# Scottie's Tech.Info > A chimpanzee and two trainees could run her! > Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.4, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://scottiestech.info/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [How to upgrade your Hard Drive the Easy Way](https://scottiestech.info/2026/10/20/how-to-upgrade-your-hard-drive-the-easy-way/): Eventually, everyone needs a new hard drive. Fortunately, with a bit of added knowledge and one simple software tool, it's easier than you think! - [Fix no Login Screen on Windows 11](https://scottiestech.info/2026/10/14/fix-no-login-screen-on-windows-11/): You reboot your Windows PC, and try to log in. Only trouble is, there isn't a login screen! It appears your PC is hosed, but fear not! - [Are LED Bulbs Actually Bad for You?](https://scottiestech.info/2026/10/06/are-led-bulbs-actually-bad-for-you/): We've all heard the bad news: we're being blasted by blue light from LED bulbs and the screens of our many gizmos! But really, how bad is it? - [Why Vibe Coding is BAD for you](https://scottiestech.info/2026/09/29/why-vibe-coding-is-bad-for-you/): It seems harmless enough: get AI to write your code. Your boss is happy. You get a raise - maybe even a promotion! But you feel like crap. What's going on?! - [AI Doom: Are we all gonna die (again)?](https://scottiestech.info/2026/09/22/ai-doom-are-we-all-gonna-die-again/): It's warnings of doom if we don't change course: god-like AI that runs everything, a scorched Earth covered in data centers, etc. What's REALLY going on? - [Tech Prices in USA vs EU: What the heck?!](https://scottiestech.info/2026/09/15/tech-prices-in-usa-vs-eu-what-the-heck/): The USA was always the best place to buy tech. But that all changed in recent months. Now - believe it or not - you can often get good tech CHEAPER in Europe! - [How to fix low mic volume on MSI and other PCs](https://scottiestech.info/2024/10/29/how-to-fix-low-mic-volume-on-msi-and-other-pcs/): My wife's MSI GE75 Raider 10SE laptop recently had a quirky audio issue: the mic volume was really, really low. I found and solved the problem! - [Skip ‘Add your Microsoft Account’ during Windows 11 installation - 2026 Edition](https://scottiestech.info/2026/09/14/skip-add-your-microsoft-account-during-windows-11-installation-2026-edition/): MS has decided to force you to log in to Windows using your Microsoft account. Wouldn't it be nice if you could skip this step? You CAN! 2026 edition... - [Fix Remote Desktop black screen... AND choppy gaming?!](https://scottiestech.info/2026/09/08/fix-remote-desktop-black-screen-and-choppy-gaming/): There's a simple fix for the Black Screen of Death when connecting with Remote Desktop - and it may actually improve your gaming! It just takes a few clicks! - [The Truth about "Doomscrolling" and how to Stop](https://scottiestech.info/2026/09/01/the-truth-about-doomscrolling-and-how-to-stop/): If I say "doomscrolling", you think about endlessly scrolling through bad news. And officially, that IS the definition of the word. IMO, it's totally wrong! - [Tired of poor WiFi on your phone or tablet? Go wired!](https://scottiestech.info/2025/07/22/tired-of-poor-wifi-on-your-phone-or-tablet-go-wired/): WiFi may be convenient, but a wired Ethernet connection is always fast, reliable, and rock solid. But how to get Ethernet on your phone or tablet? It's easy! - [When content is no longer king](https://scottiestech.info/2025/07/01/when-content-is-no-longer-king/): The internet is changing. You might say: Well, sure! AI is killing everything. And you're not wrong... But I think there's more to it than that. - [HELP - I can't turn off my phone!](https://scottiestech.info/2025/07/08/help-i-cant-turn-off-my-phone/): Recent Android updates have borked the power button on your phone. Instead of long-press giving you the power options, instead you see... AI. Fix it fast! - [3 ways to print BIG!](https://scottiestech.info/2025/07/19/3-ways-to-print-big/): Believe it or not, your puter already has everything you need to print an image on multiple pages - in 3 different ways! - [Home Backup Power that actually works](https://scottiestech.info/2025/07/29/home-backup-power-that-actually-works/): You might be thinking about a backup power solution for your home. Historically, small backup generators were crap. Those days are OVER! Behold the future! - [Is the AI Bubble about to pop?](https://scottiestech.info/2025/08/23/is-the-ai-bubble-about-to-pop/): In some ways, AI is useful. But in most ways, it's really bad. So what does the future look like? It seems we'll find out - after the bubble bursts! - [How to Clean Cork](https://scottiestech.info/2025/08/05/how-to-clean-cork/): Cork is an awesome material. Cleaning cork is another matter. Soap and water often don't work. BEHOLD: The quick and easy way to make your cork shine! - [Video: NVMe drive missing or not booting?](https://scottiestech.info/2025/08/12/video-nvme-drive-missing-or-not-booting/): NVMe drivers are blazingly fast. Unfortunately, they sometimes "disappear" - as in, you can't boot from the drive. What gives? The answer is quite simple! - [Keyboard Kommando 1: Ctrl-B and Ctrl-I](https://scottiestech.info/2025/08/26/keyboard-kommando-1-ctrl-b-and-ctrl-i/): Learn these hotkeys and get more done in less time! This video is #1 in a series of 10 - so stay tuned for the rest. - [Keyboard Kommando 2: Win-E rulez!](https://scottiestech.info/2025/08/30/keyboard-kommando-2-win-e-rulez/): Learn these hotkeys and get more done in less time! This is how the “pros” do it… This video is #2 in a series of 10 – so stay tuned for the rest. - [Phishing Attacks: #1 way to stay safe](https://scottiestech.info/2025/09/16/phishing-attacks-1-way-to-stay-safe/): Recently, it became clear that phishing attacks are STILL fooling people. Here's an EASY way to protect yourself from phishing attacks. - [Keyboard Kommando 3: Win-I is very handy](https://scottiestech.info/2025/09/09/keyboard-kommando-3-win-i-is-very-handy/): Learn these hotkeys and get more done in less time! This is how the “pros” do it… This video is #3 in a series of 10 – so stay tuned for the rest. Today: Win-I - [Keyboard Kommando 4: Win-L and... Ctrl?!](https://scottiestech.info/2025/09/13/keyboard-kommando-4-win-l-and-ctrl/): Learn these hotkeys and get more done in less time! This is how the “pros” do it… Today's hotkey? Win-L - [Keyboard Kommando 5: Emoji & GIF hotkey](https://scottiestech.info/2025/09/20/keyboard-kommando-5-emoji-gif-hotkey/): Keyboard Kommando 5: one of the most useful hotkeys for pulling up the Emoji/GIF picker!! - [Make your Lock Screen sane again](https://scottiestech.info/2025/09/23/make-your-lock-screen-sane-again/): Of all the problems in Windows 11, one of the most annoying to me is the cluttered Lock Screen. In just a few clicks, you can make your lock screen great again! - [Keyboard Kommando 6: Control open windows with your keyboard](https://scottiestech.info/2025/09/30/keyboard-kommando-6-control-open-windows-with-your-keyboard/): Most people know about Alt-Tab. But Alt-Tab isn't the only trick you can do with your keyboard! - [Keyboard Kommando 10: Snip anything on your screen!](https://scottiestech.info/2025/11/25/keyboard-kommando-10-snip-anything-on-your-screen/): You'll learn the simplest, quickest, fastest way to snip anything: a window, part of a window, an image, or even the whole screen. - [Keyboard Kommando 9: Go on, kill a tree (or ten)!](https://scottiestech.info/2025/11/04/keyboard-kommando-9-go-on-kill-a-tree-or-ten/): Since our glorious e-future has yet to arrive, you still have to print things. And with THIS keyboard shortcut, you'll save time and print like a pro! - [Keyboard Kommando 8: Go on, make mistakes!](https://scottiestech.info/2025/10/21/keyboard-kommando-8-go-on-make-mistakes/): Today's Windows hotkeys let you make as many mistakes as you want. You can even make mistakes, undo them, then make them again - as many times as you want! - [Keyboard Kommando 7: Select All and Cut](https://scottiestech.info/2025/10/08/keyboard-kommando-7-select-all-and-cut/): Everyone knows about Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V to copy and paste. Oddly enough though, MOST people I meet have no idea about Ctrl-A and Ctrl-X! - [Fix shared folders not working in Windows 11 24H2](https://scottiestech.info/2024/12/30/fix-shared-folders-not-working-in-windows-11-24h2/): Windows 11 24H2: If you're having problems accessing shared folders on the local network after upgrading, here's how to fix it! - [Fix UEFI BIOS boot problems on a new motherboard](https://scottiestech.info/2015/11/12/fix-uefi-bios-boot-problems-on-a-new-motherboard/): You know the drill: You get a new motherboard. You upgrade. And then the fun begins! Sometimes, one device or another in your system is not detected properly. Other times, you can't boot into Windows. You may even find that you can't even get into the BIOS after the initial setup... Instead, you are met - [Fix Windows Activation failed due to Software Protection Service error code 0xc0000022](https://scottiestech.info/2020/07/28/fix-windows-activation-failed-due-to-software-protection-service-error-code-0xc0000022/): With Windows Activation, the fun never ends! Recently I reset a laptop with OEM Windows 10 Home for a friend. All I did was use the built-in Win 10 "factory reset" that should have wiped everything, reinstalled Win 10, and then reactivated just fine. Alas, that's not what happened... Instead, I got error code 0xc0000022, - [NVMe drive missing or not booting? There's a simple fix!](https://scottiestech.info/2022/04/26/nvme-drive-missing-or-not-booting-theres-a-simple-fix/): On the one hand, NVMe drives are blazingly fast. On the other hand, getting them to work with Windows - or even your BIOS - can be a bit of a nightmare. I recently upgraded several computers that had SATA SSDs. I wanted to upgrade each one to an NVMe drive. So, I used Paragon - [How to remove Intel VMD without reinstalling Windows](https://scottiestech.info/2022/08/16/how-to-remove-intel-vmd-without-reinstalling-windows/): If you have an 11th generation or newer Intel processor, your system might be using Intel VMD. VMD, or Volume Management Device, is a server-ish bit of technology where your processor more or less "hijacks" the management of NVMe disk drives in your puter. When VMD is enabled, you MUST use Intel's RST drivers - - [How to fix BCD 0xc0000098 error blue screen at boot](https://scottiestech.info/2026/02/24/how-to-fix-bcd-0xc0000098-error-blue-screen-at-boot/): It can happen any time: the dreaded BSOD with an error message about BCD / 0xc0000098. It turns out that fixing this problem is not that difficult! - [The Great Tech Reset: Follow the Money!](https://scottiestech.info/2026/03/31/the-great-tech-reset-follow-the-money/): While much of the world is obsessed with AI, there is a quiet tech revolution happening in the background. We tell you what's going on & why it matters! - [Make your Linux gizmos appear on a Windows Network](https://scottiestech.info/2026/07/17/make-your-linux-gizmos-appear-on-a-windows-network/): If your linuxy gizmos like a NAS or local linux server for media or whatever do NOT show up in Network in the file Explorer, fix it fast! - [How to upgrade your Synology DiskStation NAS the Easy Way](https://scottiestech.info/2026/06/30/how-to-upgrade-your-synology-diskstation-nas-the-easy-way/): The question is: HOW do I upgrade to a shiny new Synology NAS without jumping through 700 hoops? Surely there's an easy way? - [Fix: Google Assistant keeps popping up](https://scottiestech.info/2026/07/27/fix-google-assistant-keeps-popping-up/): That Google Assistant is driving you nuts when you accidentally long-press the home button or navigation handle on your Android smartphone? Fix it fast! - [Fix: PDF thumbnails not showing](https://scottiestech.info/2026/08/04/fix-pdf-thumbnails-not-showing/): Unfortunately, far too often you won't see a thumbnail of a PDF file's first page. Even Adobe can't manage to fix it... But now, Microsoft has done it for them! - [How to convert your WSL 1 virtual machine to WSL 2](https://scottiestech.info/2026/07/28/how-to-convert-your-wsl-1-virtual-machine-to-wsl-2/): If you get weird errors like: - ELF: not found - cannot execute binary file: Exec format error The solution is to upgrade to WSL 2 - for which there is a trick! - [My vote for Best Charger of 2026](https://scottiestech.info/2026/07/21/my-vote-for-best-charger-of-2026/): UGREEN - the company that brought you the World's Cutest USB Charger - has done it again: the Nexode USB charger with integrated, retractable USB type C cable! - [Finally, LANscanner works (FAST) on Windows 11!](https://scottiestech.info/2026/07/14/finally-lanscanner-works-fast-on-windows-11/): My little LANscanner program for displaying the IP addies, MAC addies, workgroup, and Master Browser of all the gizmos on the local network just hit v3.0! - [iPhones aren't as safe as you think](https://scottiestech.info/2026/06/09/iphones-arent-as-safe-as-you-think/): If I say "Apple", no doubt you think "security". Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. And it's all thanks to US spying on Russia! - [Fix: Remove Now Brief button from lockscreen](https://scottiestech.info/2026/06/02/fix-remove-now-brief-button-from-lockscreen/): On Samsung smartphones, you may have a new friend: the dreaded Now Brief button. SIGH... Here's how to turn it OFF!! - [Linux world shaken by nasty bugs](https://scottiestech.info/2026/05/12/linux-world-shaken-by-nasty-bugs/): From Copy Fail to cPanel to Dirty Frag, the linux server community has been utterly hammered by nasty exploits in the past weeks. - [Fix: No more AI crap in your browser!](https://scottiestech.info/2026/05/26/fix-no-more-ai-crap-in-your-browser/): These days, web browsers are no longer just browsers. Wouldn’t it be nice if your browser was just, well, a simple WEB BROWSER again? Watch how EASY it is!! - [TekTalk 3: Palantir, AI, and the Reality behind the hype](https://scottiestech.info/2026/04/29/tektalk-3-palantir-ai-and-the-reality-behind-the-hype/): Palantir, AI stealing jobs, and the economy is bad... It’s all falling apart. Believe or not, that’s a GOOD thing… - [IPv8: The future of the Internet looks bright](https://scottiestech.info/2026/04/21/ipv8-the-future-of-the-internet-looks-bright/): The IETF revealed a new proposal for how the internet works: IPv8 But hang on, didn't they introduce IPv6 to fix the limited number of IP addresses? Yes, BUT... - [Why does Good AI go Bad?](https://scottiestech.info/2026/04/07/why-does-good-ai-go-bad/): There are a lot of AI Doom stories going around. But there's a much better question we should be asking: WHY does AI go bad and do evil things? - [TekTalk: Is 2026 the Year of Agentic AI?](https://scottiestech.info/2026/03/24/tektalk-is-2026-the-year-of-agentic-ai/): No. But the Why and How are interesting... Join Scottie and Toño for Episode 1 of a new show: TekTalk! - [How to fix multiple VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapters](https://scottiestech.info/2026/02/17/how-to-fix-multiple-virtualbox-host-only-ethernet-adapters/): You may have seen this fun problem: 40 "VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapters" listed in your network Settings. How do you fix this seriously annoying issue? - [The simple privacy hack you should be using](https://scottiestech.info/2026/02/10/the-simple-privacy-hack-you-should-be-using/): These days, browsing the internet is relatively secure. So we're good, right? Eh, no. What you don't know is that by default, your DNS is not secure! Fix it! - [Make your browser work like it used to](https://scottiestech.info/2026/01/20/make-your-browser-into-a-simple-web-browser-again/): These days, web browsers have AI everywhere, ads popping up, tracking sent back home, and so on. Wouldn't it be nice if it was just a