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Use KDE Plasma file picker instead of GTK or GNOME

TxTechnician, Andrew Valenzuela

Use KDE Plasma file picker instead of GTK or GNOME

This is something annoying but easy to fix. You're using KDE Plasma, but some times the file-picker dialog box isn't the standard KDE dialog... it's some ugly file-picker. Here's the fix. Before: The ...

Mar 18, 2026

Restart KDEConnect | Clipboard won't sync, can't transer files, etc | This command will fix most of those problems

TxTechnician, Andrew Valenzuela

Restart KDEConnect | Clipboard won't sync, can't transer files, etc | This command will fix most of those problems

This tip shows how to fix common KDE Connect issues, such as clipboard or file sharing stopping, by creating a custom command that quickly restarts the KDE Connect service. The command can be configur...

Mar 10, 2026

No, I cannot automate your workers away

TxTechnician, Andrew Valenzuela

No, I cannot automate your workers away

The Great Disconnect Automation is sold as a "magic-button" to the Executive class. So why do so many implementation projects fail or stall? Never trust a salesman, always ask the technical person! (s...

Feb 25, 2026

$30 PC - Raspberry Pi Zero 2 - Gonna make something with it

TxTechnician, Andrew Valenzuela

$30 PC - Raspberry Pi Zero 2 - Gonna make something with it

Needed a little computer to run some automation stuff. And went with this Raspberry Pi Zero W. Bought the enclosure kit which comes with HDMI converter, USB extension, and a power button. Support me, ...

Feb 24, 2026

Victorinox Cybertool - The swiss army knife made for IT pros

TxTechnician, Andrew Valenzuela

Victorinox Cybertool - The swiss army knife made for IT pros

My Cybertool - Repair and how to use videos I've owned this tool for about 10 years. Broke the side guards, and repaired it with a kit I found on Amazon. Used this thing to take apart Copiers, PCs, Ph...

Feb 24, 2026

Brady and Booker Texas

TxTechnician, Andrew Valenzuela

Brady and Booker Texas

Booker Texas, Disaster, Immigration & Speaking Out Preferred Beef , a major employer in Booker Texas (a town of 1,500), had a major fire. They employ about 300 people in the town, many of which are im...

Feb 4, 2026

Power Apps Push Notification and Simple Email App

TxTechnician, Andrew Valenzuela

Power Apps Push Notification and Simple Email App

1,000 emails a day.... Here's a simple way to manage some important emails. Customer of mine had this problem. The boss gets 10,000 emails a day. And a new process made it to where they REALLY needed ...

Jan 29, 2026

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

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