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I've got a passion for tech. Learned a little bit about everything. This blog is intended to share that info.

Language learning through digital immersion

TxTechnician, Andrew Valenzuela

Language learning through digital immersion

Learn languages via total "Digital" immersion. There are two good ways to learn a language: Study using language learning apps and classes ( https://www.duolingo.com/ | https://www.pimsleur.com/ ). Im...

Jan 16, 2026

(Solved) KVM no network connection on OpenSuse Tumbleweed

TxTechnician, Andrew Valenzuela

(Solved) KVM no network connection on OpenSuse Tumbleweed

KVM/QEMU is Simple on OpenSUSE: Open Myrlyn (this is the software management GUI that replaced YAST Software) Select Patterns Look for KVM Virtualization Host and tools Select it and install Why the...

Jan 13, 2026

Power Apps | Timezone Calculator

TxTechnician, Andrew Valenzuela

Power Apps | Timezone Calculator

Time is no one's friend. Timezones.... even less so. Power Apps automatically calculates the time based on UTC. This means, DST (Daylight Savings Time) & localization are already handled for you. Any ...

Powerapps

Jan 8, 2026

Comparing "Records" in one "Collection" to "Records" in another "Collection" in Power Apps

TxTechnician, Andrew Valenzuela

Comparing "Records" in one "Collection" to "Records" in another "Collection" in Power Apps

To compare all Records in one Collection to another, you have to Concatenate() the data into one column. Then you just compare the whole "concatenated" data set using the in operator. Copy and p...

Powerapps

Dec 30, 2025

Extra Attributes - Autofill - KeePassXC

TxTechnician, Andrew Valenzuela

Extra Attributes - Autofill - KeePassXC

You have to add a <space> after "KPH:". So "KPH: ". Curse you Wayland!!! Since Wayland is taking over Xorg in Linux. A bunch of un-secure app features are no longer working (tongue-in-cheek). Such as ...

KeePassXC

Dec 29, 2025

Soup Tubes !!! The best business idea on Reddit, so says my AI buddy. How to prompt AI for critical feedback to prevent AI Psychosis

TxTechnician, Andrew Valenzuela

Soup Tubes !!! The best business idea on Reddit, so says my AI buddy. How to prompt AI for critical feedback to prevent AI Psychosis

AI is too friendly: AI will tell you the worst business idea is the best thing. Or, at best, revise your business idea to a slightly worse idea. You have to prompt AI to get critical feedback. Best wa...

AI - LLMs Prompt Engineering

Dec 19, 2025

Odoo Print and PDF Generation Error

TxTechnician, Andrew Valenzuela

Odoo Print and PDF Generation Error

This happens in Docker & Podman installs. I forget about this silly problem each time I install Odoo. Printing in Odoo uses wkhtmltopdf to generate PDFs. wkhtmltopdf uses a website URL to create...

Docker Odoo Podman

Dec 3, 2025

Make Any Website an APP -- FireFox PWA Addon

TxTechnician, Andrew Valenzuela

Make Any Website an APP -- FireFox PWA Addon

FireFox PWA Addon. Any website can be a desktop application. Self-Contained (eliminates cross site tracking, LOOKING at you FaceBook ). Highly customizable (multi-tab, sidebar, other options) Better t...

Firefox Linux Sharepoint

Oct 16, 2025