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Browsing this site means you have given consent to such.http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)Blogger336125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-6753641310794696416Mon, 04 Jan 2021 03:59:00 +00002021-01-03T19:59:09.197-08:00ControllersDrift IssuesJoy-ConJoy-Con DriftJoyConJoyCon DriftNintendoNintendo SwitchBy now there are so many occurrences of this problem and Nintendo is still not able to squash these problems.  I hope that this blog post can serve people who continue to suffer from this stupid hardware issue.When dealing with Nintendo's bad joy cons, you should avoid it at all costs and use alternate controllers.  The natural option to deal with it is by looking at the alternate joy http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2021/01/nintendo-switch-and-joy-con-drift.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-5292269964880190958Tue, 13 Oct 2020 23:43:00 +00002021-01-03T19:40:53.483-08:00Chat RoomGoogle Chat Who ever thought Google Chat Rooms would be a productive way of communicating really should re-evaluate things.  It's confusing to have separate threads of discussion which, according to them, is the whole point of using the Rooms.  Very ugly.http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2020/10/google-chat-rooms-sucks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-6622599619701964627Sun, 02 Dec 2018 00:15:00 +00002018-12-01T16:33:32.973-08:00Network IssuesambaUbuntuUbuntu 18.04 Some things I've found regarding some of the issues.  On the network, it seems that r8168 is broken in Ubuntu 18.04.  Check the issues here and here.  I'll investigate solutions for this. This was a router issue with my MAC Address filters.  Silly me banned my own laptop from using the router. On the SMB issue, I managed to connect using cifs.  Here's my command-linehttp://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2018/12/ubuntu-1804-update.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-3441023571388854090Wed, 28 Nov 2018 23:43:00 +00002018-11-28T15:43:09.516-08:00GPDGPD PocketOne Mix YogaRandom thoughtsTopjoy FalconUbuntuUbuntu 16.04Ubuntu 18.04 I've been way too busy to post anything on the blog but at the very least, one post for 2018 means this is still alive. PhDCS is hard work.  Hard work remembering what Computer Science was like a long time ago, but I appreciate the course I've taken for the most part. My current laptop is an Acer Aspire VX15.  It's wonderful and beefy in terms of performance but the latest Ubuntuhttp://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2018/11/random-thoughts-phd-ubuntu-and-netbooks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-4144848888395071326Sat, 04 Nov 2017 03:46:00 +00002017-12-08T12:47:42.151-08:00DSLast King of AfricaNintendo DSParadisePCwalkthrough Just a short little post here.  I've been looking for a walkthrough of the Last King of Africa on the DS and apparently, it's based on Paradise the PC game by Benoit Sokal.  In any case, YouTube seemed to be a very good resource in the form of the only Let's Play series.  However, the commentary got tiresome so, I found a nice video without commentary.  Click here to see http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2017/11/last-king-of-africa-ds-walkthrough.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-2201913184911902361Sun, 12 Feb 2017 23:59:00 +00002017-02-12T15:59:22.305-08:00A500AcerGoogleIconia TabROMTegraTegraOwners Those who have flashed to the custom ROM will probably now be running afoul with Google's latest versions of its Google Play Services.  Check out TO forums for more info on this. http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2017/02/acer-a500-custom-rom-vs-google-play.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-8955509851992478231Sat, 04 Feb 2017 22:44:00 +00002017-02-04T14:44:14.432-08:00A500AcerAndroidBootloaderCustomIconia TabLinuxROMTegraTegraOwnersThor I had issues with the stock ICS rom until the point where Google Drive apps became virtually useless.  I couldn't edit spreadsheets and Hangouts was crashing crazy.  This post here is to list down resources from my attempted Linux only experience to getting from stock OTA ICS to TegraOwners Lollipop ROM.  A lot of the credit is from the hard-working folks at TO.  There's a http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2017/02/acer-a500-flashing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-5689813067344909761Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:18:00 +00002017-02-12T16:00:17.074-08:00AppleDragonRiseGamepadMacBookOSXUSBVinyson Update: Seems like I'm still suffering from support and that it doesn't always work.  Not sure what the cause is. As a quick update, apparently, I don't need to do much of anything except to keep the controller plugged and then boot the MacBook.  The driver pick it up right away.  Cool.   http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2017/01/update-dragonrise-usb-controller-osx.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-2561032271491922774Mon, 16 Jan 2017 23:17:00 +00002017-01-16T15:17:43.927-08:00dmesgDragonRiseGamepadhid-drhid_drInfo.plistOSXPatchingRandom thoughtsUSBVinyson I've been digging up Mac OSX support for my old Vinyson gamepad which is recognized in Linux as the DragonRise Generic USB Gamepad.  From my readings and testing on Linux, I know that the gamepad is recognized as with the Vendor ID 0x0079 and Product ID 0x0006.  