Sudden Lousy Battery Life?
Is your battery life suddenly lousy on your Android phone? Good chance you have a runaway process eating it up. A quick reboot should bring things back to normal.
Shop Around (If You can) for an Internet Provider
The internet situation in the US is sad compared to the rest of the world. Even some third world countries have higher average speeds than this country. A reliable internet connection is becoming essential for day-to-day life in this society. If you have a choice of providers, talk to their customers before you commit to […]
Make Your New Windows PC Feel Like Home
Would you like to move your profile settings, documents, photos, and two choice programs to a new Windows PC from an old one? Download a copy of PCTrans for free at https://www.easeus.com/free-pc-transfer-software/ You can pay 44 bucks for the pro version and move an unlimited number of programs over. Works over a LAN, a serial […]
A Clean keyboard Is a Happy Keyboard
Keyboards are filth-traps. Start the new year off with a brand new keyboard and maybe stave off the next round of sickness to boot.
Delete Badly Behaving Facebook Apps
Beware of cute Facebook apps like “what’s your gangster name?” and such. you may end up with content you know nothing about posted on your wall. Deny permission to any but the most necessary apps. https://www.thebalance.com/steps-to-delete-facebook-apps-and-protect-privacy-892790
Windows 10 Homegroups: the Easy way to Transfer Files
Need to transfer files quickly from one Windows 10 computer to another? Create a homegroup. You’ll be given a password, open up another Windows 10 computer, select join a homegroup, enter the password. Presto, now you can instantly transfer files back and forth.
A Secure Home for Less Than 200 Bucks
For less than 200 bucks, you can protect your home with a camera/sensor unit that will alert you to intruders, film them in the dark, back up the videos to the cloud, and let loose with a 95 DB alarm if a bad guy is detected. It’s smart enough to know the difference between a […]
Keep the Hackers Out of Your New Toys
Many of you got new internet-connected goodies over the holidays. Make sure they’re not open doors to hackers. If the devices are capable, update each one to the latest version of firmware. Look for a setting to check for updates, and apply them if available.
4G Capable Tablets and Chromebooks FTW
One of the handiest devices to come along in a while is the tablet and/or Chromebook that comes with 4G network capabilities. WiFi isn’t always available, and being able to hop onto a mobile network mainly used by phones means the internet is never very far away. Make no mistake: WiFi is the preferred way […]
Is Vinyl Really Better?
I hear a lot of reminiscing about how much better vinyl sounds than digital. All I can say is that those people either weren’t there in the day, or else they have bad memories. Record albums all have a measurable degree of warp, and it induces infrasonic sounds that used to blow out woofers. They […]