Here is a great reference how to compress and reduce the size of PDF files with Ghost Scrip (gs) in Linux: http://blog.virtualzone.de/2012/11/how-to-reduce-pdf-file-size-in-linux…
Example: "gs -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/screen -sOutputFile=output.pdf input.pdf"
I enjoy to take money from the rich and give to the less fortunate.
I trade my stocks and shares at NordNet.dk
Here are some cool links you can check out if you want the latest news regarding the Nordic stock markets:
https://www.americanbulls.com has swedishbulls, danishbulls, finnishbulls, and norwegianbulls too. :-)
I used a couple of moments to figure out if I wanted to stay on Kubuntu 14.04 LTS (Long Term Support), but then I decided to go with the new version 15.10. I want the new KDEnLive, so I can create more bad videos no one watches on my Youtube Channel PlantSugar.
Update 2022-12-22: Optimized and started to strike through old not needed info when using Windows 11 and Kubuntu 22.10 end of 2022.
Get the bootloader working with Windows 10
It is not always easy to find the right design colors for your project. A little cool website that can help you is: http://paletton.com/
In the old days we all had CD-drives, but most modern computers these days don't have an optical drive. This makes things even more efficient, because you need to think smart. Some people choose to have an external optical drive, but why all the hassle when you can have a bootable USB or a bootable partition on your harddrive. There ar many guides on the internet, how to get that done manually. Again, why the hasse when we have UNetbootin, the perfect software for booting your favorite ISO's from your harddrive!
My random notes regarding screen capture. The screen capture is not hard, and it is not hard to have one source of audio like the microphone. The hard part is to have multiple audio sources, like the microphone and the system sounds.
I use Cheese for the built in webcam capture. Here are the random links:
TLP is an advanced power management tool I use for my laptop that runs Linux. I have not tested the different settings, but it seems that the battery time is increased compared to not running it. :-) I only use it in battery-mode. There are some extra features for Thinkpad laptops.
TLP settings file Ubuntu: /etc/tlp.conf
Reload config: sudo tlp start
Check TLP status: sudo tlp-stat
Check battery: upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
By Greg Nowak. Last updated 2026-06-19.
Drush is still the fastest way to understand a Drupal site when you inherit it, need to release safely, or want to stop repeating the same admin clicks across environments. For agency teams and operations leads, that makes it more than a developer convenience. It becomes a practical control layer for audits, maintenance windows, and handovers.
By Greg Nowak. Last updated 2026-06-22.
Moving content into Drupal is rarely just an import job. It is a small data project: understand the source, decide what the destination should look like, clean the records, run a test migration, and only then bring it near production. That is especially true when replacing an older forum, CMS, or business system where years of posts, users, files, taxonomy, and odd historical fields have accumulated.
There are a lot of resources out there on the internet. I just need to have my own overview where I can supply with my own notes. I really like the creative commons idea, where you attribute the author.
http://creativecommons.org/legalmusicforvideos
Check out archive.org too.
Appending MOV files efficiently can be a challenge. The only "safe" and easy way without destroying the video or the sound is done by using Avidemux which is a free video editing tool for Linux.
Here is my modified image-convert bash script used for the appending all .MOV files in a folder and have the full video ready for editing in the Avidemux graphical user interface (GUI).
Update 2022-07-14: kill kiod or kiod5 and then do jmtpfs
Update 2021-07-10: sudo aptitude install gmtp
It can be a challenge to mount your Android phone (MTP device) in Linux if you have some strange files from your old Iphone. I needed to do it the hard way.
You need to install mtpfs and use this command: sudo mtpfs -o allow_other /media/android-device
By Greg Nowak. Last updated 2026-06-24.
Free Drupal themes can still be a good starting point, but the useful question has changed. In 2015, it made sense to collect attractive theme links and try them on small sites. In 2026, a business site needs more discipline: current Drupal support, predictable editing, accessible templates, fast pages, and a theme that another developer or agency can maintain without detective work.
Holy molly. I thought Garmin would provide a fancy and "updatede" procedure for uploading and/or extracting data from the fancy Garmin 910XT... but no. You need to search for a while before you find the gold. First I thought you could find a garmin connect tool or plugin for Firefox, but that failed completely. Then I narrowed down my search to "forerunner 910xt linux" (without the quotation marks in google). I found some sites that suggested to download a lot of python stuff and get things directly from Git.
By Greg Nowak. Last updated 2026-06-24.
Exporting and importing Drupal 7 content types used to be a small site-building chore: install a theme, copy a few structures, move on. In 2026 it needs a little more care. Drupal 7 is now a legacy platform, so the right question is not only “which module can copy this content type?” It is also “how do we avoid breaking a live site, preserve what the business needs, and keep the migration path open?”