I still have the bluetooth issue, but at least I have an idea it will be resolved. It's just a matter of how soon. Seems that once upon a time as things were changing Blueman (the bluetooth manager program recommended for Xubuntu 14 and Mint 17 Xfce) had some trouble with PulseAudio and so unloaded the PulseAudio bluetooth module and handled that ( Read more... )

I'd been looking at getting a USB and possibly wireless headset for a while, so that I could use Skype (or similar, perhaps) and also listen to stuff in the office without it bugging Jay. Last week a deal came up and a Logitech ClearChat headset (refurbished). For $40 (shipped), rather than $100 I decided to go for it. It arrived this Wednesday ( Read more... )

"It works, but we're sending you a new one." is about what the message on the answering machine amounted to. I sent in the USB hub & card reader that wouldn't read the camera's CompactFlash card as it was still within the warranty period. The message was from someone who claimed to have tested the thing with a few CF cards and had it read all of ( Read more... )

A few days ago I wound up transferring some file from the laptop to the desktop machine with a USB stick since wireless networking was once again wireless notworking. In doing so I rediscovered that I had more USB devices than available USB ports. I needed a USB hub.

I checked out Radio Shack more out of curiosity than anything and sure enough ( Read more... )

( Painful experiences )

Like all too many computer users, I don't really do proper system backups. I've never really had anything to do good backups to. That's about to change.

( The End of Procrastination )