Evernote 5.8.x on Ubuntu 14.04 using Wine 1.7

Details

• Ubuntu 14.04 as provided by employer (basically stock)
• Started here
• Wine comparability db entry I didn’t have an issue with the clippy.exe thing on this page.
• Using Wine 1.7 and Evernote 5.8.x downloaded from C-Net
• Had to remove other versions of wine first and reboot before installing from the ppa
• Make sure to remove .wine folder from home before install
• If you don't do this, the Evernote install says "file not found" because it can't find a font.
• I had to leave the winecfg running after I left. No idea how long it ran before popping the window up properly.
• Windows 8 compatibility and all defaults.
• Installed Evernote 5.8.x at this point with no outright errors.

I’ve noticed

• The title field while editing a note does not work correctly. It is still usable, but clunkey.
• Clippy is never going to work properly in Linux without testing by Evernote.
• Lots of communication errors pop up in the terminal, but it still syncks.

I could not use Nixnote or other Linux clients without a punching bag.

Notes

DHS, interesting idea, but I don’t think it will work. Our government is far too worried about stopping a rogue president without actually stopping him. They refuse to fall on their swords and fire the guy. DHS also ranks dead last in employee satisfaction according to APR.

Lunch conversation today consisted of movies and talking about one of the guy’s kids. He is having an issue with a teacher at his school. Things are about to make the news.

40% of imports in to the U. S. come through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach California. The strike that is going on right now is about job security.

Why do lefties exist? I thought it said leftists. I was like Noooo! I’m so sick of political definitions being analyzed ad nauseum.

This is news? Everyone knows this is going on. Well, everyone except the people in charge of preventing it. Iran is going to get nukes. They are going to be a world power. They are going to take over the middle east, or at least try.

Facepalm news story of the day.

Plea the fifth you dodgy politician. I dare you.

All about the money.

Bites

It took me 45 minutes to reboot my Linux laptop after it crashed while trying to put it back on the docking station after a meeting this morning. it took every bit of my willpower to not install Windows while I was messing with it.

What they teach their kids. We are worried ours might call someone a faggot or something.

Too PC to be true. Damn shame.

Some laws are just stupid.

New warfair tactics.

Wait until we have nukes, then we will see what kind of deal we can get. More.

Lunch

The Attack That Could Disrupt The Whole Internet - Computerphile

This morning's cup

I didn't have to add sugar. That is about the best thing I've had to say about any of the K-cups from this last batch of variety. Sad.

Avoid Crazy Cup coffe

I have to recomend against this brand of coffee. The several blends I tried were just bad. Too little coffee and too much cheap spice flavoring. I'll try to remember to mention if I find one that stands out.

Clip video

Shirt on inside out, all day

Notes

Oil Filter Suppressor. This came up in conversation this morning.

We will not negotiate with terrorists. Until it is advantageous for us to do so.

When you have lost Juliany, you may have to turn in your commy card. Another view of the same article.

Child care costs too freaking much. The biggest cost is insurance and potential legislation I bet. Either make sensible laws for liability, or allow unlicensed people to do child care. I was a latchkey kid for my youthy.

Whose side is the White House on anyway?

How much do I type on a daily basis? Well, yesterday, I had to take my pocket knife and etch the F and J keys with some cross hatching to help me find the home keys. This is because the little bumps on those keys have all but worn off. Hopefully, I don’t wear a hole through the keys. I’ve already noticed my frustration of typing my password every time I sit down has slacked a bit. No idea that was even an issue until it started easing.

No bias here.

Dinner at the Fud

Sunup

Notes

ISIS not a terrorist organization. Awesome article on the current state of who wants to exterminate us and destroy our way of life.

ISIS, Goddamm! these guys are evil.

Another near miss.

We export every other kind of weapon. (we might even export nukes) With the new FAA rules on flying drones, everyone in the world will have access to these useful tools except American Citizens.

When are people going to catch on that PETA is bullshit?

It was never about the climate.

Environmental extremists are a security threat ... in Canada. Why not in the U. S.? Oh, it is just a ploy to wrench more rights from their citizens. I should have known.

Our government may listen to everything we do, but at least it isn’t this bad yet.

Game of Thrones deleted sceens.

I had to carve rough spots in my “f” and “j” keys. The little bumps were worn off. I didn’t realize how much I depend on those things. I typed to the same person yesterday 5 times in a row off the home keys in a chat window. It was embarrassing.

Pew pew!

Frigging Ubuntu on a laptop on a docking station

Today, I took my Ubuntu laptop off the docking station and went to a meeting. The screen never came up. It stayed black. This has happened to others. As a matter of fact, it happened to one of the other folks in the meeting I was in.

