Recent content by ianp5a

I use Syncthing. Install it on PC and phone, and they sync when they are both on the same Wifi network. I sync photos and other things too over my home wifi. If you leave the network, the sync pauses and continues as soon as you are back. It's open source too. https://syncthing.net

Great you got it sorted. Regarding the mysteries of synchronising contacts and calendar, this might interest some here, I use Nextcloud for this. It gives you a sync address to put in any calendar or address book. It doesn't matter which you use as it uses standard formats. Mines been running...

I have Kubuntu and in the File manager I do this: Select a bunch of files Right-click Click "Compress" Choose Saving options. 'Compress to...' has all the options like password or compression type. I think the file manager uses a program called 'Ark' to do it. Ark has an easy to use GUI when...

Next attempt Thursday, April 20: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1wcilQ58hI

scrubbed!

SpaceX Starship launch attempt today 13:00 GMT; 14:00 BST View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN57x2a_waw

My hearing aids take eh?-eh? batteries.

Netflix 30min film: The Flight Before Christmas. Aardmann. With Shaun of the Sheep and all the familiar chase scenes.

Dinosaurs died out because they always roar at their prey before attacking. If TV is to be believed. And the prey would just run away.

Christmas isn't Christmas until Hans Gruber breaks Emma Thompson's heart.

DigiKam has a great geolocation and mapping functions

Patient: "Doctor my back hurts when I wake up in the morning" Doctor. "Well wake up in the afternoon then."

Was it a slasher?

I'm @ianp5a@mastodon.cloud. I've been on Mastodon since 2017. It's quite amazing the huge number of people who've joined us in the last few weeks. For those that don't know, Mastodon is not a single site like Twitter, it's a network many different, independent networks, all connected together...

NASA DART Tracking LIVE : Countdown to Impact with Asteroid Didymo The impact is timed for 23:14 GMT, Monday (00:14 BST, Tuesday). Follow live tracking here: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1Qw-C7gmwE