WEB BROWSER again?? - [AI craze goes nuclear](https://scottiestech.info/2026/02/03/ai-craze-goes-nuclear/): AI data centers need a LOT of power, and there isn't enough to go around. What to do? Why, perfect the future of power generation: nuclear fusion! - [Make Thunderbird look like it used to!](https://scottiestech.info/2025/12/18/make-thunderbird-look-like-it-used-to/): Unfortunately, the default "look" of Thunderbird is... well, modern. Fortunately, in just a few (hundred) clicks, you can make Thunderbird great again! - [Fix no audio in VLC when playing MKV files](https://scottiestech.info/2026/01/02/fix-no-audio-in-vlc-when-playing-mkv-files/): You try to watch an MKV video file in VLC Media Player, but there's no audio! What to do? Easy! Don't use VLC... Wait, what?! - [Everything’s connected – except us](https://scottiestech.info/2025/12/12/everythings-connected-except-us/): We are more connected than ever by technology, but more DISconnected than ever from each other! It's up to US to use tech like AI properly... - [The Data Center Disaster](https://scottiestech.info/2025/11/11/the-data-center-disaster/): The insanity at work these days in the tech industry is so overwhelming, you could be forgiven for thinking it's just the script from a bad Sci-Fi movie... - [How to delete all your tweets FOR FREE!](https://scottiestech.info/2025/10/28/how-to-delete-all-your-tweets-for-free/): Is the exciting future of posting on social media = going to prison? Who knows. If you'd rather not find out, delete all your past tweets on X. How? Read on... - [The Future of Technology is coming from... China?!](https://scottiestech.info/2025/10/14/the-future-of-technology-is-coming-from-china/): The biggest tech news this year has most definitely been AI, right? You can't escape it. It's everywhere. What's more, every day brings yet another announcement of a "bold new investment" of billions of dollars in even MORE AI! So, it must be true, yes? Well, not so fast. In fact, the biggest event in - [How to automatically pick the fastest repos for apt](https://scottiestech.info/2025/09/08/how-to-automatically-pick-the-fastest-repos-for-apt/): What happens when you do 'apt update' and your repos time out? Instead of overly complicated manual methods of editing /etc/apt/sources.list, let's automate it! - [The Amazing new Tech behind 6G](https://scottiestech.info/2025/09/02/the-amazing-new-tech-behind-6g/): A chip designed for future 6G systems was recently announced. I know, we don't need it! But we could use the new type of technology behind this "6G" chip! - [SHORT: Fix Black desktop Icons](https://scottiestech.info/2025/08/19/short-fix-black-desktop-icons/): What do you do when all your desktop thumbnails turn into black squares? You fix it good! - [Save time watching vids AND boost your brain!](https://scottiestech.info/2025/08/09/save-time-watching-vids-and-boost-your-brain/): With so many videos to watch and podcasts to listen to, wouldn't it be nice to watch and listen faster? You can! Learn how to speedwatch and speedlisten!! - [Read what you want without a VPN](https://scottiestech.info/2025/08/02/read-what-you-want-without-a-vpn/): We're not allowed to read the news we want... So, most people resort to a VPN. Wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, free way? Well, there is! - [Toilets vs Hurricanes: The Coriolis Effect](https://scottiestech.info/2025/07/25/toilets-vs-hurricanes-the-coriolis-effect/): Does the water in a toilet swirl in different directions in the Northern and Southern hemispheres? After all, that’s exactly what happens with hurricanes… - [Why you need a battery backup for your PC](https://scottiestech.info/2025/07/15/why-you-need-a-battery-backup-for-your-pc/): You might think you can get along without a UPS (battery backup), especially with a laptop. But the truth is that UPSes are for more than just backup power! - [How to find and fix any Android setting](https://scottiestech.info/2025/07/12/how-to-find-and-fix-any-android-setting/): What happens when your phone does something weird, and you need to fix it? So, THIS is how to find and fix any setting in less than a minute on Android phones! - [Beware fake KeePass sites!](https://scottiestech.info/2025/06/10/beware-fake-keepass-sites/): Recently, somebody created a copy of KeePass - with malware added - and distributed it on a bunch of fake KeePass web sites. Oops! - [Green Grid Part 3: THIS country is going 'green' the right way](https://scottiestech.info/2025/06/17/green-grid-part-3-this-country-is-going-green-the-right-way/): With the blackout in Spain, the question arises: Is ANYBODY doing 'green' the right way? There is one country that stands out - WAAAY out - above the rest... - [Green Grid Part 1: Spain's Epic Blackout](https://scottiestech.info/2025/05/20/green-grid-part-1-spains-epic-blackout/): We're learning that 'Green Energy' may be renewable, but it's not without its problems. So what is the issue here with Green Power? - [Green Grid Part 2: Why 100% green is still just a dream](https://scottiestech.info/2025/05/27/green-grid-part-2-why-100-green-is-still-just-a-dream/): Now we get to the good stuff: We're learning that 'Green Energy' is not without its problems. Join me for Part 2 of a deep dive into the Green Grid! - [Is AI dangerous?](https://scottiestech.info/2025/04/22/is-ai-dangerous/): Lately I’ve seen a lot of people using current AI in a dangerous way. AI can be pretty useful – but you have to know how to use it, and how NOT to use i. - [End Task missing in Windows 11? Get it back!](https://scottiestech.info/2025/04/29/end-task-missing-in-windows-11-get-it-back/): Sfter a recent Windows 11 update, the ability to end a task totally disappeared from Task Manager! So how do you get back your End Task superpowers?? - [JavaScript: Get CSS properties of an element before inserting it into the page](https://scottiestech.info/2025/04/15/javascript-get-css-properties-of-an-element-before-inserting-it-into-the-page/): Use JavaScript to get the size of an element before you plop it in the DOM tree - even with @media queries in CSS that change the width on the fly! - [SURPRISE! Rare Earths and high tech hot air](https://scottiestech.info/2025/04/08/surprise-rare-earths-and-high-tech-hot-air/): We hear a lot about rare earth metals and how important they are. The truth, however, is that there is a LOT of hot air being spewed about rare earths.. - [How to copy your WSL linux to another PC](https://scottiestech.info/2025/03/25/how-to-copy-your-wsl-linux-to-another-pc/): What happens when you want to copy your WSL flavor of linux to another machine? With WSL2, it's super-easy! - [AI, Green Energy, & The Science Problem](https://scottiestech.info/2025/02/04/ai-green-energy-the-science-problem/): While most people were distracted by China’s new AI, something even bigger was happening: China’s EAST experimental fusion reactor. Well, who cares?! You do! - [The Truth about Quantum Computing](https://scottiestech.info/2025/03/11/the-truth-about-quantum-computing/): We hear a lot about quantum computers these days. They're supposed to work almost like magic. The trouble is, even most experts agree we're not 'there' yet... - [The biggest problem with batteries](https://scottiestech.info/2025/01/07/the-biggest-problem-with-batteries/): I recently bought new Enegon batteries for my DSLR cam. One of them died on me, so I decided to open it up. I was NOT happy with what I found inside!! - [Best HIGH-tech gift for just about anyone](https://scottiestech.info/2024/12/17/best-high-tech-gift-for-just-about-anyone/): For a high-tech gift that everyone will love, look no further than a UGREEN Uno USB charger! They're cute, they're powerful, and mine has been very reliable! - [Best LOW-tech gift for just about anyone](https://scottiestech.info/2024/12/10/best-low-tech-gift-for-just-about-anyone/): What do you get for somebody when you have NO IDEA what they'd like? A date calendar puzzle from DragonFjord Puzzles! It's the perfect low-tech gift... - [Can you upgrade to multigig Ethernet?](https://scottiestech.info/2024/11/29/can-you-upgrade-to-multigig-ethernet/): New multigig Ethernet switches that run at 2.5 Gbps are now much cheaper to buy. Will your Ethernet cables actually work at multigig speeds? - [Not your typical 5G study...](https://scottiestech.info/2024/11/19/not-your-typical-5g-study/): New 5G study on rats: At first glance, the study appears to confirm that there's nothing to see here, but a more careful read reveals it's not so simple! - [SuperSaver: Easy Washer Drawer Fix](https://scottiestech.info/2024/11/05/supersaver-easy-washer-drawer-fix/): Is there detergent or fabric softener left in the drawer of your washing machine? There's one thing to check that will get you back up and running in no time! - [Make your own multigig home router with OpenWrt](https://scottiestech.info/2024/11/12/make-your-own-multigig-home-router/): Normal home routers usually only offer a single 2.5 Gbps multigig Ethernet port. So what do you do if you need multiple 2.5 gig Ethernet ports? Roll your own! - [USB: Which cable should I use?](https://scottiestech.info/2024/10/15/usb-which-cable-should-i-use/): There are more flavors of USB than ice cream. With so many gizmos, different USB cables, and chargers, how do you know which one is best? - [Why electric vehicles burn so well](https://scottiestech.info/2024/10/22/why-electric-vehicles-burn-so-well/): Electric cars, e-bikes, e-scooters: they all use lithium-based batteries, and they all seem to burn very well. So, question is: Why?? - [SHORT: End-to-end encryption's fatal flaw](https://scottiestech.info/2024/10/02/short-end-to-end-encryptions-fatal-flaw/): Even though end-to-end encryption it sounds good on paper, the way E2EE is coded and used can make all the difference between security and epic data leaks! - [SHORT: End-to-End Encryption Explained](https://scottiestech.info/2024/10/01/short-end-to-end-encryption-explained/): Ever wondered what the big deal with end-to-end encryption (E2EE) is? Check out this 58-second explanation of E2EE: - [Explorer STILL won't refresh? Use Brute Force...](https://scottiestech.info/2024/09/10/explorer-still-wont-refresh-use-brute-force/): If you're still being hit by the dreaded Explorer Doesn’t Refresh Automatically bug, there's a trick to restart Explorer in Task Manager! - [Are messaging apps REALLY secure?](https://scottiestech.info/2024/09/17/are-messaging-apps-really-secure/): What if I told you that NONE of the messaging apps you use are really, truly secure?More than the encryption, the problem is the way it's used that matters... - [How to Activate Windows or Office permanently in 30 seconds](https://scottiestech.info/2024/08/27/how-to-activate-windows-or-office-permanently-in-30-seconds/): Sometimes your previously activated copy of Windows or Office decides to de-activate itself! Isn't there a way to re-activate your legal copy EASILY? YES!!! - [Thunderbird 128 Nebula: Better than ever!](https://scottiestech.info/2024/08/20/thunderbird-128-nebula-better-than-ever/): About a month ago, Thunderbird 128: Nebula was released! Thunderbird 128 looks the same, but there are quite a few notable improvements... - [AI is full of sh*t!](https://scottiestech.info/2024/08/24/ai-is-full-of-sht/): AI is being pushed from every direction. There's only one problem: it tends to "hallucinate". What does that actually mean? - [Skip 'Add your Microsoft Account' during upgrades or installs](https://scottiestech.info/2024/08/01/skip-add-your-microsoft-account-during-upgrades-or-installs/): Microsoft has decided to force you to log in to Windows using your Microsoft account during upgrades/installs. Here's how to skip this step! - [Artificial Stupidity: Your amazing AI future](https://scottiestech.info/2024/08/03/artificial-stupidity-your-amazing-ai-future/): From power problems to money problems to 'model collapse', AI is on the road to changing... well, nothing at all, actually! - [A REAL fix for low mic volume!](https://scottiestech.info/2024/07/28/a-real-fix-for-low-mic-volume/): What do you do when your mic level is suddenly too low? This is the LAST video you need to watch to fix low mic volume! - [SHOCKER: CrowdStrike global IT outage caused by... CrowdStrike!](https://scottiestech.info/2024/07/30/shocker-crowdstrike-global-it-outage-caused-by-crowdstrike/): It's Microsoft's fault! It's the European Union's fault! It's the fault of everyone else except CrowdStrike. Well, no. - [SHORT: Missing boot drive](https://scottiestech.info/2024/07/23/short-missing-boot-drive/): You upgrade your motherboard and processor, but you can’t boot. You can’t even see your harddrive in the BIOS or the OS installer! What the heck is going on? - [Global IT Outage: What it means for you](https://scottiestech.info/2024/07/20/global-it-outage-what-it-means-for-you/): The global IT outage on Friday, July 16th 2024 was a humdinger. Join me for a look at the Crowdstrike "bug" and what it means for you... - [SHORT: CrowdStrike has a secret...](https://scottiestech.info/2024/07/22/short-crowdstrike-has-a-secret/): In addition to global IT outages, CrowdStrike is involved in political nonsense. Surprise, surprise... I'll give you a hint: Russia, Russia, Russia!!! - [Firefox's new tracking and how to turn it off](https://scottiestech.info/2024/07/18/firefoxs-new-tracking-and-how-to-turn-it-off/): A few years ago, Google announced FLoC: No more 3rd party cookies, and supposedly more privacy! Now Mozilla is jumping on the bandwagon. How to turn it off? - [Watch me on TikTok!](https://scottiestech.info/2024/07/17/watch-me-on-tiktok/): Well, I've finally done it: I created a TikTok account! And Stay tuned for new long-form videos, and quite possibly other new and exciting content, merch, etc! - [How to update KeePass plugins automatically](https://scottiestech.info/2024/06/18/how-to-update-keepass-plugins-automatically/): Let's say you're using KeePass with the KeePassOTP plugin. When there's an update available for the KeePassOTP, how do you update it?! - [Your WiFi is spying on you - and it's about to get worse](https://scottiestech.info/2024/06/11/your-wifi-is-spying-on-you-and-its-about-to-get-worse/): A company in Taiwan recently presented a developing WiFi tech that can be used to monitor your location, heart rate, breathing patterns, and sleep cycles... - [How did this EVER work?!](https://scottiestech.info/2024/05/28/how-did-this-ever-work/): What's the one thing no coder wants to talk about? Code that works, but shouldn't. It's just part of many programmers' lives. But what's really going on here? - [Why PayPal is telling you about the DigiCert Global Root G2 Chain](https://scottiestech.info/2024/04/30/why-paypal-is-telling-you-about-the-digicert-global-root-g2-chain/): You've no doubt received a strange e-mail recently. You're supposed to add the DigiCert Global Root G2 Chain to your "trusted store". What's going on here? - [The difference between FLA, SLA, VRLA, EFB, and AGM lead-acid batteries](https://scottiestech.info/2024/04/23/the-difference-between-fla-sla-vrla-efb-and-agm-lead-acid-batteries/): Nowadays, there are so many different types of lead-acid batteries. Read on for a simple guide to lead acid batteries! - [UEC means Ethernet will only get better and faster](https://scottiestech.info/2024/03/26/uec-means-ethernet-will-only-get-better-and-faster/): You might think Ethernet is on its way out the door. After all, everyone just uses WiFi, right? WRONG! That's good, because it's only going to get better... - [Is your DNA an EMF antenna?](https://scottiestech.info/2024/04/09/is-your-dna-an-emf-antenna/): There are hundreds of studies showing that our wireless wonderland of EMF is not good for our health. But HOW? The answer may very well be in our DNA! - [How to stop Windows apps from running at startup](https://scottiestech.info/2024/03/19/how-to-stop-windows-apps-from-running-at-startup/): Wouldn't