I tried putting it back on the docking station. That didn’t work. I tried hitting a bunch of keys. I got round to escape and something came up. All my desktops were scrambled a  bit, but I was able to get my programs upa enough to take notes for the meeting.

When I got back to my office, however, nothing came back after I put the laptop back on the docking station. I again tried playing with it, but no dice. I had to kill the box and force a reboot.

That’s it!

I will never use this laptop as a laptop again. I took it off wifi and attached it to the docking station. I intend to keep it there and take notes old school with two kinds of dead trees.

I’ve caught myself taking notes on my phone and emailing them to myself. This might be against company policy. It is just freaking convenient. I need an Android or Linux tablet to take notes on. Something that is approved for the company network yet does not require connection to the docking station. The company provides me with a laptop for this reason. It is supposed to cover all the bases.

The way some of the folks get round this is by using Windows or by not connecting their laptop to a docking station. I’m not sure how well or quickly I could do my job just on the laptop. I’m a special case.

From what I hear the official company policy on this sort of thing is something like “Make sure you can do your job.” That means make it work myself.

It used to be that Linux didn’t work on most laptops. That is, there was no effort to make or test drivers for laptop equipment. Thus, It didn’t work. Sound cards were specifically vulnerable to error on laptops using Linux up to middle of last decade.

Notes

Temporary setback for a stupid idea. Obama said that he would rule with an iron pen. By the time everything made its way through courts, everyone would just be used to his plan and not want it to change. Well, the ideas are making their way through the courts. Another point.

MSMBC turns hawkish? Say it ain’t so.

Oops.

Someone taking up arms in the name of Christianity.

Houston in the news. Yay us.

Our vice president is an asshole.

Wifi make all things cool.

New interactive map for proposed Metro line changes.

Double sun

Notes

There are days I have childphobia. Most of the time I try to think of them all as unique snowflakes. They better not be individuals because their careers will depend on their employer dropping them in to replace an old whatever they are.

Smoking ban that just might stick. This might be the step too far.

The Middle East is getting fed up with ISIS/ISIL/Islomic State.

Look at the Pope gettin’ all biblicale and shhit.

Running off to play golf when there is an American being slaughtered doesn’t look good.

I knew the FAA would screw up the drone rules. The only place on Earth you won’t be able to do business with these things is in the country where they were invented.

The UK government is trying to get people to get a receipt every time they do even a small cash transaction. They want to track transactions of course so they can charge tax. People use cash so they won’t have to use cash to get their yard mowed or windows washed. I foresee the near future banning cash in order to track all transactions. This will lead to the barter system. Apparently it is happening in places like Greece and Spain.

What?

Free food

Notes

Yee-haw Friday the thirteenth. Not mentioned until the 19th century.

Well, I’ve had donuts in Bill’s car on the ride in this morning. I had a Shipley donut at work first thing. Then someone had brownies. All before 8:00. Good morning.

They don’t care how many of the proletariat get killed. They just want controle.

I’m listening to a podcast about the marijuana industry. They can’t get banking services. They have to run in cash a lot. It is frightening to listen how much of a pain in the ass getting services for something that is considered legal. People have to go to Canada to get infrastructure. “This room is 15% brighter than daylight at the equator.” That was one of the professional pot growers in Canada.

Today at work kind of has a strange feel. We have met a goal. There are still bits that would be great to have in a build. People are kind of afraid to open trackers (tickets, defects). Maybe, they just want to wait until they verify things. Still there is a funny kind of feel to the air. Plus, there is a ton of sugary foods available today for some reason. Maybe there is just sugar floating around.

Berings, hardware store in Houston that likes to sell coffee. I’ve heard of this place all my life and am only now documenting it in my personal notes.

Notes

I think Obama will ask other nations to fight our war provide the fodder grunts ground troops for the coming war in ISIS/ISIL/IS.

“Any bastard can get lucky.” I don’t remember who that quote came from, maybe Pattin. It means that you cannot completely discount any patrol or squad. You have to understand that one person might just pull the linchpin that blows and entire operation.

Watched this last night. I don’t know why the kid fell down, but the mom whooped some ass. Cops had to pull her off this MF. Raw video.

I am already tired of listening to the Europeans bitch about Greece. Kick them out and get on with life.

Sunser out the window

vlog

Notes

I don't remember whn this is from.

Because competition is scary and must be a national threat or something.

Because damn the evidence, we need the trillions of dollars to pay to fix a problem that doesn’t exist. Makes it so much easier to declare victory after the funds are secured. We should be spending money on adaptation, not correction.

We declare terrorism defeated here, so we don’t need that pwsky embassy any longer, right?

Book review with a surprisingly modern tern.

I have to hook up a windows computer to the work network to get a printer to work. I have a Ubuntu machine as my primary. It thinks it is printing, but the printer ain't havin it.

