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Completely Hiding/Removing Microsoft OneDrive from Windows 10
One of my big beefs with Windows 10 is the integration of OneDrive into the operating system without providing an easy removal/disable solution, and certainly not one documented by Microsoft directly. So I've decided to dedicate this page to removing OneDrive. May it forever not be apart of your desktop experience.
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Stuck In The Motions
I find myself very frequently lately just stuck in a mode of constant consumption, switching from one thing to the next as though I have ADD. But I've never had ADD, and I don't think it's something you can develop over time. Instead, I think it's some kind of mindless desire to discover the next great thing ( Read more... ) -
Reading Galatians: Pride, Grace and Heirs
Now that I've actually managed to read through the whole Bible, which I originally intended to do in a year, but it took closer to two years to complete, I've thought about what and how to read further into God's Word. I could always read through the whole thing again, but it's very obvious to me that doing a once-over every once in a while is not ( Read more... ) -
My Windows 10 (Preview) Experience
I installed the Windows 10 Preview on my old desktop a while ago, but finally started playing around with it a bit. My initial experience over the last few days hasn't been as pleasant as my Windows 7 experience. I get that I have to "get used to" the new tile and boxy look and the "charm" idiot controls, but it's not even that. Microsoft is ( Read more... ) -
No News for Lent
I haven't got a whole lot on my mind lately besides personal projects, but I do have one small observation to make about current events. Ash Wednesday marked the beginning of another Lent season. While I'm not into the ceremony of ashes, I have gotten more into the fasting than I've ever been in the past ( Read more... ) -
Handy Linux Command Wizardry
So I've been cleaning up my server to do a distribution upgrade (operating system upgrade, for those who don't speak Linux). And I figured I'd document a few handy tricks I've learned to make some clean-up work faster and safer.
Package Management
Determining packages that are necessary versus extra/optional. Be sure you know you don't need a ( Read more... )
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Funerals for the Living
The amount of music produced surrounding lost love says a lot about how humans move on from broken, hurting things. I'm not sure of everyone's experience, but in a way, I use music for the same reason sometimes. I'm sure it all fits into the spectrum of grief, probably the depression stage. I never really fully thought about failed relationships ( Read more... ) -
Thorns
Today has been about thorns, I think. I mostly figured that after spending an hour and a half clearing out about one hundred feet of brier bush branches that have been covering the trail in our woods. The trail is generally not used in the summer thanks to investations of ticks and thorns, but in the winter these trails are quite nice for skiing ( Read more... ) -
GeoTrust's New(ish) Certificates and Intermediate CAs
In the past year, GeoTrust has stepped up their game on certificate security, possibly because Google has done the same with its Chrome browser security (phasing out the SHA-1 algorithm). But what they forgot to do was tell everyone where the intermediate CAs (certificate authorities) could be found when they emailed out renewed certificates this ( Read more... ) -
Pro Tip: Speeding Up Windows Media Player (Version 12/Win 7)
Like every old install of Microsoft Windows, my laptop has been running kinda slow lately. The obvious culprit is disk churn. The disk activity light blinks too much for what little I'm doing. Now, if there's disk churn, there is something causing that disk to churn. If you're using fancy new software or playing crazy new games on an old ( Read more... )