it be nice if there was an EASY way to see all your startup apps and disable them in a few clicks? There is! - [Two-Factor Authentication without SMS or a smartphone: PART TWO!](https://scottiestech.info/2024/02/20/two-factor-authentication-without-sms-or-a-smartphone-part-two/): Authy just announced they're canceling their desktop Windows app. :( What the heck are we supposed to do now?! - [AI's Fatal Flaw](https://scottiestech.info/2024/03/12/ais-fatal-flaw/): AI is all the rage. But with the recent Gemini disaster, it doesn't seem like AI is going anywhere. Join me for a look at the real danger presented by AI. - [SHORT: Why battery power is worse than oil](https://scottiestech.info/2024/02/08/short-why-battery-power-is-worse-than-oil/): A quick look at the power provided by lithium-based batteries should make even armchair techies cringe! Something doesn't add up... So, what's the secret? - [Zap away stress and anxiety with this tech](https://scottiestech.info/2024/02/13/zap-away-stress-and-anxiety-with-this-tech/): Wouldn’t it be nice if you could use technology to reduce your stress and anxiety instead of constantly increasing it? Well guess what? You can! - [SHORT: No more WiFi: Debunking the debunkers in 50s](https://scottiestech.info/2024/02/07/short-no-more-wifi-debunking-the-debunkers-in-50s/): By now, you probably know that there's enough scientific doubt about wireless tech. But how do you get people to listen? You just apply simple common sense! - [SHORT: 5G + Airplanes: Europe's smarter 5G rollout](https://scottiestech.info/2024/02/06/short-5g-airplanes-europes-smarter-5g-rollout/): The most common type of 5G obviously can cause the most problems. Here's how the USA did vs Europe when it comes to airliner interference issues from 5G. - [Is Green Energy REALLY green?](https://scottiestech.info/2023/12/12/is-green-energy-really-green/): Solar panels, power walls, wind power... It's all about Renewable Energy! But just how 'green' is Green Energy? As usual, it's complicated. - [The Best JavaScript Debounce Function in the Universe](https://scottiestech.info/2023/12/05/the-best-javascript-debounce-function-in-the-universe/): If you code in JavaScript, you should know all about debouncing functions. So what's the best way to debounce/throttle in JavaScript? - [Missing Boot Drive after an upgrade?](https://scottiestech.info/2023/11/21/missing-boot-drive-after-an-upgrade/): You finally upgrade your motherboard and processor, but you can't boot. What the heck is going on? Thankfully, there are two solutions! - [SHORT: Fix stuck Windows Update](https://scottiestech.info/2023/10/31/short-fix-stuck-windows-update/): If your Windows PC is stuck doing updates, you've got the Blue Update Screen of Death. Even rebooting doesn't help. What to do? Easy! Fix it like a PRO. - [SHORT: No more choppy video in VLC](https://scottiestech.info/2023/10/28/short-no-more-choppy-video-in-vlc/): VLC media player will play just about any audio or video file you throw at it. But when you try to play a 4K vid, it stutters and is unwatchable. What gives? - [SHORT: Why we still NEED oil](https://scottiestech.info/2023/10/29/short-why-we-still-need-oil/): These days, it's all about the GREEN! While that sounds nice, what would actually happen if we just ditched fossil fuels - coal, oil, and gas - overnight? - [SHORT: Make your color prints POP!](https://scottiestech.info/2023/10/27/short-make-your-color-prints-pop/): It's nice when the colors on a printout look the same as those on your screen. There's a quick trick you can use to get MUCH better print colors! - [SHORT: FIX Windows Update!](https://scottiestech.info/2023/10/26/short-fix-windows-update/): These days, updating Windows is like playing Russian Roulette. When you've finally had enough, try THIS! - [SHORT: Superglue Secrets!](https://scottiestech.info/2023/10/25/short-superglue-secrets/): Superglue Secrets: in less than 60s, you'll learn how to glue better! - [Is wireless tech bad for you, or not?](https://scottiestech.info/2023/10/17/is-wireless-tech-bad-for-you-or-not/): By now, you probably know that there's enough scientific doubt about wireless tech. But how bad is it? How do you get people to listen? Easier than you think! - [How to install Windows 11 on ANY computer](https://scottiestech.info/2023/10/03/how-to-install-windows-11-on-any-computer/): Win 11 requires TPM 2.0, secure boot, more RAM, and so on. But there's a neat little trick that anybody can use to make Windows 11 install on ANY computer! - [How to remove Library icons from Desktop when delete doesn't work](https://scottiestech.info/2023/09/05/how-to-remove-library-icons-from-desktop-when-delete-doesnt-work/): You get a new puter, fire it up, and you find the Windows Library icons on the desktop: Home, Documents, Music, Videos, etc. So how to get rid of them? - [Can't turn off your WiFi? No problem!](https://scottiestech.info/2023/09/26/cant-turn-off-your-wifi-no-problem/): You've gone wired with Ethernet. One problem: There's no button to turn off WiFi on your ISP's router/modem! What to do? - [Windows Updates are stuck in a loop and I can't log in](https://scottiestech.info/2023/08/22/windows-updates-are-stuck-in-a-loop-and-i-cant-log-in/): You try to install some Windows updates, and your puter reboots, and reboots, and reboots... Restarting doesn't help. Break the cycle and finish the update! - [The Secret of solving Tech Problems](https://scottiestech.info/2023/08/29/the-secret-of-solving-tech-problems/): If you take into account simple human nature, you can solve your tech problems in record time - and learn something along the way! - [Replace a failed drive in a software RAID on linux](https://scottiestech.info/2023/08/08/replace-a-failed-drive-in-a-software-raid-on-linux/): Software RAID is great, especially for servers. But what happens when a drive fails? You've got some work to do! - [3 ways to fix Explorer Won't Refresh bug](https://scottiestech.info/2023/08/15/3-ways-to-fix-explorer-wont-refresh-bug/): Having trouble with files/folders not appearing until you refresh the folder view? You've been hit by the dreaded Explorer Doesn't Refresh Automatically bug! - [Are e-Fuel and Biodiesel the future?](https://scottiestech.info/2023/07/25/are-e-fuel-and-biodiesel-the-future/): You may have heard the word e-fuel, but most people have no idea what the stuff actually is. Join me for a deep dive into the wonderful world of alt energy! - [Stop autoplay videos on Twitter / X.com](https://scottiestech.info/2023/08/01/stop-autoplay-videos-on-twitter-x-com/): If you're a Twitter user, you've no doubt been seriously annoyed by those constantly auto-playing posts. If you're thinking, "Make it stop..." then read on! - [What the heck is an ELECTRET?](https://scottiestech.info/2023/07/11/what-the-heck-is-an-electret/): Everyone knows what a magnet is. But have you ever heard of an electret? Yeah, me neither! Join me for a look into the amazing world of electrostatics! - [How to rename a bunch of files at once](https://scottiestech.info/2023/07/04/how-to-rename-a-bunch-of-files-at-once/): Let's say you have a folder with a ton of files, but they all have super-long file names. Well, okay: How to bulk rename a bunch of files at once? - [2 ways to find out why your PC is crashing](https://scottiestech.info/2023/06/27/2-ways-to-find-out-why-your-pc-is-crashing/): Windows is giving you trouble? Stuff is crashing? Join me for a look at Windows logging and how you can become a Pro Techie and amaze your friends! - [Airplanes, lightning, & the wild world of Static Electricity](https://scottiestech.info/2023/05/23/airplanes-lightning-the-wild-world-of-static-electricity/): Last time you were on an airplane, did you notice those little antennas on the backs of the wings? Join me for a look at the wild world of static electricity! - [How to view blocked web sites on your phone or tablet](https://scottiestech.info/2023/05/16/how-to-view-blocked-web-sites-on-your-phone-or-tablet/): How to view blocked web sites on your Android/Apple phone or tablet - [Convert files to the format you need in just a few clicks](https://scottiestech.info/2023/05/02/convert-files-to-the-format-you-need-in-just-a-few-clicks/): With File Converter, you can convert video files, turn video into audio files, change Word docs into PDFs, and a whole lot more. - [The Secret of electric cars, mowers, and power tools](https://scottiestech.info/2023/04/04/the-secret-of-electric-cars-mowers-and-power-tools/): Everything these days is powered by batteries: power tools, mowers, cars, etc. But why does this even work with winky batterues? What's the secret? - [Stop Razer Synapse installer from running every time](https://scottiestech.info/2023/04/11/stop-razer-synapse-installer-from-running-every-time/): Razer makes some pretty nice stuff. Unfortunately, their Synapse software sucks. How to make it stop autostarting?! - [This common electric motor is SUPER easy to fix](https://scottiestech.info/2023/03/14/this-common-electric-motor-is-super-easy-to-fix/): The name "shaded pole motor" might sound scary, but these things are REALLY simple inside. You can probably fix yourself in about 10 minutes! - [Why hypersonic missiles DO actually matter](https://scottiestech.info/2023/03/21/why-hypersonic-missiles-do-actually-matter/): I recently had the misfortune to read an article on CNN entitled: What to know about hypersonic missiles fired by Russia at Ukraine I say "misfortune" because clearly, the individual who wrote it was trying very hard to downplay the significance of hypersonic weapons in the hands of the USA's declared adversary - aka Russia. - [Windows is dying, AI is rising, and China is... BIG](https://scottiestech.info/2023/03/07/windows-is-dying-ai-is-rising-and-china-is-big/): Windows 12 has been in the news lately. Specifically, rumors are swirling that not only will there be a Windows 12, but it will be "AI-powered". Of course, this requires support preferably from Intel's next 14th-gen processors as well as from AMD's equivalent offerings. That means Windows 12 will probably have even tighter hardware requirements - [Thunderbird is getting a BIG upgrade](https://scottiestech.info/2023/02/14/thunderbird-is-getting-a-big-upgrade/): In July of this year, the Thunderbird team is supposed to take the wrap off of a whole new bird dubbed 'Supernova'. - [What happens if we ditch Fossil Fuels?](https://scottiestech.info/2023/02/07/what-happens-if-we-ditch-fossil-fuels/): While going green sounds nice, what would actually happen if we just ditched fossil fuels - coal, oil, and gas - overnight? - [Make Android TV work with a USB Ethernet Adapter](https://scottiestech.info/2023/01/17/usb-ethernet-adapter-for-android-tv/): Many gizmos these days come with Android TV built in. So, how to get Ethernet working when all they give you is WiFi? - [Is your gizmo eating batteries? Try THIS!](https://scottiestech.info/2023/01/10/is-your-gizmo-eating-batteries-try-this/): A little while ago, my electronic lockbox / key safe started eating batteries. When I opened her up, I discovered the problem: condensation! - [20 Windows tricks to save time (and sanity)](https://scottiestech.info/2022/11/29/20-windows-tricks-to-save-time-and-sanity/): 20 time-saving tips and tricks so that you can get the most out of your Windows puter time! - [Do surge protectors really work? Sort of...](https://scottiestech.info/2022/12/13/do-surge-protectors-really-work-sort-of/): You want to be sure your costly electronics stay protected. One of the most common ways is to plug them all into a surge protector.Do these things really work? - [Printout color is off? Fix it fast!](https://scottiestech.info/2022/11/15/printout-color-is-off-fix-it-fast/): There's a quick cheat you can use to get MUCH better print colors... - [How to upgrade Ubuntu in place on WSL / WSL2](https://scottiestech.info/2022/11/22/how-to-upgrade-ubuntu-in-place-on-wsl-wsl2/): Due to some strange error messages when you try do-release-upgrade, it doesn't seem like you can do an in-place Ubuntu upgrade in WSL1/2 - but you can! - [JavaScript: How to detect when an image is loaded?](https://scottiestech.info/2022/11/08/javascript-how-to-detect-when-an-image-is-loaded/): How do you use JavaScript to detect when an image is fully rendered on the page - not just loaded? - [Why phone SAR ratings are silly](https://scottiestech.info/2022/11/01/why-phone-sar-ratings-are-silly/): How useful are phone SAR values? Well, even the FCC admits SAR is a pretty useless rating! - [Hot to fix choppy audio in VLC](https://scottiestech.info/2022/10/18/hot-to-fix-choppy-audio-in-vlc/): How do you fix choppy AUDIO in VLC media player? EASY! - [Windows won't boot after upgrade? Roll it back!](https://scottiestech.info/2022/10/25/windows-wont-boot-after-upgrade-roll-it-back/): Rollback Windows 11 22H2 when your PC won't boot - [When NOT to use Dirty Electricity filters!](https://scottiestech.info/2022/09/20/when-not-to-use-dirty-electricity-filters/): Why you need to be careful when using Dirty Electricity filters! - [How to fix "VCRUNTIME140_1.dll was not found" the right way](https://scottiestech.info/2022/09/15/how-to-fix-vcruntime140_1-dll-was-not-found-the-right-way/): You go to run some application. Instead of loading, you get this weird error: code execution cannot proceed because VCRUNTIME140_1.dll was not found. Fixit now! - [Why your tech is giving you headaches](https://scottiestech.info/2022/09/06/why-your-tech-is-giving-you-headaches/): Who doesn't love technology? Unfortunately, working and playing with our toys often results in bad, chronic headaches that just won't seem to go away. The good news is that by correcting your posture and paying more attention to your body, you CAN end the headaches. While the exact mechanism at work here it still a - [Windows STILL won't update? Try THIS!](https://scottiestech.info/2022/08/23/windows-still-wont-update-try-this/): These days, updating Windows is like playing Russian Roulette. Microsoft keeps breaking things, and I have to continually figure out how to fix them. I recently had ANOTHER problem with Windows Update. After trying everything, this is the solution that finally worked for me! Don't worry: they'll break it again soon enough! Off we go: - [Android vs iOS: Which is better for privacy?](https://scottiestech.info/2022/08/09/android-vs-ios-which-is-better-for-privacy/): Ah, the eternal battle: iOS or Android? These days, there's a big war going on where both sides are trying to prove that their mobile OS is the safest and most privacy-friendly. So, which is it? Join me for a deep dive into the wonderful world of smartphones... YouTube: https://youtu.be/ocv_rUFxHxM Rumble: Bitchute: Goodies in the - [The biggest tech company you've never heard of](https://scottiestech.info/2022/07/19/the-biggest-tech-company-youve-never-heard-of/): We all know about Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and so on. But there's one tech company that's utterly massive in its importance to the entire industry, and no one is talking about it. Well, to be precise, no one is talking about what MIGHT happen should the current,um, global mayhem go one step too far... - [Stop recent videos from showing on your lock screen](https://scottiestech.info/2022/07/26/stop-recent-videos-from-showing-on-your-lock-screen/): So, this one is fun. All of a sudden, when you lock your puter, the "currently playing" video appears with playback controls on the lock screen. Now, this might be a useful feature, except that in many cases it's rather broken. Both Chrome and Firefox on my puter will show the most recently played video - [Thunderbird v102: Don't push the button just yet!](https://scottiestech.info/2022/07/05/thunderbird-v102-dont-push-the-button-just-yet/): The other day, I heard about the new version of Thunderbird: v102.0. Naturally, being