Further readings point out that the drivers for Linux is hid-dr.ko (loaded via sudo modprobe hid_dr). The controller http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2017/01/random-thoughts-osx-kext-patching-usb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-2907392553826395207Tue, 31 May 2016 23:25:00 +00002016-05-31T16:27:16.041-07:00AMDamdgpuAppleATIfglrxLinuxLinux MintLinux Mint 17.1Linux Mint 17.3MacMacBookMacBook AirOSXRadeonRadeon HDRandom thoughtsSouthern IslandsThamesxorg It's been a while since I've posted so this is an amalgamation of things that have been happening.  First of all, I now have a MacBook Air and the adjustment has been minimal.  All my Linux desktops have sort of been modified to have a quasi-OSX like setup with the arrangement of the close, minimize, maximize buttons.  At worst case, the terminal gives me back that Linux touch andhttp://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2016/05/random-thoughts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-1150606664635881463Thu, 10 Mar 2016 22:30:00 +00002016-03-10T14:30:30.823-08:00bugsCairoDockinvisibleLinuxLinux MintLinux Mint 17.1Missingmissing text I've been using Linux Mint 17.1 for quite a bit and its configured to using the fglrx driver.  When I first installed Cairo-Dock as a way to emulate Ubuntu's Unity, there had been missing text and captions on several items in my menu.  It's bothered me but I've tolerated it for a long while till I had had enough and did some research on it. This thread gave me a hint that this is a http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2016/03/missing-caption-and-dialog-box-messages.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-4587342588678476980Sun, 14 Feb 2016 08:24:00 +00002016-02-14T00:24:35.878-08:00AndroidAndroid 4.0Android 4.0.3Ekenfactory resetfirmwareFlashingJellybeanrecoveryUpdateW70 I want to keep this a little brief.  My Eken W70 was suffering from a bootloop issue after factory resetting the tablet.  This tablet had gone through a previous update to Jellybean although I suspected that the update was an unofficial one.  So, noting that if I don't fix this, I might as well toss this to the bin, I was emboldened into tinkering it in an attempt to fix it. http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2016/02/my-eken-android-bootloop-fix.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-2989406540062891855Tue, 26 Jan 2016 00:55:00 +00002016-01-25T16:55:04.734-08:00Linuxman pagemessagemessagingttyttynamewallwrite It's embarrassing but I keep forgetting commands to communicate with other users logged inside the Linux server. So, I'm writing it all here for me. wall - broadcast to all logged in users.  This is the only one I always remember. write - sends a message to the specific user. tty - displays the ttyname of the users among other things. When writing a message, input, Ctrl+C, or Ctrl+D http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2016/01/linux-messaging-commands.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-4828366549950241346Thu, 14 Jan 2016 12:52:00 +00002016-01-14T04:54:50.135-08:00AsusAutodeskExpressRandom thoughtsSketchbookZE500CLZenFoneZenFone 2 I don't do this as frequently as I should be, but ever since I picked up the ASUS Zenfone 2, I've been slipping in some time to practice a bit.  Nothing serious and they are pretty terrible works, but I like that I'm not using up paper on this.  So, on to some of my random thoughts while doing this latest piece... So, I decided to try and paint while adhering to the thick points http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2016/01/sketchbook-random-thoughts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-6290983288319949928Sun, 22 Nov 2015 12:41:00 +00002015-11-22T04:41:29.946-08:005000driverslogitechproquickcamWindows 7 Well, I had a little bit of a bout with the Logitech Quick Cam Pro 5000 on Windows 7 where Windows 7 didn't seem to have any drivers to load.  What I did was download this from the Logitech FTP site.  I used Wine on Linux to run to exe and find its working directory and copy the Drivers folder.  Then on Windows 7 (64-bit), I plugged the webcam and let it search for drivers. &http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2015/11/logitech-quick-cam-pro-5000-on-windows-7.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-5021010399673377005Mon, 27 Jul 2015 01:37:00 +00002015-07-26T18:37:40.989-07:00AtariDark Age Chroniclesfan fictionFictionMaceMace the Dark Age I so forgot to post this so I'm going to quickly post links to the next chapter in the series.  The Awakening itself is split into two stories. Shadows of the Dead Lifting the Shadows Enjoy! http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2015/07/new-story-dark-age-chronicles-awakening.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-9190073778754043810Mon, 20 Jul 2015 01:18:00 +00002015-07-19T18:18:31.360-07:00AndroidAsusbatterymobile phoneZE500CLZE550MLZenFoneZenFone 2 I bought the Asus ZenFone 2 (ZE500CL) purely because I was drawn by its Intel Atom processor and it seemed like a decent device.  The one thing that really got to me was the woeful battery life.  I had the choice of getting the ZE550ML one which had a bigger battery (2500mAh vs 3000mAh). However, it has a bigger screen and houses a quad core processor.  