Mike's Tech Blog

How To Add a Printer in Ubuntu Linux

Setting up a printer in Ubuntu Linux is pretty straight forward. Having just added an HP printer to my networked HP DetDirect 300 printer server, I needed to add this to my Ubuntu computer.

How to Rescue Your Laptop Computer From Spilled Coffee

Operating Systems - Microsoft / Windows

Recently a co-worker stopped me and told me she had spilled her coffee all over her laptop, and asked me what to do. Things could be worse, it could have been pop (or soda). Here are a few suggestions that I told her to do, which are very similar to dealing with a wet cell phone.

What to do if your USB / jump drive won't show up

Operating Systems - Microsoft / Windows

Recently my boss's computer from his home wouldn't recognize the Jump Drive they were using. Sometimes what Windows will do is rename a Drive Letter that is already in use. In this case, what I

How To Enter Latitude Longitude Coordinates into Google Maps

Misc - GPS

Recently at work, I needed to find a location in Google Maps using latitude and longitude. In order to do this, the latitude and longitude can be in either Degrees, Minutes, seconds, or in decimal form. So

How To Prevent Your Blog Content From Being Stolen

Joomla - Joomla How to

Recently, I discovered that one of my articles had been stolen and published on someone else's blog. Of course, I was upset that my article was stolen. I tried to contact them, and they ignored me. So in order to protect the articles on my blog, here are some