Well, what do you know? Obama kept a promise.

Presented without comment. I want to comment. I cannot.

Instead of getting pissed off, fix the problem. You can badmouth a company for trying to obey the law and give the best possible return to the investors, but you are not making it easy to do business.

Leaving the Daily Show. Big news for some reason. I heard people talking about this at lunch.

People want you to change to the way they think. That is not arguing that is proselytizing. Facts are the new hate. I love that title.

Not all is rosy at Tesla. I know someone who owns one of these cars. I think they like it.

Hate Android sometimes. ... May not have to wait long for something else to turn up.

Spoilers.

Notes

I had to flux around with IRC for the first time in 20 years today. The only thing I remembered was /join. That was enough apparently.

The above entry was lonely.

Notes

Yesterday was my birthday. Insisted on doing nothing. I’m not counting any longer.

We are from the government and we are here to help.

Pleas, no. We are fine. Just leave us alone.

Can’t do that. It wouldn’t be PC.

I’ve never even considered flipping out when bad things happen. I’m not the flipping out kind. Funny thing is, people around me think I am the flipping out kind. It is because I try to have a posture of offence (as opposed to victim) when I move around. This allows me to ignore or not see threats. It is a defence move.

So, just give the money away instead of using it to defend ourselves? At what point does the rest of the world just walk in and take everything? Oh, the minute Obama moves to France after disarming the U. S..

Europe woes

“Greece will have to leave the Eurozone.” -Greenspan How long has it taken the powers so high up to realize what the rest of us knew for years? I remember thinking the Europeans hate each other far too much to get along for more than a generation. It hasn’t even been 20 years (formed in 1998). They just mike make it two decades before tossing the first nonconformist member.

There are all kinds of suggestions. “Watered down” European membership. What the hell does that mean? Well, I imagine it means they don’t get access to the European credit card.

“Bridging loan” that will never get paid back. Well, Germany will pay it back. Well, the rest of Europe will pay it back, but that really means Germany.

Renegotiating debt. What the hell does that mean? Well, Germany backs loans that Greece will never pay back. Wait a minute. Isn’t that the same thing as just paying their debt? Well, no. I guess it makes Greece look like a dick more than the other one.

The problem is the Creek government doesn’t want to pay their fucking bills. By government, I mean the democratically elected government that the people voted for who currently run the joint.

Either Greece gets tossed out of the EU, or Germany pays their bills and we end up back here in ten or twenty years.

The idea of a monetary single currency union called the Eurozone is splitting at the seams. The loose threads are caused by a single currency without a single monetary policy. This was a mistake.

The people of Greece need to understand that their phones will stop working at some point even if they pay their bills because that stuff relies on infrastructure that is paid for in part by taxes. When you don’t have the upkeep on the infrastructure, the phone bills will go through the roof, or the phone companies will exit the market. They don’t need the headaches. Now, repeat for water, electricity, sewer, schools, food delivery, everything.

Noise pollution and car repairs

The Ladder

Family adventures

Notes

Yikes. Put up or shut up.

But will it amount to anything? Benghazi investigators want to question Hillery.

They are dropping like flies in Argentina. Big big scandal going on there.

Got notes?

Notes

Democrats and Hamas skip Bibi’s speach?

Turning Texas blue.

All of them?

Notes

If someone walked in to a doctor’s office and asked to have an arm cut off because they felt like a one arm person trapped in a two arm body, they would be submitted for psychiatric help. If they don’t like their sex, they might get surgery.

In one of my meetings there is aguy on the phone who has a monotone raspy voice. His office is a bet echoey as well. I’m going to ask him to say “By your command.” at some point. Might not. He might be offended.

Sounds pissed. Doesn’t matter what year it is, I don’t like the idea of having a king of anywhere that pissed at me.

Meanwhile in Cuba.

One opinion on Russia.

Duh!

Notes

Today is my mother’s birthday. Happy Birth day mom.

Taxing fat people by body weight. um, no. This guy helped write Obama Care.

How far have you gone when you loose lunch ladies?

Need Elle to pay attention to this.

Why the White House won’t call al Qaeda a terrorist organization.

Teason. What does it take to be a bad guy these days? Oh, yes. Disagree with global warming. or something.

Wonder what the motivation was? Wonder why people keep asking?

The Euro, The turd in the punch bowl that is the world Economy.

Update to an old friend. I’ve never owned one, but they had nice action and a good feel. They were easy to aim and a reliable carry option.

The demand for just about everything is falling worldwide. That’s just awesome! (sarcasm) I guess it isn’t going to go up forever. Funny how people build business models on things just getting better forever.

Are these the guys who offered to work for free?