A creative mind can be a blessing in disguise. As most ADD-prone geeks can confirm, it is often harder to herd your ideas then it is to have them at all. How do you keep track of it all ? Sure there are tons of “to-do” and “GTD” apps to be found out there, but…
It was a first timer for me : an “in place” upgrade. I had made it ‘a thing’ to install every Ubuntu version fresh, and do it fast. Creating a list of installed applications, exporting the software sources I collected and then let it install everything automatically after a fresh instal of the OS. This…
As we talked about in our interview with Alan Pope last week , Ubuntu 12.10 is going to be released somewhere today. If its your first plunge in the purple pool or if you are waiting to hit “Distribution upgrade” on your 12.04 install.. here are the top ten things to expect. Related PostsKW1605 –…
Another great tip from long time friend of the show Sharky, has our collective ‘significant others’ moaning in distress. Lets face it people : If somebody told you you got to fly a Viper in the Battlestar Galactica universe, things like girlfriends, day-jobs, work, food and even to some extent breathable air , become secondary…
Earlier today the Wii U was shown to the press and a select group of tech bloggers. Since Knightwise himself couldn’t get there, he asked me if I could be his eyes and ears at the press event.
With the shiny fancy walled garden that OSX Mountain Lion is today, we sometimes forget what is under the hood. Apple’s minimalistic and well designed interface might be clutter free, but the downside of this “Designer kitchen of computing” is that there are not a lot of hints to what powers lurk beneath its glossy…
Since I’ve ported my brand new 11.6 inch Macbook Air to Ubuntu Linux, I’ve noticed that I seldom boot back into OSX on this little machine. Life is good on the Ubuntu side. Because for where it might lack powerful video editing tools or multitrack recorders that come with the same ease of use as…
Setting up and running your own little SSH server is not really hard. Just punch in sudo apt-get install openssh-server on your Ubuntu command line and you’ll have a server that allows you to run remote commands, send over files via SFTP or even forward graphical applications over X-Forwarding. But when you open up a…
This weeks picture of the week comes from listener Jay as he shows us a cross-platform setup that would probably rip a hole inside a proprietary universe. However it does make us proud as Jay lines up his Windows phone, his Nexus tablet and his 13 inch Macbook pro running Ubuntu 12.04. Quite a setup…
This is another guest blogger post on Knghtwise.com, this time from Keith Murray (@kdmurray) who brings us a tip for linking your iCloud and Dropbox accounts. One of the great things about iCloud is ubiquitous access to your files and data on all of your devices, seamlessly and behind the scenes. There are just a…
We are very happy to line up one of our new guestbloggers on Knightwise.com. Its @McVries_ who kicks of the series with a great article on “sliding” from Ubuntu to IOS and hooking up your iPad .. without iTunes .. on a Linux machine. Ubuntu 12.04 : Mount that iPad : Play .Avi : No…
Since we are doing some home renovation over at Casa del Knightwise for the moment, living space is at a premium. While our downstairs looks like its been raided by a group of angry drunken Constructicons, both @Niejana and I need to “flee” to my upstairs office to spend our evenings watching tv and doing…
The one thing I’ve always detested when it came to using my mobile devices like my iPad, my iPod Touch or my iPhone (or any “smart device” for that matter) was that you needed to “link” it to your desktop. If you think about it, behavior like that is something you might expect from a…
This weeks question of the week is quite simple : What three books do you think are essential for a geek to read. Answers in the comment section or via the hashtag #kwpow on twitter. Our top 3 list. – Dune, by Frank Herbert. – 2001 quadrillgy by Arthur C. Clarke. – Ghost in the…
This week in our ‘picture of the week’ section we challenge you to show us where you use your gear. You can add links in the comments or use twitter, hashtag #kwpow to share your shots. Most exotic one wins geek points. Our entry ? Sony prs-505 ebook reader ( Currently reading ‘The Hobbit’ ).…
I think its from the bottom of my heart when I say : Boy its good to be back ! After being offline and almost off-planet the last couple of weeks, popping my head back into the realms of cyberspace feels very good indeed. For those of you who don’t know : A couple of…
I come to you today with a little bad news for you cross platform geeks who like nothing more then to slide from OS to OS , letting technology work for you. In the coming week(s) you’ll have to do without your daily dose of Knightwise.com articles as I’m gonna be out for the count…
Please join us today as we wish my beloved wife and pinnacle of the Knightwise.com awesomeness a happy 35th birthday !!! www.twitter.com/niejana Related PostsYow Charlie ! Its your birthday.
There is a command line command to top up my bank account with an almost infinite amount of cash. The only thing is .. i forgot what it is. Like keyboard shortcuts, command line commands are awesome and can save you a lot of time. BUT you need to remember them. Sure things like CTRL…
Time for some desktop porn here : The Ubuntu 12.04 install on my 11.4 inch Macbook Air. Specs are : Stock 12.04, Launcher tweaked with Myunity and some added Conky Dials. Related Postskw606 : Making your Mac cross platform friendly.Saynonara mr Desktop#KWPOW : Jay’s Sliders WorldThe Knightcast Episode 32 : My Macbook.KW1605 – Data and…
My hairdresser ( of all people ) came to me with an interesting question. He had 14 copies of Michael Jackson. I suggested he would start hiding his children, but it turned out he referred to his iTunes library. These 14 duplicate songs resided in several playlists throughout his massive library. His question was ”…
” There are no games on Linux “. I get to hear that a lot, but in fact, nothing is further from the truth. There are no “big titles” on Linux, that might be true, but that also might change soon. As the rumor mill spouts talk of game developer STEAM working on a Linux…
Bootcamp is a pretty sweet invention. Allowing you to run Windows (or Linux) on your Mac, alongside with your favorite OSX install. Now the boys in Redmond and Cupertino might have you believe this is a completely flawless experience, but on a compact Macbook air keyboard, I dare you to find the Delete key (not…
The days we still had computers that did not have a usb port are long gone. Most computers these days come equipted with a variety of SD-card readers. Now we know we use those things in our camera’s and our phones , but we don’t always have to. One of the beautiful things of SD…
” Darn dude ! You slow or something ? Do I NEED to draw you a Picture ? ? ? ” If the answer to the first question is Yes .. I’ll try to type more slowly. If the answer to the SECOND question is yes .. then we have a solution for you. The…
There used to be a time when we went wardriving. We hopped into the car and drove around looking for open Wifi networks. 2 things have changed since then : Networks are so abundant now that you don’t HAVE to drive around anymore. 2 : Even redneck geeks have learned that they need to lock…
Funny things those Macs. I remember, back in the days when I was a Windows user, I spent ages trying to get stuff OUT of my task bar (the one near the clock). Whenever I installed an app on Windows it seemed hell-bent on pooping down its own little icon that would not only eat…
This week we give you a little behind the scenes scoop on the next episode of the Knightwise podcast. We show you the results of getting linux running on the old G4 iMac we bought and how we got it working. Related PostsKc304 : "Linux on PPC Macs".MAC OS X – Learning the OS X…
Partitioning your harddrive when you have some data on it, is like doing brain surgery on your own best friend .. with blunt scissors, blindfolded, hanging upside down .. in the subwaycar .. while playing pingpong .. well , you catch my drift. With your precious data on the drives, having to resize, move and…
There are moments in your life where you stop whatever you are doing and think : ” I saw this in a scifi Movie once ! “. The great thing about living in our day and age is that technology is evolving so fast, fiction becomes fact in the average lifespan of a teen boysband.…