a techy nerd who loves updates, I installed it. BAD IDEA! There are a few bugs, but one in particular results in corruption of e-mails and even losing entire blocks of new messages. So, don't upgrade just yet... Don't roll your - [Thunderbird v102.0.1: You may now push the button!](https://scottiestech.info/2022/07/12/thunderbird-v102-0-1-you-may-now-push-the-button/): In my last article, I told you NOT to push the button in order to try the new Thunderbird v102. Well, they fixed the glitch, so you can safely upgrade if you want. Keep in mind that v102 of Tbird is still in a more-or-less "release candidate" phase. They aren't pushing 102 out to all - [10 tips to speed up your PC](https://scottiestech.info/2022/05/17/10-tips-to-speed-up-your-pc/): Who doesn't want a faster PC? Well, it's easier than you think. Most of the time, the way we use our puters is what slows them down. By making a few minor adjustments to how you work, you can get the most bang from your existing PC - without forking over bucks for a new - [Is Google's LaMDA AI sentient, or just clever programming?](https://scottiestech.info/2022/06/21/is-googles-lamda-ai-sentient-or-just-clever-programming/): In recent news, a guy at Google claimed that one of their AIs, LaMDA, had become sentient. Well, that's quite a claim! So, I decided to read the entire transcript of a chat with LaMDA and see what all the fuss is about. Turns out, it's not so simple... YouTube: https://youtu.be/u0n9jFUw-wM Rumble: Bitchute: Check out - [Windows can't see your USB-connected Android phone or tablet](https://scottiestech.info/2022/05/10/windows-cant-see-your-usb-connected-android-phone-or-tablet/): This one's a lot of fun! You connect your Android phone or tablet with a USB cable to your PC. You expect to be able to browse the files on your phone, or transfer photos/video. Nope! Nuttin'. Nada. ZILCH. It worked before, so what happened? Better yet, how do you fix it?! Behold MTP MTP, - [How Big Tech Privacy actually works](https://scottiestech.info/2022/05/03/how-big-tech-privacy-actually-works/): A recent revelation from inside Facebook has called into question all these privacy laws we now have... Or more specifically, how companies are actually implementing (or not) these laws designed to protect our data. The truth, as usual, probably shouldn't surprise you: It's pretty much just smoke and mirrors! Behold the madness: YouTube: https://youtu.be/hSF2CwfGfsg Rumble: - [The quietest gaming keyboard in the entire universe!](https://scottiestech.info/2022/04/19/the-quietest-gaming-keyboard-in-the-entire-universe/): Despite the prevalence of touch devices these days, chances are you still have an "old fashioned" computer with a keyboard. Many keyboards are very quiet and comfortable to type on, but they don't last very long. Enter the Gaming Keyboard! It's old school durability and reliability meets modern tech. Only trouble is, these things are - [Windows 11 DOES have new features! Who knew?](https://scottiestech.info/2022/03/29/windows-11-does-have-new-features-who-knew/): If you have no idea why you might want Windows 11, you're not alone. Microsoft is terrible with the whole marketing thing. Nevertheless, I happened to discover by accident a handy new feature in Win 11 just the other day. How many more are hiding in the shadows just waiting to be found??? We shall - [Fix "UPDATEBIOS.exe - The application could not be started" error on MSI PCs](https://scottiestech.info/2022/04/12/fix-updatebios-exe-the-application-could-not-be-started-error-on-msi-pcs/): If you have an MSI puter that you upgraded to Windows 11, you probably noticed an annoying little error. Every time you boot up, you got a popup window that states: UPDATEBIOS.exe could not be started. Do you want to view information about this issue? So of course you click Yes, and then you get - [Foot Pedals: The input device you didn't know you needed!](https://scottiestech.info/2022/03/15/foot-pedals-the-input-device-you-didnt-know-you-needed/): Everyone knows about keyboard and mice... But the foot pedal?! What the heck? Surprisingly enough, it turns out that they're not so expensive and very easy to set up - if you use the right software. Speaking of software, it's exactly because of NCH's Pedable application that this thing is so incredibly useful. You can - [Make Thunderbird work with your Gmail account](https://scottiestech.info/2022/03/08/make-thunderbird-work-with-your-gmail-account/): If you use Thunderbird to download e-mails from your Gmail account, it may stop working soon. You may remember a similar thing happening not long ago. Google insisted that POP3 mail accounts were, "not secure enough". So, you had to go through a convoluted process on Google to enable "less secure" Tbird to play nicely - [How to make your PC work with Windows 11](https://scottiestech.info/2022/02/22/how-to-make-your-pc-work-with-windows-11/): Windows 11 has been here for awhile, but it's not available to everyone. There is a list of requirements that are quite confusing - and changing. What's worse, certain Win 11 requirements seem like they're too much trouble to fix. I mean, who wants to risk converting their MBR drive to GPT and borking everything?! - [The color printing nightmare is OVER!](https://scottiestech.info/2022/03/01/the-color-printing-nightmare-is-over/): Printing in color has been a total nightmare as long as I can remember. If it wasn't the initial cost, it was expensive replacement parts for a color laser printer. Then toner cartridge price went through the roof. And let's forget the dreaded "laser line" problem that often happens even with brand new toner... Thankfully, - [Make it stick with Superglue Secrets!](https://scottiestech.info/2022/02/15/make-it-stick-with-superglue-secrets/): Who doesn't love superglue?! Well, I suppose there are some people who glued their fingers together one time... Anyhow, superglue is still super-useful. There are just a few tricks you should keep in mind for best results. You can save a ton of money and even unstick your fingers in record time. So join me - [querySelectorAll: Who needs jQuery anyway?!](https://scottiestech.info/2022/02/08/queryselectorall-who-needs-jquery-anyway/): If you've ever created a website, you've surely used jQuery. It's a lovely JavaScript library that lets you do all sorts of whiz-bang Web 2.0 stuff while shielding you from the underlying plain vanilla JS functions. But hang on a minute - do you really need jQuery? The answer is, as usual, complicated... but fascinating! - [The Best way to Propose (for a Techie)](https://scottiestech.info/2022/02/01/the-best-way-to-propose-for-a-techie/): This time, for video #151, I'm gonna do something a bit different. A few weeks ago, I decided to propose to my girlfriend. Naturally, I had to include tech in my proposal because, um, I'm a nerd. Well, you'll just have to watch to find out what happened... YouTube: https://youtu.be/irMnb19Cedc Bitchute: Rumble: Goodies in the - [What's up with 5G and airplanes?!](https://scottiestech.info/2022/01/18/whats-up-with-5g-and-airplanes/): As if all the controversy about 5G and health isn't bad enough, now there's a new saga: 5G vs Airplanes! Specifically, mid-band 5G vs radar altimeters. So, what's the deal? It turns out it's utter insanity... But then, I guess we shouldn't be surprised! YouTube: https://youtu.be/pFw-MzQ2zY4 Rumble: Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/video/DorSLdXtaIf6/ Stay tuned for more fun!! [ad] - [What the heck is a self-executing function in JavaScript?](https://scottiestech.info/2022/01/04/what-the-heck-is-a-self-executing-function-in-javascript/): JavaScript is THE super-helpful programming language that makes the whole internet go. From Google Docs to online mapping, JavaScript makes it all possible. Despite its popularity, many concepts in JavaScript programming are rarely explained in a simple, down-to-earth way. For example: the self-executing function. What in the Sam Hill is that all about?! A Normal - [How NOT to clean your screen](https://scottiestech.info/2021/12/21/how-not-to-clean-your-screen/): Who doesn't love a shiny, clean screen? Smudges and fingerprints are just seriously annoying. But what's the best way to clean the screen on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or TV? Well, there's one thing you do NOT want to do - as I discovered in a moment of temporary insanity. The rest depends on a - [Cloudless Windows backup that's RELIABLE and FREE](https://scottiestech.info/2021/12/07/cloudless-windows-backup-thats-reliable-and-free/): Everybody needs a backup, but not everybody wants all their data stored in the cloud. Until now, File History was good enough. Starting with Win 11, it's effectively crippled to push everyone to use OneDrive. Ug. So, what to do? I'll tell you what: Back up Windows like a Pro! The robocopy command and a - [Windows 11 is here, and well... It's okay](https://scottiestech.info/2021/11/30/windows-11-is-here-and-well-its-okay/): If you've read my earlier article, Will Windows 11 run on your PC? November 2021 Update, you probably decided you don't want Windows 11 after all. Well, I just upgraded my main puter to a new 12th gen Intel Core i5-12600K processor... And I REALLY needed to do a clean install. It's been awhile. So, - [Windows Update is MISSING? 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November 2021 Update](https://scottiestech.info/2021/11/02/will-windows-11-run-on-your-pc-november-2021-update/): You might have heard that Windows 11 officially launched a month ago. You might also be wondering (still) if Win 11 will actually run on your puter. Well, you're not alone! Things are pretty much as murky as before. In fact, they're so confused that even though Windows 11 is officially out, you probably won't - [Make your own Dirty Electricity Filters!](https://scottiestech.info/2021/11/09/make-your-own-dirty-electricity-filters/): So you want to prevent Dirty Electricity, but you don't want to spend a fortune on filters? No problem! With a few tools and some parts, you can DIY your own DE filters that perform just as well as pre-made Greenwave or Stetzerizer filters. I made 14 additional filters and saved a TON of money. - [How to Debug web sites on Mobile Devices](https://scottiestech.info/2021/10/19/how-to-debug-web-sites-on-mobile-devices/): If you've ever designed a web site, you know that the 'dev tools' built into browsers are invaluable. You can play with the CSS, debug JavaScript, see requests in realtime, and so on. That's all great for desktop, but what about debugging on mobile? Typically, developers jump through all sorts of hoops - including hacks - [How to fix an alternator and save big $$](https://scottiestech.info/2021/10/26/how-to-fix-an-alternator-and-save-big/): Raw materials, parts, even cardboard - everything's in short supply these days! So, what do you do when your alternator is dying and you can't even find a new one? Why, you repair it yourself! While it may seem like this is way beyond your ability, it turns out it's not so difficult. With a - [Dirty Electricity: What it is and how to fix it](https://scottiestech.info/2021/10/12/dirty-electricity-what-it-is-and-how-to-fix-it/): While everyone is paying the most attention to wireless tech like 5G, dirty electricity is often completely overlooked. In short, all our wondrous gizmos generate noise that couples to the human body from the electrical wiring in our homes, schools, places of work, and so on. What effects does this dirty electricity have? Well, it - [Is Chrome's Idle Detection really a threat to privacy?](https://scottiestech.info/2021/10/05/is-chromes-idle-detection-really-a-threat-to-privacy/): Chrome 94 was recently released with a new feature: Idle Detection. Specifically, there's a new JavaScript API called IdleDetector. It reports two things to the JS code of the web page you're viewing: keyboard/mouse activity, and if your screen is locked or not. Much has been said about the diabolical nature of this new capability - [What happened to RAVPower? Well, it's nuts...](https://scottiestech.info/2021/09/28/what-happened-to-ravpower-well-its-nuts/): RAVPower was all the rage not so long ago. They make some of the BEST USB power bricks and USB chargers that have ever existed. Then one, day, POOF! They were gone. What the heck happened? Join me for a look at the glorious world of Amazonism... Amazocracy? Whatever! YouTube: https://youtu.be/m4q4AZReguQ Rumble: Or View on - [Why your WebRTC calls aren't working: Timing is everything!](https://scottiestech.info/2021/09/14/why-your-webrtc-calls-arent-working-timing-is-everything/): WebRTC is pretty cool. It allows any web browser to make voice and video calls to any other browser - no extra software required! The problem is that while there are tons of guides and gobs of sample code out there, nobody really explains how it works. The end result is that you program away, - [mmWave Madness: No, you're not crazy!](https://scottiestech.info/2021/09/07/mmwave-madness-no-youre-not-crazy/): Ah, 5G... It's a mixture of new technologies, the most "interesting" being mmWave, or millimeter wave. If you're wondering if a particular phone actually HAS mmWave, good luck figuring it out. Even worse, in most areas it's darn near impossible to find out what flavor of 5G is being used: Is it mmWave, or not?! - [The Hidden Dangers of 5G & wireless tech](https://scottiestech.info/2021/08/31/the-hidden-dangers-of-5g-wireless-tech/): A friend recently bought a new 5G smartphone. She was worried about the '5G' part especially. Two problems: First, there is no 5G where we live, so I just turned it off. Second, the 5G Samsung phone only supports lower frequencies than our local 4G network - IOW, no millimeter wave! Of course, it's about - [QUICK FIX: No more Snagit Mic Error!](https://scottiestech.info/2021/08/24/quick-fix-no-more-snagit-mic-error/): Video captures are pretty easy with Snagit. There's only one problem: That dreaded 'No Mic' error! It's almost made Snagit infamous instead of famous. Solutions abound, but THIS one actually works. It'll cost you a few bucks, but the same trick works with other video and video capture software. Which probably means it's a Windows issue - [What do YOU want to see?](https://scottiestech.info/2021/08/17/what-do-you-want-to-see/): This one's pretty simple: I make videos, and you get to choose what the next one is about! Let me know in the comments below or via the Contact form... YouTube: https://youtu.be/YR8qznfxUMQ Rumble: View on BitChute Let me know!! [ad] - [You're using your A/C WRONG!](https://scottiestech.info/2021/08/10/youre-using-your-a-c-wrong/): Common wisdom dictates that you're supposed to use your air conditioning in a certain way. 