I don't need a quad core http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2015/07/asus-zenfone-2s-battery-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-7949619539241975808Fri, 17 Jul 2015 05:59:00 +00002015-07-16T22:59:14.249-07:00AdobefirefoxFlashFlashplayerlibflashplayerLinuxLinux MintLinux Mint 17.1MozillaUpdatevulnerability So a vulnerability was found on Flash that made Firefox disable the Flashplayer until people updated their plugin.  Adobe released an updated version of the last non-Chrome version of Flashplugin for the update but I seemed to be running into some issues with the browser not picking up the latest version.  So, what I did was re-download the latest version of Adobe flashplayer.  http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2015/07/flashplayer-and-linux-mint.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-3839281604975571271Thu, 09 Jul 2015 21:33:00 +00002015-07-09T14:33:54.890-07:00A500AcerAGPSAndroidassisted GPSfixGPSIconia TabMoveTabsatelliteunrooted So, I've been traveling way more frequently than I used to and I figured having the GPS on my Android devices could be handy.  However, I realized that my Acer Iconia Tab A500's GPS never actually worked.  Also, the MoveTab had GPS that worked really well and then suddenly stopped working.  If I remember, GPS never worked for my Samsung Galaxy Pocket either.  All of these http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2015/07/android-and-gps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-3903891983843409139Sat, 20 Jun 2015 21:09:00 +00002015-06-20T14:15:50.960-07:00Androidcache clean upCairoCinnamonClean MasterDockerrorGoogle Play StoreInsufficient storage availableLinux MintLinux Mint 17.1Random thoughtssambaUnityWindows Share So I've been using Linux Mint a lot and there's been some adjustment.  I find Cinnamon to be a total regression to Unity's dock.  I've complained a bit about this but fortunately, someone pointed me to Cairo which is a decent replacement.  It's not as slick as Unity's Dock, but it's functional and familiar enough.  I just cannot go back to that old Start Menu, Taskbar thing. http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2015/06/random-thoughts-samba-and-cinnamon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-7364178898059923146Thu, 28 May 2015 00:45:00 +00002015-05-27T18:10:56.624-07:00AMDATIdual headdual monitorsdual screenfglrxLinux MintLinux Mint 17.1Radeon After installing Linux Mint 17.1 on my HP laptop, I noticed that the fglrx-updates package doesn't detect my AMD display drivers.  That's very disappointing but there's no release notes for the Catalyst driver yet (15.3?).  So, I'm not certain if AMD is supposed to drop support for the 7xxM series.  To install fglrx, I had to use the regular fglrx release from Linux Mint. Then,http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2015/05/fglrx-issues-and-linux-mint.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-8911502164795545263Thu, 22 Jan 2015 22:45:00 +00002015-01-22T14:45:15.078-08:00AndroidGoogleGoogle Play BooksGoogle Play Store It was annoying that I could not clear my downloaded Google Books from the Play Store and recently, I discovered that to get rid of them, you had to download Google Play Books and then view your library.  You'll see all your books that you can then delete.  This clears up the recommended list that spams the Play Store. http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2015/01/google-play-books-and-google-play-store.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-1730521823838811714Wed, 07 Jan 2015 23:07:00 +00002015-01-07T15:07:38.815-08:00AndroidAssassin's CreedAssassin's Creed: Director's CutEkenfirmwareRandom thoughtstabletUbisoftUpdate This edition of Random Thoughts is regarding two things.  First is Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut and the Fast Travel feature.  I had made the mistake of fast travelling from Masyaf to Damascus and wondered of a way to fast travel to Acre.  Apparently, if you look at the map, there are icons for "To Kingdom" which when you leave the map through those points, you'll be asked for http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2015/01/random-thoughts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-7422366612227997486Sun, 28 Dec 2014 22:42:00 +00002014-12-28T14:42:19.442-08:00digitaleShopmicro sd cardsd cardstorageUSBWii U I've bought quite a few digital games on my Wii U and the 32 GB storage is absolutely woeful.  To make matters worse, the eShop insists that I have enough free space to BUY a game.  Absolutely insane to think about this restriction. At first, I figured I could use my spare micro SD with an SD card adapter as back up but apparently, it's only usable on Wii mode!  What in the http://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2014/12/wii-u-and-storage-space.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722810755290872035.post-6873236008726230968Fri, 12 Dec 2014 21:50:00 +00002014-12-12T13:50:49.332-08:00BioWareDLCEAEA GamesKingdom of AmalurMass Effect 3Origin I had only one purpose for revisiting the demo and that was to get the Chakram Launcher for Mass Effect 3.  I went about downloading the demo but the game refused to log me into Origin.  Fortunately, I found a fix here.  Go to Documents then My Games then Reckoning and look for the personal.ini file.  Edit the file and remove blaze_email=your@email.com.  Then restart thehttp://anonymousdimwit.blogspot.com/2014/12/kingdoms-of-amalur-reckoning-demo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous Dimwit)0