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After installing Mongodb for the first time in Linux Mint 21.1 and creating a test database all was working well. The next day i attempted to connect to the Mongodb shell using the terminal and mongosh executable. I was presented with this error: mongooseserverselectionerror: connect econnrefused 127.0.0.1:27017 Linux Terminal After […]

Mongodb connection error


In baking, each ingredient is expressed in terms of the flour weight, which is always expressed as 100 percent. For example, let’s take a typical formula for French bread: * Flour: 100% * Water: 66% * Salt: 2% * Instant yeast: 0.6% * Total: 170% So, let’s say we’ve got […]

French Bread




Long time no post… I have been looking for similar tools to Dropbox that offer better security and storage on Canadian computers. Seems I may have found one here, take a look and give it a try. Stay posted I will be doing some tests in the near future and […]

Canadian Dropbox Alternative



Happy Summer! Party season is in full force, Summer solstice, St jean De Baptiste Day, World Pride, Canada day and Independence day, all within a 2 week period! What can complement all the celebrations? What else, a Barbecue and what better to serve on your favourite protein source but a […]

Wow!??: Watson concocts BBQ sauce



Greetings from the front-line! One of my overseas clients suddenly experienced an activation error on her laptop  during the last half of May 2014, the client had not used the laptop in over a month. The computer dutifully installed all the updates since the last round and restarted. On to […]

Office 2013: Slow startup


Greetings, today I was working on a windows Vista laptop with a Brother MFC J4510dw printer/scanner/fax machine that I had installed and setup for my client a month ago. The client had complained that the printer could not print more than 1 copy of a document at a time. That […]

Vista: UAC Control




Two excellent options to protect your computer from the omni-present threat of viral infection are: AVG and Avira. I have used both over long periods without any infections. They both seem to offer sufficient protection from infection and varying amounts of interference with other processes running on the computer. I […]

Free Software: Anti-Virus