Mike's Tech Blog

Share Files on your iPad with DropBox

Misc - iPad

Dropbox is a great free file sharing utility for use with your iPad, or any other computer, including a smartphone. Dropbox uses cloud computing. Think of your dropbox as a virtual hard drive connected to your iPad via the internet.

Microsoft Outlook Won't start

Operating Systems - Microsoft / Windows

I was asked to look into a friend's computer whose Outlook 2003 wouldn't start. Often times this can be any of several issues. Here is a list of things to try to get Outlook working again.

Google Earth Won't Start - Signal 11

Misc - Google

Google Earth Won't start in Ubuntu - Signal 11

Recently I installed Google Earth on my Ubuntu computer, but it would not start. Starting it the terminal, I saw the following error: "Google Earth has caught signal 11". Here is what I did to get Google Earth to run in Ubuntu.

How to find files in Ubuntu

Operating Systems - Ubuntu Linux

All too often you need to find a specific file in Ubuntu. When I need to find files, the "search for Files" tool is usually inadequate for me. So I typically open up the Terminal and use the find command, which can be found to be a bit tricky to use, but powerful.