My wife and I have been looking for the perfect chili recipe. I have tried and liked the Carroll Shelby 2 Alarm and Wick Fowler Chili packets, but I really don't want to buy pre-measured packets of spices.

My wife found a recipe from Ree Drummond from her Pioneer Woman …

After importing a GEDCOM file of my family history into Gramps, I noticed the place names were really inconsistent. I didn't like how they looked. So I decided to clean them up, which led to a new way for me of handling places. This change does take awhile, in fact …

To often, I find myself looking for additional resources. Python development is a good example.

There are great articles and web-sites online that tell you all kinds of interesting stuff. There are places that answer every conceivable question. I have free ebooks that I have downloaded. I have purchased books …

One of my goals is to get back into doing family tree research. That means getting organized! I have quite a bit of information collected over the years. This includes GEDCOM data from using previous genealogy applications.

Yes, I know, ancestry.com is highly recommended for doing genealogy research. I'm …

OK, I admit it. I goofed.

Linux Mint 19, Tara came out at the end of June and I was very excited about doing the update. I used the instructions from the 'How to upgrade to Linux Mint 19' tutorial to perform the steps. As instructed, I used the Timeshift …

I am starting to learn ElasticSearch (https://www.elastic.co/). I have recently became involved in a project at work which utilizes elastic. So, a good way to learn it is to set up my own instance at home. I also signed up for a couple of classes on Udemy …

I have reached level 3 on Project Euler! This means that I have completed 75 of the math challenges on the site. There are currently 633 problems on the site. I have barely scratched the surface.

Project Euler is a very challenging math/programming problem website. I am currently working …

If you have a collection of eBooks, you may already be a Calibre user. Calibre is a powerful ebook manager that helps organize your collection of electronic books. It supports every major ebook format that I have ever thrown at it. If you have any ebook or document collection that …

One of the standby linux games is AisleRiot Solitaire. I know, it's not all that exciting, it's solitaire. But sometimes you are just looking for something quick and light to fill the time.

AisleRiot was installed in the first linux distribution I ever tried and I did not realize for …

Years ago I did basic genealogical research on my family tree. My plan has always been to revisit the research when I had more free time (as in, being retired). A friend of mine recently recommended findagrave.com. I checked it out and was so happy with what I found …