis

I found a few different pages with information on debugging a Linux kernel with kgdb. There wasn’t a single source with all the information I needed to get set up and working though. So here is how I set things … Continue reading →

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