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USB sound in Ubuntu – automatically selecting a USB audio device when it is plugged in

Sometimes you run into a problem and do a Google search and up pops a solution that instantly solves your problem. This is what happened when I realized that I didn’t know how to switch my sound input and output from the computer microphone and attached speakers to a USB headset that I wanted to …

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Android: Developer Options is Missing From Settings

If you need to run USB Debug mode on your Android phone and the Developer Options are missing from your settings menu then read this: http://www.technipages.com/android-developer-options-is-missing.html Short story: Go to Settings>About and scroll to the bottom and repeatedly tap on “Build” until it says you are now a developer. Who thinks of this stuff?

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I have been a closet geek ever since getting in trouble for taking apart the family lawn mower and, uh, well, not exactly fixing it so it would run again. But I DID get the broken washing machine running again not too long after that. I remember getting my first copy of “How to Fix …

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