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But then when I want to watch that same file in VLC media player on my laptop, well... No subtitles! What to do, what to - [No more choppy video in VLC!](https://scottiestech.info/2021/07/13/no-more-choppy-video-in-vlc/): VLC media player is free, popular, and just awesome. It'll play just about any audio or video file you throw at it. Beginning in version 3.0.0, it supports hardware acceleration so that it should play even hi-res vids smoothly. But quite often when you try to play a 4K (2160p) video, the playback stutters and - [Is Chrome spying on you?](https://scottiestech.info/2021/07/06/is-chrome-spying-on-you/): Chrome is a fantastic web browser - except when it eats all your CPU power and crashes your puter. What's going on here? I thought Chrome was lean, mean, and zippy? Well, it IS... But the Software Reporter Tool that it downloads and runs to scan your computer "for evil add-ons" may be up to - [Will Windows 11 run on your PC? YES!!](https://scottiestech.info/2021/06/29/will-windows-11-run-on-your-pc-yes/): Microsoft can't seem to get Windows 10 right, and maybe now we know the reason: because they just announced Windows 11! Coming sometime around the end of this year, Windows 11 promises to be everything Win 10 is not. There's only one problem: Everyone is claiming (including MS) that you'll need a super-modern puter to - [The EASY way to use Material Design Icons](https://scottiestech.info/2021/06/22/the-easy-way-to-use-material-design-icons/): If you're a web developer, you've probably used Google's Material Design Icon font. It's a great way to include 1 small file and get gajillions of icons - instead of making 20 different pixel sizes of numerous icons, and then creating sprites and all that jazz. The trouble is that until now, there was no - [Phishing Scams and how to protect yourself](https://scottiestech.info/2021/06/15/phishing-scams-and-how-to-protect-yourself/): Even if you don't know the term 'phishing scam', chances are you've already been targeted by many of them. A phishing scam is when someone uses a genuine-looking e-mail, login page, SMS, or whatever to fool you into giving up personal data - like logins, passwords, card and banking info, etc. They often involve some - [How to learn to code (or anything else)](https://scottiestech.info/2021/06/01/how-to-learn-to-code-or-anything-else/): For reasons unknown to me, other people are always asking me how to learn programming. Well, there's the traditional route: go to school, become a coder. Done! But as we all know, many of the best and most famous programmers were those who dropped out of school and were essentially self-taught. Are they onto something? - [The BEST way to stay safe on the Internet](https://scottiestech.info/2021/05/11/the-best-way-to-stay-safe-on-the-internet/): Ah, the internet! It's so incredibly useful, and at the same time you won't find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. Well, technically, it's more useful than villain-y. Still, it's good to be careful! So what's the best way to stay safe when using the internet? Strong passwords? Antivirus? Browser add-ons? Privacy enhancers? - [Are you wasting your internet speed?](https://scottiestech.info/2021/05/18/are-you-wasting-your-internet-speed/): Most people probably don't even notice the actual speed of their internet connection. If it 'goes fast', they're happy. What many folks don't realize is that they may be wasting a large chunk of their very high speed net connection. 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There are tons - [Invisible Rainbow: A history of EMFs and health](https://scottiestech.info/2021/02/02/invisible-rainbow-a-history-of-emfs-and-health/): I finally managed to read Arthur Firstenberg's book, The Invisible Rainbow. The well-documented book chronicles the multitude of effects of everything from the first telegraph lines and electric lighting to modern day wireless systems. The data is plentiful and the effects are... well, not very good. But I found myself with more questions than answers.. - [Fluorescent to LED conversion made easy!](https://scottiestech.info/2021/02/09/fluorescent-to-led-conversion-made-easy/): Most lighting these days uses LEDs. They're super-low power, provide good light, and last a long time. But you probably still have some fluorescent lights left. If you're like most people, you haven't quite gotten around to replacing them with LED tubes. 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Is - [How to fix tech problems without a baseball bat](https://scottiestech.info/2020/11/21/how-to-fix-tech-problems-without-a-baseball-bat/): Everyone has annoying technical problems. It's just part of Computerized Everything these days. Usually, we tend to become aggravated when these problems occur... But what if we didn't have to? What if you could solve your own techie issues with a minimum amount of frustration - and in record time? If that sounds like a - [How to fix "WMVCore.DLL is missing" error](https://scottiestech.info/2020/11/28/how-to-fix-wmvcore-dll-is-missing-error/): Upon upgrading Windows 10, you may get a lovely error about WMVCore.dll being missing. Alternatively, you may get the same error when trying to load a particular program. The short version is that WMVCore.dll is a key component of the Windows Media Library. It's a file that more or less allows playing media files. Fortunately, - [Windows 10 20H2: A very minor update](https://scottiestech.info/2020/11/14/windows-10-20h2-a-very-minor-update/): Yet another new 'version' of Windows 10! This time, they're calling it 20H2 (as in 2nd half of 2020) instead of 2010 (as in October 2020). I guess the old numbering scheme was getting a bit tiresome since 2004 and 2010 make it sound like the new Windows 10 is already over a decade old... - [Two-Factor Authentication without SMS or a smartphone](https://scottiestech.info/2020/11/02/two-factor-authentication-without-sms-or-a-smartphone/): February 2024: Authy for desktop is dying! See here for an updated solution! These days, 2FA (Two-Factor Authentication) is all the rage. Instead of securing your account with only a password, you have to enter a password and a secret code... But where to get this code? The simple way is via an SMS to - [Get your Scottie's Tech.Info vids on LBRY!](https://scottiestech.info/2020/10/29/get-your-scotties-tech-info-vids-on-lbry/): Due to popular demand, I finally imported all my vids to LBRY.tv. You can find me here: https://lbry.tv/@ScottiesTechInfo I will still be publishing new vids on YouTube, but for any "controversial" topics, LBRY may be the only place you'll be able to see that content going forward... Of course, you'll always be able to watch - [FAST Power Bank: No more 2-day recharge times!](https://scottiestech.info/2020/10/27/fast-power-bank-no-more-2-day-recharge-times/): Power banks, portable USB chargers, battery banks... Whatever you want to call them, they're very handy for charging your gizmos on the go. The only trouble is that almost all of them take AGES to recharge themselves. 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You may recall - [5G loses steam, but what's next?](https://scottiestech.info/2020/09/29/5g-loses-steam-but-whats-next/): The latest news about 5G isn't exactly flattering. After dealing with nothing but hyped-up descriptions of the Technological Wonderland that awaited us, now even mainstream techie news seems to be all about bashing 5G instead of promoting it. What happened?? In short, reality sunk in. I suspect we'll see some rather substantial evolutionary changes in - [Thunderbird 78: Change is in the air, but don't panic!](https://scottiestech.info/2020/09/22/thunderbird-78-change-is-in-the-air-but-dont-panic/): So there I was, reading my e-mail the other day, when I received an upgrade notice from Thunderbird. Great! Maybe they'll fix things... So I upgraded. Welcome to Thunderbird 78, where everything has changed! Well, sort of... My add-ons no longer worked, the folder pane was hideously black and white, I lost my CompactHeaders, and - [The $16 battery tab spot welder](https://scottiestech.info/2020/09/15/the-16-battery-tab-spot-welder/): I've been looking for a cheap battery tab spot welder for 18650 lithium-ion cells for awhile now. The usual ones just aren't worth the cost. For example, for half the cost of a welder, I could buy at least 2 brand new power tool battery packs. Enter the $16.99 Portable Mini Spot Welder! At that - [Is Windows 10 2004 defragging your SSD to death?](https://scottiestech.info/2020/09/01/is-windows-10-2004-defragging-your-ssd-to-death/): The word on the street is that the latest version of Windows 10, version 2004, contains a bug that over-defrags SSDs. While common "wisdom" is that SSDs don't need to be defragged, the truth is that they sort of need it. Okay then! So, the question then is: Will Win 10 2004 destroy your SSD? - [Are injectable tracking devices even possible?](https://scottiestech.info/2020/08/25/are-injectable-tracking-devices-even-possible/): We often hear lately about nefarious plans involving injectable tracking devices... But is such a thing even possible? Given the current state of technology, would such a thing even work? Better yet, HOW would it work? After all, it's a long way from contactless payment cards to tracking chips floating inside inside millions of people - [Windows 10 2004 Update: More new stuff, and more of the same](https://scottiestech.info/2020/08/04/windows-10-2004-update-more-new-stuff-and-more-of-the-same/): Windows 10 2004, called the Windows 10 May Update, was released eons ago. Despite the fact that this version was tested for ages, it still managed to cause various headaches for many users. That's why you probably don't have it yet - but you will soon! So, what's new? What about all the Usual Stuff? - [Why you don't want a Wireless Charger](https://scottiestech.info/2020/08/11/why-you-dont-want-a-wireless-charger/): Wireless charging is all the rage these days. Unfortunately, it's not quite up to par. It turns out that most chargers are actually wasting tons of electricity - and they're not exactly easy to use, either. Join for me for a look at yet another wireless technology that leaves a lot to be desired... Off - [No more WiFi, Part 4: Wire and test your house network](https://scottiestech.info/2020/07/21/no-more-wifi-part-4-wire-and-test-your-house-network/): This video is a continuation of Part 3!! What happens if you want to set up a home network, but you already have existing Ethernet cabling and wall jacks? While it may seem simple, it turns out that you need to do some investigation first. In Part 1 of this video, I described the different - [No more WiFi, Part 3: All about existing house wiring](https://scottiestech.info/2020/07/14/no-more-wifi-part-3-all-about-existing-house-wiring/): What happens if you want to set up a home network, but you already have existing Ethernet cabling and wall jacks? While it may seem simple, it turns out that you need to do some investigation first. In this video, I describe the different types of patch panels you may find in your home, how - [Fix stunnel "Bad magic at ssl.c" error / crash on Ubuntu](https://scottiestech.info/2020/06/23/fix-stunnel-bad-magic-at-ssl-c-error-crash-on-ubuntu/): Ubuntu server 18.04 LTS is a rather popular linux OS for servers. Unfortunately, it doesn't come without its problems. For example, the current version of stunnel - an SSL tunnel - is woefully outdated. It seems that although Canonical is aware of the problem, they have no intention of fixing it! Fortunately, there's an easy - [Can Shungite protect you from EMFs?](https://scottiestech.info/2020/06/30/can-shungite-protect-you-from-emfs/): Shungite is a stone that many people use to protect themselves from EMFs such as WiFi, 5G, and so on. But does it really work? Well, it turns out that most of the information available on the internet appears to be dead wrong! I do a few simple tests in this video to show that - [Is 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet better than WiFi 6E?](https://scottiestech.info/2020/06/16/is-2-5-gigabit-ethernet-better-than-wifi-6e/): First of all, it's finally happened: 2.5 Gbps Ethernet is HERE! It's already rolling out, and consumer-grade 2.5 gig switches will arrive shortly. The other big news is the unveiling of WiFi 6E. A new flavor of WiFi 6, the 6E variant adds the 6GHz radio band and speeds of up to 11Gbps... Or so - [Remote Desktop with multiple monitors: How to save window and icon positions](https://scottiestech.info/2020/06/09/remote-desktop-with-multiple-monitors-how-to-save-window-and-icon-positions/): Many people these days have multiple monitors, especially on their primary desktop computer. The trouble comes when you want to use Remote Desktop and "telecommute". Let's say you're using your laptop puter, and you Remote Desktop into your main machine. All of your icons and windows spread across 2 screens on your big puter get - [How to install ImageMagick 7 on Ubuntu](https://scottiestech.info/2020/05/26/how-to-install-imagemagick-7-on-ubuntu/): ImageMagick is great. It allows your web app to process, resize, filter, and do all kinds of other nifty things with images. Not so long ago, ImageMagick 7 was released. One of the big new features was full support for WEBP images, the new image format from Google. Now, you might think it's easy to - [5G QnA: Why lions and chickens are different](https://scottiestech.info/2020/06/02/5g-qna-why-lions-and-chickens-are-different/): In this episode, I answer some questions and comments left on my various 5G videos - especially 5G is just the tip of the iceberg. Since I posted that video 2 years ago, it has received almost 6000 comments. Many are informative, supportive, and heartening. And then there are the "other" comments... Join me for - [How to stop Apps from re-opening on reboot in Windows 10](https://scottiestech.info/2020/05/12/how-to-stop-apps-from-re-opening-on-reboot-in-windows-10/): When your computer with Windows 10 reboots or restarts automatically after updates, it will re-open applications that were running before the restart. There are two problems with this: First, not ALL applications will fire up again - only some. Second, sometimes you don't want this to happen because you may have a program scheduled to - [Is Big Tech in Big Trouble? It depends...](https://scottiestech.info/2020/05/19/is-big-tech-in-big-trouble-it-depends/): For awhile now, we've been hearing rumors of anti-trust actions against the four main Big Tech companies. Recently, the word is that actual charges will be brought starting in June of this year. When you put all the recent stories together - along with some other interesting events involving Big Tech - it DOES look - [How to fix a Read-Only drive in Windows](https://scottiestech.info/2020/04/28/how-to-fix-a-read-only-drive-in-windows/): There you are, minding your own business... Maybe you just installed a Windows 10 update. Maybe you just had to run a disk check that asked you to reboot. Maybe you didn't really do anything out of the ordinary at all. Whatever the case, things go kaflooey. All of a sudden, you can't save or - [5 fun Computer Facts you probably didn't know](https://scottiestech.info/2020/05/05/5-fun-computer-facts-you-probably-didnt-know/): And now it's time for something completely different! Computers are an integral parts of our lives now. Sometimes, we forgot how far we've come in such a short time. We also don't usually hear the details of where some specific piece of technology came from. So, join me for 5 Fun Computer Facts you probably - [5G or Virus? The data speaks for itself](https://scottiestech.info/2020/04/07/5g-or-virus-the-data-speaks-for-itself/): Given the current global situation with the virus lock down, we are all looking for answers. Some people have suggested that 5G systems are causing the symptoms of Covid-19. But does that really fit the data? It turns out that we can easily find several rather large holes in this theory from easily available data - [Even your APPS are invading your privacy!](https://scottiestech.info/2020/04/21/even-your-apps-are-invading-your-privacy/): As regular readers know, I'm not a big fan of the traditional smartphone craze. Sure, they're really handy gizmos, but the amount of data being hoovered up and shipped off to large service providers is a bit frustrating. As if things aren't bad enough on that front, it gets better! It turns out that even - [How do Quick Chargers actually work? Magic!](https://scottiestech.info/2020/03/24/how-do-quick-chargers-actually-work-magic/): Quick charging is all the rage these days. We all want our smartphones and tablets to charge REALLY quickly via plain old USB cables. But how do quick chargers actually work? After all, USB itself is limited in terms of the power that it can provide... Tune in and discover the magic of USB quick - [Smart Speakers are totally safe and privacy-enhancing (just