PageEdit is a true pleasure for editing html files that will be use for things like online documentation or even in-app help. For many years I used BlueGriffon but the last update of that was 2019 and some Linux distros have dropped inclusion. Technically they only supported Ubuntu, but AUR had a build as did other places. Given Ubuntu’s massive bloat and sluggish performance since the 20.04 release (getting far worse with 22.04) people are … PageEdit – BlueGriffinRead more
Experience
What life gives you when it doesn’t give you want you want.
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Getting Rid of Thunderbird Threading
Every young hacker who volunteers for an OpenSource Project wants to put “their mark” on the thing, that has to be where Thunderbird threading came from. For over a decade we have not had threading and we have adjusted to it. The sad part of this is if you click on the first collapsed message in the thread, instead of expanding the thread, it opens all of them. I can’t tell you how to fix … Getting Rid of Thunderbird ThreadingRead more
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Too Big to AGILE
You won’t find a professional willing to touch AGILE with a hundred mile pole. No, getting paid to write software doesn’t make you a professional anymore than winning $20 shooting hoops at the park makes you a professional basketball player. There is a quality of skill and technique one must have. If you are “doing AGILE” you have proven to the world you don’t have it. Roland Hughes I have had to utter that quote … Too Big to AGILERead more
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We’re All Contractors Now
Recruiters seem shocked that we are all contractors now, but that is the way it goes for tech workers, especially those in the medical device/embedded systems world. Honestly, that’s the way it is going for many job sectors. I’ve been meaning to write something about this Paul Solman story on PBS News Hour so I guess I will merge it in with this. They both stem from much the same place. I’ve written about unemployment … We’re All Contractors NowRead more
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Windows 10 – No Video Display After Update
No video display after update will be a relentless theme over the next few months. You have already seen my post about Manjaro breaking with updates. Yes, had I paid attention, I could have “fixed” that from a terminal by un-installing the NVidia drivers. At least Linux has a generic driver that will let you use it as a video card. You just cannot use the GPU for things like BOINC. This is why you … Windows 10 – No Video Display After UpdateRead more