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• Format any PDF for Kindle Use (Kindle k2pdfopt) app
• Kindle Touch Jailbreak
• Kindle Touch Hacking
• KUAL: Kindle Unifier Application Launcher
• Extensions for KUAL/Jailbroken Kindle
• KOReader for PDF’s
• MobileRead Wiki – Kindle Hacks Info
• Dictionaries for Kindle 

I got a call form an unrecognized number, so I let it go to voicemail. I later tried to delete the message but the voicemail kept calling the scammer/robocall/ads phone number as opposed to accessing my voicemail. I kept getting a answering machine with a prompt to “connect with local singles”. As much as I am interested in connecting with local singles, I am more interested in deleting this message and access my voicemail.

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Tasker is an awesome app for android devices… if you know how to use it… otherwise it’s a nightmare!! Here is a list of Tasker settings and profiles I find most useful.

Enable Auto-Rotate Display on Certain Apps

• Create new profile, select application then choose your desired app.
• Create a New task and tap the “+” icon. Select “Display” then set “Display Autorotate” to ON.

Every once in a while Spotify glitches out and it won’t play any song and I need to restart it which involved right clicking on the icon and force quitting/quitting. I figured there had to be an easier way. Lo and behold I found macOS services and shortcuts! Kinda tricky to use and a bit glitchy (see below as to why my shortcut wouldn’t work)

I ran into this issue while booting up my server. Luckily it was easy to fix after doing a bit of research 🙂

Problem: kernel panic-not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown block(0,0)

Solution: remove old linux kernels, your /boot drive is out of space

• boot to grub and click on “Advanced options”
• Select a previous kernel (should boot fine)
• login and enter command
  • $ df
• See if your /boot directory is 100% used
• Remove old linux kernels
  • $ sudo apt-get autoremove

Sources:

• ubuntu forums
• removing old kernels

Being in Wisconsin, mosquitos a merciless, they will suck all your blood. I bought a Flowtron mosquito repellent lamp off Amazon BK-15D 1/2 acre coverage, unfortunately we used it twice and it stopped working. Bought new bulbs and soon realized that it was the starter. I looked all over the internet and realized that the company was the only one who sold those types of starters anymore. They also weren’t returning my calls to get a new starter bulb or light bulb to see what the problem was.

Doing a bit of research I realized that I could upgrade the starter to use newer fluorescent starters, it would save money and hassle in the future, and hopefully last much longer.

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Unlike most people, I still have a local library of music on my computer, and I don’t like streaming music over 3G/LTE because it uses precious data! Therefore I wanted to find a way to create playlists on my computer and put them on my phone. Unfortunately It wasn’t as straight forward as I hoped, manually copying and pasting music between devices was cumbersome and not idea. Until I found doubleTwist!

So here is my workflow :

1. Install doubleTwist Sync on your Windows computer!
2. Create a smart playlist in iTunes that aggregates all songs with 5 stars
3. Inside doubleTwist ONLY sync this playlist to your phone.

Now whenever you want to add new songs to your Android device, go to itunes, 5 star any new songs you want to add, sync with doubleTwist!

Google is great, but with a few tips it can be awesome!! These are the tips I found most helpful to memorize.

Noob Ninja

• Ignore Spelling (google will correct you)
• Only unique, descriptive keywords
• Use quotes for exact match
  • “Pirates are awesome!” 
• Case insensitive
  • Cats == cats
• Ignore Special Characters
  • Wont be in the search: @#%^*()=[]\
• Omit common words
  • a, the i
  • Put them in quotes if they are important: “a”, “the”, “i”

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