kidding)](https://scottiestech.info/2020/03/31/smart-speakers-are-totally-safe-and-privacy-enhancing-just-kidding/): A recent study about smart speakers revealed that they are, in a word, crap. The study, entitled, WHEN SPEAKERS ARE ALL EARS: Understanding when smart speakers mistakenly record conversations, revealed that these smart gizmos are very often activated by words and phrases that have little to do with anything. Of course, that means they are - [All the smartphone features, none of the Google!](https://scottiestech.info/2020/03/10/all-the-smartphone-features-none-of-the-google/): I've been using dumbphones for awhile now, but I started to miss some smartphone features. Then a friend of mine mentioned LineageOS again. I decided to take the plunge... And I'm glad I did! It IS possible to have a relatively private smartphone without all the Googley madness - even in this day and age. - [EEK! #7 - High Voltage DC is still alive!](https://scottiestech.info/2020/02/25/eek-7-high-voltage-dc-is-still-alive/): We all know that AC won the war vs DC back in the day. But did you know high-voltage DC is still around? What's more, it's actually become quite useful! Some countries have recently installed million-volt DC power lines that span thousands of kilometers! While HVDC has various benefits over HVAC, naturally there are also - [Surprise! Big Data doesn't care about your right to Free Speech](https://scottiestech.info/2020/03/03/surprise-big-data-doesnt-care-about-your-right-to-free-speech/): In a shocking revelation that simply re-affirmed what everyone already knew, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals again ruled that internet platforms have nothing to do with the First Amendment because they're private corporations. Well, duh! In a ruling on February 26th, the court said that, "merely hosting speech by others is not a - [The Power Problem with Electric Vehicles](https://scottiestech.info/2020/02/11/the-power-problem-with-electric-vehicles/): These days, it's all about Going Green. And what could be more green than an electric car? Zero emissions, baby! Well, sort of... While the acceleration may be awesome, the range leaves something to be desired. And range is directly related to power - specifically, the available power from a battery pack. What's more, the - [Mac malware surged in 2019 - true or false?](https://scottiestech.info/2020/02/18/mac-malware-surged-in-2019-true-or-false/): Macs were in the news again this week as Malwarebytes released a report claiming that for the first time ever, malware on Macs outpaced that of Windows-based PCs in 2019. It sounds like a total nightmare for Apple users! But hang on a sec... Malwarebytes released the report, and they have been promoting their Mac - [Help! My computer is turning off even though I have a battery backup](https://scottiestech.info/2020/02/04/help-my-computer-is-turning-off-even-though-i-have-a-battery-backup/): So, you buy a UPS (uninterruptible power supply) for your puter. You hook it up. Then, a power outage or brownout hits... POOF! Your puter reboots. "Hang on", you think, "Wasn't my battery backup supposed to prevent this?" Yes, it was... But there are a few things you need to check to make things work - [Can aluminum foil protect you from your phone?](https://scottiestech.info/2020/01/28/can-aluminum-foil-protect-you-from-your-phone/): There are quite a few smartphone cases, Faraday bags, and other little gizmos out there that claim to protect you from the phones RF waves. A common method that people use is to line one (or both) sides of their phone case with good old aluminum foil. So, the question is: Does tin foiling your - [Fix Windows 10 won't boot - Stop Error 0xc000021a](https://scottiestech.info/2020/01/21/fix-windows-10-wont-boot-stop-error-0xc000021a/): So there you are, minding your own business. You try to restart your Windows 10 puter, and you end up with the new Sad Face Blue Screen of Death! At the bottom of the screen, you see: Stop Code: 0xc000021a No matter what you do (like the automatic Startup Repair), you appear to be sunk... - [Windows 7 is going bye-bye - Upgrade to Windows 10!](https://scottiestech.info/2020/01/07/windows-7-is-going-bye-bye-upgrade-to-windows-10/): If you're still using Windows 7, I've got bad news for you: On January 14, 2020, extended support for Windows 7 will end. That means Windows 7 will no longer get any updates or security patches. In other words, it's officially a "dead" version of Windows. And that means it's time to upgrade to Windows - [Why haven't space suits changed much in 45 years?](https://scottiestech.info/2020/01/14/why-havent-space-suits-changed-much-in-45-years/): When we watch sci-fi shows, we see these uber-fancy futuristic space suits. Yet when we look at the actual real space suits in use by astronauts today, we see the same big puffy white suits that look unchanged since the Apollo missions in the late 60's and early 70's! What gives? How come we don't - [Is Wi-Fi 6 really that much better?](https://scottiestech.info/2019/12/31/is-wi-fi-6-really-that-much-better/): There's a new flavor of Wi-Fi in town: Wi-Fi 6! In case you're confused, I'm talking about IEEE 802.11ax, the successor to 802.11ac (which is now called Wi-Fi 5). Are you confused yet? While I'm not a terribly big fan of wireless stuff, Wi-Fi 6 does include several improvements that increase capacity and speed for - [Help! My USB stick is read-only in Ubuntu Server](https://scottiestech.info/2019/12/24/help-my-usb-stick-is-read-only-in-ubuntu-server/): If you use Ubuntu Desktop, using a USB stick is a piece of cake. You just plug it in, read/write files, and yank it out again. But what about Ubuntu Server? Try the same thing, and you end up with a USB stick that can only be accessed by root. Well, that's probably not what - [No more WiFi, Part 2: Home Powerline Networking and MoCA](https://scottiestech.info/2019/12/17/no-more-wifi-part-2-home-powerline-networking-and-moca/): So you've read all the studies about our Wireless Wonderland, and you'd like to go wired. You've also watched my first video, No More WiFi: How to wire your home for internet. You're not big on drilling holes and running cables everywhere, so you decide to use powerline ethernet or ethernet over coax. Before you - [The Biggest threat to Privacy: Browser Fingerprints](https://scottiestech.info/2019/12/03/the-biggest-threat-to-privacy-browser-fingerprints/): A lot of people these days are talking about protecting their online privacy. We have hearings going on, threats of breaking up Facebook and other Big Tech companies, data leaks, and so on. Many people are going so far as to boycott Google (which is easier said than done). But so far, no one - - [Scottie's Holiday 2019 Tech Not-Shopping Guide](https://scottiestech.info/2019/12/10/scotties-holiday-2019-tech-not-shopping-guide/): It's that time of the year again! Time to try to figure out what to buy everyone for Christmas - er, I mean, "The Holidays." Naturally, techie toys are highly valued gifts. But ya know, I have a better idea: Don't buy anything! Instead, give the gift that's becoming increasingly rare in this day and - [Windows 10 1909 Update: What's new this time?](https://scottiestech.info/2019/11/19/windows-10-1909-update-whats-new-this-time/): Yet another new version of Windows 10! A new update to Windows 10 was released just a few days ago, and once again the rollout was quite smooth. The difference this time was that 1909 isn't really a "Feature Update". It installs very quickly and changes... well, pretty much nothing! Let's take a quick look. - [Fast USB 3 sticks that won't break the bank](https://scottiestech.info/2019/11/26/fast-usb-3-sticks-that-wont-break-the-bank/): Ah, the USB stick. They're supposed to be handy for transferring files between computers. Unfortunately, most of the time they end being painfully slow. If you're frequently waiting several minutes for that large file to copy to your USB stick, then you're using the wrong one! After a recent debacle with 2 different USB 3 - [Nokia 2720 Flip + Why KaiOS dumbphones are truly smart](https://scottiestech.info/2019/11/12/nokia-2720-flip-why-kaios-dumbphones-are-truly-smart/): This one's a double header! First, I quickly review the new Nokia 2720 Flip 4G dumbphone. Then, I talk a bit more about exactly why dumbphones that run KaiOS are really NOT smartphones. Did I mention that the 2720's HUGE buttons are an absolute joy to use? Or that it's the first phone (of any - [Upgrade to Thunderbird 64-bit, and go supersonic!](https://scottiestech.info/2019/11/05/upgrade-to-thunderbird-64-bit-and-go-supersonic/): For those of us who don't like webmail because storing all our data in the The Cloud just seems like a Really Bad Idea, the best e-mail program available for puters is Thunderbird. There's only one problem: the default version you can download from Mozilla's web site is still 32-bit. Firefox - and pretty much - [FCC + FDA on 5G: You gotta be kidding me...](https://scottiestech.info/2019/10/29/fcc-fda-on-5g-you-gotta-be-kidding-me/): The FCC recently announced that when it comes to 5G, there's nothing to worry about. They consulted with the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health and other experts, and everything is awesome! Except, it's not. Join me for another exciting look at the insanity that passes for EMF "safety" science these days! Down the - [Big Tech shoots itself in the foot, vows to get therapy](https://scottiestech.info/2019/10/22/big-tech-shoots-itself-in-the-foot-vows-to-get-therapy/): This week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg confused everyone (and especially himself) with a speech at Georgetown. You see, now Facebook is all about free speech. He says we need to let politicians lie on Facebook without censoring or controlling their speech in any way. Unless you've been dead recently, you're no doubt aware that Big - [Deepfakes: Should you be worried?](https://scottiestech.info/2019/10/15/deepfakes-should-you-be-worried/): Yes, I confess: I was actually the star of the hit 1987 film Predator. No, not really. But these days, with deepfake software, anyone can make a video or audio clip that shows anyone else doing/saying whatever they want! There is a lot of angst, anxiety, and worry about deepfakes - but just how dangerous - [HTTP/3: The internet is about to get faster for everyone](https://scottiestech.info/2019/10/08/http-3-the-internet-is-about-to-get-faster-for-everyone/): HTTP is the protocol that makes the internet go. Recently, several large tech companies announced that version three-ish of that protocol, known as HTTP/3, was ready to rock and being rolled out. Now, that's nice, but why do we care? Well, we care because the internet is about get to get zippier for everyone - - [Dumbphone with KaiOS: Hang on, isn't that a smartphone?](https://scottiestech.info/2019/09/24/dumbphone-with-kaios-hang-on-isnt-that-a-smartphone/): Last week, I published a video entitled 4G Dumbphones: Get one with KaiOS! In that vid, I talked about why KaiOS is a great OS to have on a 4G dumbphone. Quite a few people asked various questions, like: But hang on, isn't that just a smartphone disguised as a dumbphone? But if it has - [Can EMF exposure ever be GOOD for you?](https://scottiestech.info/2019/10/01/can-emf-exposure-ever-be-good-for-you/): You all know I'm not a big fan of wireless due to the health risks. I've also said before that resources should be devoted to making these wireless technologies safe - so that we don't have to just ditch it all! But then, the question is: Is EMF ever safe? Better yet, are there examples - [Fix weird colors in Chrome in just a few clicks](https://scottiestech.info/2019/09/10/fix-weird-colors-in-chrome-in-just-a-few-clicks/): If you're like most internauts these days, you use Google's Chrome web browser. You may have noticed that after a certain update, Chrome started displaying colors incorrectly. The change can be subtle, like with bright blues and purples appearing slightly "off". Things can also appear totally wonky, and your whole browser window can be tinted - [4G Dumbphones: Why you should get one with KaiOS](https://scottiestech.info/2019/09/17/4g-dumbphones-why-you-should-get-one-with-kaios/): One year ago, I advised against getting a 4G dumbphone with KaiOS. I am officially reversing that recommendation! After purchasing a Nokia 8110 4G and playing with it for 1 month, I'm actually pretty speechless, and that IS rare. Despite Google's investment of $22 million in KaiOS over 1 year ago, Google's services remain "add-ons". - [No more WiFi: How to wire your house for Internet](https://scottiestech.info/2019/09/03/no-more-wifi-how-to-wire-your-house-for-internet/): So you've read all the studies about our Wireless Wonderland, and you'd like to go wired. But where to even start? It turns out that wiring up your house or apartment with ethernet cables and switches is WAAAAY easier than most people think. It's literally a plug-n-play kind of thing. There are a few things - [Are Big American Tech companies a dying breed?](https://scottiestech.info/2019/08/27/are-big-american-tech-companies-a-dying-breed/): Oh dear God, make it stop. There was a time when American Big Tech was the end-all and be-all. It seems those days are rapidly going the way of the dodo. For sure, there will be many companies that survive - and even flourish. But it's becoming painfully obvious that certain political, social, and cultural - [Why is my light switch popping and sparking?](https://scottiestech.info/2019/08/20/why-is-my-light-switch-popping-and-sparking/): One day, you flip a light switch and notice a lovely popping sound. The pop might even be accompanied by a brief blue flash of light from within the switch. What's going on here? Well, it turns out that even if the current rating of the switch has NOT been exceeded, you may have a - [Resize images in Windows 10 the super-easy way](https://scottiestech.info/2019/08/13/resize-images-in-windows-10-the-super-easy-way/): You may have read my 2013 post entitled How to Easily Resize Images in Windows. Thanks to a comment from a reader the other day (you rock, Nick!), you don't need Windows Live Photo Gallery anymore. There's a free tool available from a Microsoft engineer that you can grab and make your life WAAAY easier. - [Why most video games these days suck](https://scottiestech.info/2019/07/30/why-most-video-games-these-days-suck/): Back in my day, video games were simple. You typed in some cheat codes, kicked butt, and you were done. My favorite, of course, was Wolfenstein 3D. I remember playing Wolfenstein as a wee young man. There was just something about wiping out Digital Nazis that was sooo satisfying. Then again, perhaps I should have - [Save Money (and your Gizmo) with a new Power Brick](https://scottiestech.info/2019/08/06/save-money-and-your-gizmo-with-a-new-power-brick/): They're known as power bricks, wall warts, AC Adapters, AC-DC Converters, and probably 10 other names - and they power many of the gizmos you use every day. But what happens when a gizmo stops working right? You may think it's the gizmo itself, but very often it's the power brick. It may look complicated, - [When it comes to Cyber Warfare, we've got it all wrong](https://scottiestech.info/2019/07/23/when-it-comes-to-cyber-warfare-weve-got-it-all-wrong/): Hacking, data breaches, and general cyber battles have been in the news a lot lately. I recently read a book that shed a lot of light on how these things actually work - behind the scenes. It's called Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber Warfare. Despite our Hollywood-fueled ideas about hacking, the practical reality - [Brave: A browser for a post-Big Brother world?](https://scottiestech.info/2019/07/16/brave-a-browser-for-a-post-big-brother-world/): You may have heard about the new-ish web browser in town: Brave. The