Learning As I Go

  • How to Create a Pop_OS Install USB

    How to Create a Pop_OS Install USB

    Here are the instructions to create an installation USB for PopOS. The installation is a live copy of the operating system, so you can also use it for recovery or as an emergency way to get a computer up and running temporarily. There’s a full-blown browser on there, and it will run like a normal […]

  • Flatpaks suck! And what to do about it.

    Flatpaks suck! And what to do about it.

    To preface this, Flatpaks do not suck. Catchy title, though, eh? However, they are different, and that means some contingent of people are going to struggle with them and condemn them to suckage, perhaps forever. There is no doubt, Flatpaks are fairly new, and they have their fair share of growing pains. I’m going to […]

  • How To Clean The Dishes

    How To Clean The Dishes

    Full disclosure, I don’t wash dishes for a living. But I have washed dishes as part of making a living on several occasions. Of note, I was a grill guy at McDonald’s as a teen. Later I joined the military and was assigned chow duty on many occasions. To back this experience with science, I, […]

  • Cross Browser and Cross Device Bookmark Sync with Floccus

    Cross Browser and Cross Device Bookmark Sync with Floccus

    As most of us know the major browsers offer sync services between different instances of the same browser. This usually encompasses bookmarks, passwords and history. While this is great some of us might want to use different browsers on different devices (or are required to by the device manufacturer) and/or we want to switch from […]

  • Welcome!

    This is my new site. I hope to bring new content and hopefully some useful insights. Thank you so much for visiting!