Author: Avery Freeman

  • Hello, banana!

    OK, so I’ve been fighting it, but I decided learning WordPress is a necessary evil. Supposedly according to website tech stats WordPress is powering 25% of all websites. I’m not sure if that’s entirely relevant if 15% of those sites are as bad as mine, but I figured if even 10% are decent then it’s…

  • Install Cinnamon 3.6.3 in CentOS 7.4 1708 using EPEL-Testing repo

    Install Cinnamon 3.6.3 in CentOS 7.4 1708 using EPEL-Testing repo

    After being a long-time Debian user, for some reason I’ve been going all-in for CentOS lately.  It started after I installed it as a virtualization platform with KVM on an E3 server.  I just love how stable and methodically planned it is. I’ve probably gone a little too far, as I’ve also installed it on…

  • Installing IceFilms (and other) Channel(s) on your Synology DiskStation Plex Media Server

    Installing IceFilms (and other) Channel(s) on your Synology DiskStation Plex Media Server

    So, have you been looking for the IceFilms channel plug-in for your Synology DiskStation, but only seen Windows and Mac OSX referenced for install methods on the sites you’ve visited? Well, look no further!

  • Compiling Gnumeric on Mac OS 10.9.5

    Compiling Gnumeric on Mac OS 10.9.5

    Note: This guide below has been depreciated – now you can just install macports and run: It still installs some xorg dependencies but it links them to the cocoa interface   Compiling Gnumeric on Mac OS 10.9.5 using Cocoa instead of X11   Note:  No X11 was used in the installation of this Gnumeric port!…

  • How to fix 3d rendering for a Windows guest in VMWare Workstation 11 Ubuntu 14.10 host

    How to fix 3d rendering for a Windows guest in VMWare Workstation 11 Ubuntu 14.10 host

    How to fix 3d rendering for a Windows guest in VMWare Workstation 11 Ubuntu 14.10 host Hi all! Getting a message when you start your Windows guest in VMWare Workstation 11 hosted by Ubuntu 14.10? I was, and I had a little trouble finding a fix, until finally it worked!  it’s simply a matter of…

  • Switching from LXDE to LXQT in Lubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn

    Switching from LXDE to LXQT in Lubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn Hey! So if you’re like me, you’ve been dying to try out the new LXQT Desktop Environment everyone has been talking so much about! But so far, a official release of Lubuntu with LXQT has not been developed.   There is an unofficial release, but…

  • Burn AKAI format Sample CDs (SCD / AKAiSO) from images on a Mac – works with EMU, ROLAND, KURTZWEIL, etc. too!

    Hey, So perhaps you’ve figured out that AKAI, EMU, ROLAND, KURTZWEIL sample CD images can’t be read on a Mac, can’t be mounted on a Mac, and can’t be burned on a Mac with the usual included utilities like diskutil or hdiutil,  But you’d still like be able to burn your sampler’s CD images without…

  • An easy how-to install guide for Gnumeric on a mac.Gnumeric is a great program for those wishing to migrate from MS Excel but desiring the same functionality and user interface.  It’s free, easy to use, and even has some improvements with regards to statistical computation.  Unfortunately it doesn’t support pivot tables yet, but they’re likely…

  • Using BinChunker to convert .BIN/.CUE CD/DVD images to .ISO on a Mac

    Binchunker is a great command-line utility for converting .bin and .cue format cd-rom backups to .iso format for easy mounting / burning.  It also has a .raw and .wav conversion functions for use with video and audio disk images. I’ve primarily been using it for converting video and sample CD (.VCD and SCD) images I’ve…