trouble is that it's a bit hard to wrap one's head around exactly how Brave is different - and supposedly better. Brave was created by Brave Software, a company that was founded by Brendan Eich. In case you didn't know, Eich is - [My results using the Q-Link - YMMV](https://scottiestech.info/2019/07/09/my-results-using-the-q-link-ymmv/): Well, the results are in: I'm keeping my Q-Link! While nothing really happened at first, I did actually notice certain improvements when using this crazy thing. I still can't explain how it works, or if it's just the placebo effect. But, whatever it's doing, it's doing it well... at least for me and several other - [A new type of App you're gonna LOVE!](https://scottiestech.info/2019/06/25/a-new-type-of-app-youre-gonna-love/): Until now, apps were for smartphones and tablets. But that's all about to change with PWAs: Progressive Web Apps! PWAs are a new(ish) type of app that is web-based. In other words, PWAs are literally web sites + JavaScript encapsulated in a window on whatever gizmo you want to install them on. That means you - [The YouTube Algorithm has changed again, and people are pissed](https://scottiestech.info/2019/07/02/the-youtube-algorithm-has-changed-again-and-people-are-pissed/): Oh dear god, make it stop... It's time once again for The Great YouTube Algorithm Tweaking! This time, that means even more nonsense, even fewer recommended videos that you actually want to watch, and just general chaos. Of course, what most people are concerned about is the "curating" of content. Naturally, it's a bit more - [Fun 5G Facts you may not know](https://scottiestech.info/2019/06/11/fun-5g-facts-you-may-not-know/): It seems there are some common misconceptions out there about what 5G actually is and how it will work. I wasn't planning on another 5G video, but alas... Much of this confusion is totally understandable since info is hard to come by despite the fact that 5G and IoT is the talk of the town! - [Windows 10 1903 Update: What's New?](https://scottiestech.info/2019/06/18/windows-10-1903-update-whats-new/): Another new version of Windows 10! A new update to Windows 10 was released a few weeks back, and this time the roll-out seemed to be way smoother than the last version - which is nice. I got the update fairly quickly this time around, which almost never happens. The update went off without a - [How to debug JavaScript on mobile devices](https://scottiestech.info/2019/06/04/how-to-debug-javascript-on-mobile-devices/): Ah yes, the Mobile Revolution! It's fabulous - unless you actually create web sites and other stuff that use JavaScript. In desktop web browsers, you generally get a web inspector / debug console that lets you do all kinds of fun stuff, including debugging your JS code. But on mobile, well, no such luck. In - [EMF Protection: These Q-Link things actually work?!](https://scottiestech.info/2019/05/28/emf-protection-these-q-link-things-actually-work/): Many people have asked me about the Q-Link and other similar gizmos. You're supposed to simply wear them, and they strengthen your body via "resonance" such that you are even protected from the negative effects of all kinds of EMF. Well, I used to think that was nuts... Until my doctor friend said she loves - [5G rollout runs into roadblocks - Detour ahead?](https://scottiestech.info/2019/05/14/5g-rollout-runs-into-roadblocks-detour-ahead/): There's a lot happening on the 5G front. From petitions, to cities temporarily halting their 5G rollout, to senate hearings, to nation-wide days of protest, things have been pretty busy! In this video, I talk about one particular petition that I think summarizes everything quite nicely. I also flesh out some details and connect some - [Why webmail is just a really bad idea](https://scottiestech.info/2019/05/21/why-webmail-is-just-a-really-bad-idea/): I'm always amazed at how many people these days still use webmail. From Gmail to Yahoo Mail, it seems everyone enjoys the convenience of no crappy e-mail program, easily accessible e-mail from any device, and free data storage In the CloudTM. In the case of Gmail, you can even use the same e-mail account on - [D'OH! Fix your add-ons in Firefox 66.0.3](https://scottiestech.info/2019/05/05/doh-fix-your-add-ons-in-firefox-66-0-3/): Oopsy! With Firefox version 66.0.3, you probably found that all your add-ons have disappeared. Firefox disables them and tells you that they are not compatible. Not to worry: There's a super-easy fix to get them back. And you don't have to reinstall them or anything... Update: Firefox 66.0.4 has been released to fix the bug. - [Meet Herbie, the (high tech) Hedgehog!](https://scottiestech.info/2019/05/07/meet-herbie-the-high-tech-hedgehog/): 70th YT vid special: We sometimes forget about the best tech around: LIFE! Mother Nature perfected "AI" ages ago... This little dude showed up one day. He's a hedgehog. His name is Herbie. Normally, hedgehogs are nocturnal, but Herbie showed up in the middle of a sunny Spring day right smack in the middle of - [Jack up your Windows audio with Voicemeeter](https://scottiestech.info/2019/04/30/jack-up-your-windows-audio-with-voicemeeter/): If you've ever tried to do any kind of serious audio processing on a Windows puter, you know just how crappy the basic Win audio mixer and controls are. Want to connect a digital mixer via USB to your puter? Good luck getting your recording software to work properly with both audio in and out. - [My new favorite LED flashlight and headlamp for 2019](https://scottiestech.info/2019/04/23/my-new-favorite-led-flashlight-and-headlamp-for-2019/): As regular viewers know, I'm a huge fan of LED flashlights and headlamps. They're bright, energy efficient, and just really cool. Since my last review of LED lights is almost 2 years old, it's time for an update. You won't believe how bright these things have become! Behold the awesome power: https://youtu.be/h9rmvgSk_aU You read the - [AI and China's CRAZY high tech Revolution](https://scottiestech.info/2019/04/16/ai-and-chinas-crazy-high-tech-revolution/): Well, I did it again: I read a book. This time, it was the story of China's recent technological revolution. If you're wondering what's going on over in the East in the techie arena, it's a great read. In short, it appears that smartphones + crazy-fast innovation have turned China into the New Silicon Valley. - [The #1 piece of computer advice that no one ever takes](https://scottiestech.info/2019/04/09/the-1-piece-of-computer-advice-that-no-one-ever-takes/): Well, okay, that's not entirely correct. It would be more accurate to say it's the #1 piece of advice that no one ever remembers to take - at the right time. I'm talking, of course, about the Almighty Restart. But I don't just mean rebooting Windows... Or linux, or Android, or macOS, or whatever... My - [Another reason to skip WiFi and go Full Ethernet](https://scottiestech.info/2019/04/02/another-reason-to-skip-wifi-and-go-full-ethernet/): These days, WiFi is everywhere. Even your washing machine probably has it. ;) I typically don't recommend using WiFi due to the huge amount of evidence indicating that it's probably not the best thing for your health. But there's another reason to go back to cables... WiFi is quite often WAAAY slower than most people - [PayPal and AliExpress slow? It might be CloudFlare's DNS](https://scottiestech.info/2019/03/26/paypal-and-aliexpress-slow-it-might-be-cloudflares-dns/): In May 2018, I posted this article: Speed up your browsing with CloudFlare’s public DNS In that post, I recommended CloudFlare's DNS, 1.1.1.1. At the time, it was quite fast, and worked perfectly. Fast forward to today, and I'm afraid that's no longer the case. If you switched to CloudFlare's DNS and you've noticed that - [Is Firefox Content Blocking screwed up?](https://scottiestech.info/2019/03/12/is-firefox-content-blocking-screwed-up/): Recently, Mozilla introduced a fabulous new feature to Firefox: Content Blocking! The idea is that Firefox will automagically block the tracking processes of web sites to increase your privacy. By default, this tracking should only be enabled in Private Browsing Mode, which makes sense. You don't want everyone's web site experiences to be suddenly broken. - [Just how BIG is Big Data? Some fun internet facts](https://scottiestech.info/2019/03/19/just-how-big-is-big-data-some-fun-internet-facts/): Ah, the internet... It's big. Really, really BIG. We don't often think about these things, but just how much storage space is needed for the internet to go? What kind of power is needed to make Google googley? How on earth does YouTube store and process all that crazy video data? Join Cletus and me - [Roll your own Router with OpenWrt - but not with a Turris](https://scottiestech.info/2019/02/26/roll-your-own-router-with-openwrt-but-not-with-a-turris/): Everyone has a home router, whether they know it or not. For most of us, our router is the DSL / Cable / Fiber "box" given to us by our ISP. You can, of course, add your own home router in between your home network and your ISP's box. This provides an extra level of - [Big Data, spying, & 5G pushers: Who are THEY??](https://scottiestech.info/2019/03/05/big-data-spying-5g-pushers-who-are-they/): We hear a lot of about "THEY". Big data violates our privacy, new potentially dangerous tech like 5G is pushed by "them", and so on. But just who is this "they", anyway? It turns out, the answer is: It's complicated! The best place to look is the big data/spying nonsense. The real history of the - [How to wipe old hard drives before tossing them out](https://scottiestech.info/2019/02/12/how-to-wipe-old-hard-drives-before-tossing-them-out/): When the time comes to upgrade your puter, you may end up with a leftover hard drive or SSD. Obviously, you're going to need to recycle the drive... But what about the data on it? There are a million ways out there to erase a drive before sending it to the great bit bucket in - [GPS vs Smartphones: Which is better?](https://scottiestech.info/2019/02/19/gps-vs-smartphones-which-is-better/): These days, everyone just uses their smartphone for GPS navigation. GPS is also present in most cars. In the olden days, we had dedicated GPS gizmos for navigating. You can still grab a GPS-only device these days - and for fewer bucks than you might think. But is it worth it to have a dedicated - [Just how EVIL is Chinese tech?](https://scottiestech.info/2019/02/05/just-how-evil-is-chinese-tech/): We hear a lot these days about China and the E-vils of their techie toys. Obviously, there is also a lot of political nonsense going on here given China's economic rise on the world stage. But how bad are Chinese toys - really? I mean, everything is Made in China anyway, right? Join Cletus and - [How to manually Shuffle music files on your not-fancy MP3 player](https://scottiestech.info/2019/01/29/how-to-manually-shuffle-music-files-on-your-not-fancy-mp3-player/): Bluetooth speakers are pretty popular these days. Unfortunately, I don't carry a smartphone around with me. That means my "wireless speaker" is actually an Anker SoundCube Mini - complete with microSD card for storing and playing all my MP3 files. No smartphone or Bluetooth required! There's just one problem: portable speakers like the SoundCube Mini - [How to use Ethernet for your Smartphone or Tablet](https://scottiestech.info/2019/01/22/how-to-use-ethernet-for-your-smartphone-or-tablet/): What type of USB plug do you need on the dongle for your device? For more USB plug types, see here: USB Receptable Identification. Goodies in the vid: QacQoc USB (C) 6-in-1 Ethernet adapter, USB hub, HDMI out, and chargerPlugable USB (Micro B) 10/100 Ethernet adapterLinksys USB 3.0 (Type A) Ethernet AdapterAmazonBasics USB 2.0 (Type - [VICTORY! Reactivate Windows 10 after a hardware upgrade](https://scottiestech.info/2019/01/15/victory-reactivate-windows-10-after-a-hardware-upgrade/): Regular readers are aware that I have been doing battle with re-activating Windows 10 after performing numerous major upgrades on various puters. I had another opportunity recently to upgrade yet another machine... This time, the entire computer was replaced - except the graphics card and power supply. Once again, I was confronted with an activation - [Windows 10 1809 Update: What you need to know](https://scottiestech.info/2019/01/01/windows-10-1809-update-what-you-need-to-know/): It's that time again! A new update to Windows 10 was re-released a few weeks back, and it appears that it's FINALLY rolling out to end users. You may have heard that this update was the October 2018 update. It was, but then there were "a few problems" like people's files disappearing. I finally got - [Is a microwave oven a good smartphone Faraday cage?](https://scottiestech.info/2019/01/08/is-a-microwave-oven-a-good-smartphone-faraday-cage/): So if you want to be extra-sure, go Stylish! Goodies in video: Nokia 3310 3G Phone MP3 Ring tone: Everything Is Awesome!!! by Tegan and Sara feat. The Lonely Island From the Album The Lego® Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) © 2014 WaterTower Music / Warner Bros. Ent. / Village Roadshow / DC Comics [ad] - [At long last, LANscanner works on Windows 10!](https://scottiestech.info/2018/12/27/at-long-last-lanscanner-works-on-windows-10/): Way back in early 2009, I wrote a post entitled: How to Determine the Master Browser in a Windows Workgroup Since then, quite a number of people have downloaded and used my little LANscanner program for displaying the IP addies, MAC addies, workgroup, and Master Browser of all the gizmos on their local network. One - [The real reason for Airplane Mode](https://scottiestech.info/2018/12/18/the-real-reason-for-airplane-mode/): So there you have it! [ad] - [How to safely clean the dust inside your laptop](https://scottiestech.info/2018/12/11/how-to-safely-clean-the-dust-inside-your-laptop/): Has your laptop ever started to sound like a vacuum cleaner? Cooling fans start spinning like crazy. If things get bad enough, your CPU can even overheat, halting the laptop and giving you a scary-looking error message. To avoid such mayhem, you should dust inside your laptop twice a year. It's pretty easy. Should your - [How to safely clean the dust inside of your computer](https://scottiestech.info/2018/12/04/how-to-safely-clean-the-dust-inside-of-your-computer/): We all know what happens when your puter gets all dusty inside: it gets noisy! Cooling fans start spinning like crazy. If things get bad enough, your CPU can even overheat, halting the system. To avoid this mayhem, you should dust inside your computer twice a year. But what to use? Dishwasher? Washing machine? Garden - [Do smartphones really hurt normal social relations?](https://scottiestech.info/2018/11/27/do-smartphones-really-hurt-normal-social-relations/): As regular readers/viewers know, I'm not a terribly big fan of smartphones. For more info, see my video Why I ditched my smartphone. In response to my musings, many people have said that they don't think people buried in their smartphones all the time is causing any real harm. After all, they argue, people used - [Wireless Trolls: How to win against electrosmog naysayers](https://scottiestech.info/2018/11/20/wireless-trolls-how-to-win-against-electrosmog-naysayers/): You know the drill: you try to tell someone about some study showing the health effects of WiFi, 5G, or whatever, and then it hits... Maybe they come back with one of several standard cop-outs, maybe you're called crazy, maybe they ask what happened to your tinfoil hat, or maybe they even get angry and - [Episode 4: Windows 10 activation issues are driving me NUTS!](https://scottiestech.info/2018/11/13/episode-4-windows-10-activation-issues-are-driving-me-nuts/): Oh for the love of Pete... Yes, I ran into even more Windows 10 activation issues recently. I didn't even do anything wrong. This time, it was a spontaneous message that my Win 10 Pro on my main desktop puter was not activated - just, well, because... It turns out this was a known bug - [Why oscillating multi-tools don't cut you](https://scottiestech.info/2018/11/06/why-oscillating-multi-tools-dont-cut-you/): It's time for something completely different! I've wondered for awhile why oscillating multi-tools don't cut skin. I know there are many explanations out there, but it appears that many people were in the same boat: We kind of understand, but not really... Well, that simply won't do! Behold the two reasons why these power tools - [How to make Chrome less Google-friendly](https://scottiestech.info/2018/10/30/how-to-make-chrome-less-google-friendly/): With Chrome version 69, Google was very naughty. It was quite easy to miss this little tidbit, but it seems Google decided to make Chrome automatically log you in to Chrome itself if you used the browser to log in to any Google web service. Before, you didn't have to log in to Chrome itself - [The Internet of Things and 5G: It's all BONKERS!](https://scottiestech.info/2018/10/23/the-internet-of-things-and-5g-its-all-bonkers/): Ah yes, the IoT, or Internet of Things. The future is apparently filled with internet-connected everything, including dust (yes, dust). We're already seeing the beginnings of this brave new world, mostly in the form of smart thermostats, smart appliances, and things like Amazon's Echo toys. Part of this future IoT is 5G. As I mentioned - ["Linux on Windows" missing after a Win 10 upgrade? No problem!](https://scottiestech.info/2018/10/16/linux-on-windows-missing-after-a-win-10-upgrade-no-problem/): Another Windows 10 upgrade is here: the Windows 10 October 2018 update. For those of us using WSL, or "Linux on Windows", that means potential mayhem. When the last Win 10 upgrade version was released, I installed it. I then discovered that my Ubuntu icon no longer loaded anything - except a Bash window with - [How to Remove or Block Cookies in Chrome](https://scottiestech.info/2018/10/02/how-to-remove-or-block-cookies-in-chrome/): I use Firefox as my main browser, which is why I wrote the earlier article Remove individual cookies in Firefox (yes, it changed again). I also use Chrome as a secondary browser since I have 2 screens and too many tabs for one browser! Recently, I had to do some testing for a web app. - [A crash course in how the internet works](https://scottiestech.info/2018/10/09/a-crash-course-in-how-the-internet-works/): Way back in 1995, I was a freshman at university. I had this new thing called "The Internet" at my fingertips. It was cool, but I wanted to know how it worked. I asked someone, and they wouldn't answer the question - mostly because they couldn't answer! Today, everyone knows and uses the internet, but - [Surveillance Valley: What you need to know about the Internet](https://scottiestech.info/2018/09/18/surveillance-valley-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-internet/): I recently finished reading the book Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet. Now, I've known for awhile that the world of high-tech - and especially the internet - doesn't quite work the way everyone thinks it does. We worship tech billionaires as if they're the Second Coming, praising them for their ingenuity - [How to choose a dumbphone: It ain't easy!](https://scottiestech.info/2018/09/25/how-to-choose-a-dumbphone-it-aint-easy/): If you decide to ditch your smartphone, then you have to pick the right dumbphone. "You must choose, but choose wisely." There are many factors that come into play, like where you live and what wireless provider you're using. But it gets way more complicated than that... 2G, 3G, or 4G? And then, will 2G - [Remove individual cookies in Firefox (yes, it changed again)](https://scottiestech.info/2018/09/04/remove-individual-cookies-in-firefox-yes-it-changed-again/): Our friends over at Mozilla have done it again! It seems that with Firefox 61, it's now impossible to delete an individual cookie for a specific web site. Oh sure, you can clear all cookies, and you can clear all cookies for a certain site... But if you want to just remove 1 of many - [How to turn off those annoying notification popups in your browser](https://scottiestech.info/2018/09/11/how-to-turn-off-those-annoying-notification-popups-in-your-browser/): Will you allow this site to send notifications? NO! And stop asking me, dangit! For ages now, I have put up with these silly popups. Then, one day very recently, I asked myself why. Why was I putting up with them?! In the absence of a good answer, I figured out how to turn them - [Censored on Social Media? 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However, it seems - [How to turn down your home WiFi's transmit power](https://scottiestech.info/2018/08/14/how-to-turn-down-your-home-wifis-transmit-power/): Your average home WiFi router or access point often has a setting so that you can reduce its transmit power level. This is pretty handy to know given what I talked about in my earlier video, Are WiFi, Bluetooth, 4G, and 5G bad for you? The typical range for 2.4GHz WiFi is 150ft (46m) indoors, - [What you can do about 5G, WiFi, etc.](https://scottiestech.info/2018/07/31/what-you-can-do-about-5g-wifi-etc/): In my last vid, 5G is just the tip of the iceberg, I talked about a bunch of recent studies showing that all this crazy wireless stuff is having negative effects on our health. Naturally, the question on everyone's mind is: What can we do about it?! Well, minimizing your exposure is probably a wise - [Run cron jobs in Windows Subsystem for Linux](https://scottiestech.info/2018/08/07/run-cron-jobs-in-windows-subsystem-for-linux/): If you're running Ubuntu or another linux shell in Windows 10 via WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), you've probably wondered about using cron. Cron is super-handy for doing things, like, running a backup. You see, as useful as WSL is, it stores all the linuxy files in a way that is not exactly easily backup-able - [Are WiFi, Bluetooth, 4G, and 5G bad for you? Hold on to your hats...](https://scottiestech.info/2018/07/17/are-wifi-bluetooth-4g-and-5g-bad-for-you-hold-on-to-your-hats/): 5G is coming, and people are worried. Well, should we be? To answer that question, we need to know what studies have been done on the safety of microwave-frequency digital radio transmissions. We need to look at WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G, and 4G studies, as well! After all, much of the concern about 5G is based - [Help, I can't delete a file from my Desktop!](https://scottiestech.info/2018/07/24/help-i-cant-delete-a-file-from-my-desktop/): So this is a fun one! You have a file on your desktop. It can be anything: PDF, Word Doc, text file, whatever. You try to delete it. Instead of going into the Recycle Bin, you just get the "deleting" dialog box with the progress bar, and then... Nothing happens! YAY! Well, more accurately, this - [Reactivating Windows 10 after a second major hardware upgrade](https://scottiestech.info/2018/07/10/reactivating-windows-10-after-a-second-major-hardware-upgrade/): I recently ran into a little problem: I upgraded a puter that had Windows 10 on it, and Win 10 refused to reactivate afterwards! Now, you might have read my guide here: Upgrade your motherboard without reinstalling Windows 10 Well, it works. But... It appears there is a limit to the number of times you - [Left the WiFi on again? 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Whatever the case, there is one sure-fire - [Make any LCD computer screen high-end](https://scottiestech.info/2018/06/19/make-any-lcd-computer-screen-high-end/): Much ado has been made about certain brands and types of puter displays and how this kind or that kind looks so much better than the average LCD screen... It turns out that much of this hoopla is quite often mostly just marketing. In fact, some displays from certain fruity computer manufacturers in the past - [How to delete a specific cookie in Firefox](https://scottiestech.info/2018/06/12/how-to-delete-a-specific-cookie-in-firefox/): The latest versions of Firefox have become increasingly sassy. Whereas older flavors of FF used to be slow and memory-hungry, things got a lot better starting with Firefox 57. You can read a bit more about these changes in my article Fix the tab bar (and other stuff) in the new Firefox 57. Anyway, starting - [Why "Big Brother" can never win](https://scottiestech.info/2018/06/05/why-big-brother-can-never-win/): Well, it's that time again. Some recent news items - and people's reactions to them - have once again compelled me to foam at the mouth about Big Brother. Every time one of these "revelations" like the Facebook data breach occurs, everyone gets all fired up... And then many people usually do exactly the wrong - [Windows 10 April 2018 Update 1803: What you need to know](https://scottiestech.info/2018/05/29/windows-10-april-2018-update-1803-what-you-need-to-know/): The Windows 10 "April 2018 Update" version 1803 was released a few weeks ago... in May, not April. Go figure. Initially, there were some serious problems with 1803, but those seem to have been ironed out now. Chances are, if you don't have it already, you'll be getting it soon. Given my past articles on - [Ferrite: Those magic thingies at the end of your cables](https://scottiestech.info/2018/05/22/ferrite-those-magic-thingies-at-the-end-of-your-cables/): You've probably noticed those strange cylinders at the end of your puter cables. It looks a bit like the cable was slightly overzealous at dinnertime and swallowed something a bit too large... As it happens, those strange meals are actually ferrite cores. Ferrite is a totally magical material! https://youtu.be/veIL3GeqA68 So there you have it! A - [Speed up your browsing with CloudFlare's public DNS](https://scottiestech.info/2018/05/15/speed-up-your-browsing-with-cloudflares-public-dns/): Back on April 1st of this year, CloudFlare announced a new public DNS resolver service. But in this case, it wasn't an April Fool's joke at all: the new 1.1.1.1 DNS service is very real and very fast! Well, that's nice, but what the heck does DNS do? And how is it gonna make your - [Lightning surge protection that works](https://scottiestech.info/2018/05/08/lightning-surge-protection-that-works/): Most of us have "surge protector" power strips. They are supposed to protect against power line surges due to lightning and certain power line faults. But do they? Well, yes... To a small degree. But if you want some serious protection, you need a whole-house surge protector. From a brief intro to lightning, to how - [Best strippers EVER (um, for techies)](https://scottiestech.info/2018/04/24/best-strippers-ever-um-for-techies/): Now, I know that everyone is pretty attached to their favorite stripper. The trouble is, sometimes this attachment is not terribly healthy... I'm talking about wire and cable strippers, of course! After decades of searching - across scorching deserts and over frosty mountaintops - I have come to the conclusion that these strippers really are - [Walking Simulators: A different kind of video game](https://scottiestech.info/2018/05/01/walking-simulators-a-different-kind-of-video-game/) - [EEK! #6 - AC Power, RMS, and VA vs W](https://scottiestech.info/2018/04/10/eek-6-ac-power-rms-and-va-vs-w/): You probably do this all the time, but you don't even know it. I'm talking about AC power calculations with P = V x I. Technically, it works. But when you think about it, it shouldn't. AC has constantly changing voltage and current over time - unlike DC. So how on earth does it work? - [How to update or install "Linux on Windows" in Windows 10](https://scottiestech.info/2018/04/17/how-to-update-or-install-linux-on-windows-in-windows-10/): In the olden days, there was only "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows 10". This little gem gave you something like reverse WINE. You got an Ubuntu linux install that's running on top of the Windows kernel - with full file system access, the ability to install and run all kinds of linux command-prompty stuff like - [Fix a broken Start menu in Windows 10](https://scottiestech.info/2018/04/03/fix-a-broken-start-menu-in-windows-10/): Back in October 2017, Microsoft released the Fall Creators Update for Windows 10. For most people, all was well. But for a surprisingly large minority, the Start menu just sort of stopped working. Clicking the Start button did nothing, and neither did right-clicking it. Sometimes, open apps won't even show up on the taskbar. Apparently, - [Off isn't really Off](https://scottiestech.info/2018/03/27/off-isnt-really-off/): In the olden days, our gizmos had electro-mechanical power buttons. When the thing was turned off, no power was sent to it. Nowadays, things have changed with the advent of electronically-controlled everything - including things like washing machines. You can even look at the specs of most gizmos these days, and you'll see two power - [Smart Meters are worse than you think](https://scottiestech.info/2018/02/27/smart-meters-are-worse-than-you-think/): I recently learned the hard way what's happening with smart meters in Europe. The same type of smart meter they're using here in France has already been deployed in many EU countries. Mostly, we hear only about the negative health effects of wireless smart meters, but the ones here only send data back over the - [HDMI Cables: Which type should I use for 4K?](https://scottiestech.info/2018/03/13/hdmi-cables-which-type-should-i-use-for-4k/): I recently had some fun with HDMI cables - specifically, how best to connect a 4K UltraHD Blu-ray player to a 4K TV? As a follow-up to my Display Cable Madness vid, I dive a bit deeper into the different flavors of HDMI cable: 1.4, 2.0, and 2.1. Obviously, the latest and greatest cable is - [Why I ditched my smartphone](https://scottiestech.info/2018/02/20/why-i-ditched-my-smartphone/): Smartphones are nice, right? They let you Do Stuff™, and you can even convert your entire social life to be run entirely via Google's servers! WOW! Well, according to a recent investigation by the Tucker Carlson clan, it turns out Google is hoovering up far more data than previously thought. So, I finally decided to - [Do SSDs make good backup hard drives?](https://scottiestech.info/2018/02/13/do-ssds-make-good-backup-hard-drives/): A friend recently asked me about what backup hard drive to buy. He mentioned an external SSD, which made me do a double-take. External SSD?! Well, yeah. Apparently, they've been around for years already, although only recently have prices become a bit more reasonable. And, until now, I hadn't even seen an ad for one! - [A better Stylish Smartphone Faraday Box](https://scottiestech.info/2018/02/05/a-better-stylish-smartphone-faraday-box/): 9 months ago, I made this video: Make your own stylish smartphone Faraday Box in 10 minutes Since then, I've learned a ton more about Faraday cages, and experimented a lot to make an even BETTER box. It turns out that my original box was only so-so at blocking Bluetooth. My original testing of Bluetooth - [Time to switch to a HomeGroup on Windows 10](https://scottiestech.info/2018/01/30/time-to-switch-to-a-homegroup-on-windows-10/): Way back in 2009, I wrote this article: How to Determine the Master Browser in a Windows Workgroup I also released a tool called LAN Scanner that lets you see all the puters on your local network, their IP addies, MAC addresses, and which puter is the Master Browser. That's great... except that recently, it - [Get your politics out of my tech!](https://scottiestech.info/2018/01/23/get-your-politics-out-of-my-tech/): In recent years, we've seen a huge upsurge in "political correctness" and certain "social movements". From James Damore being fired for speaking his mind in a very "leftist" corporate culture, to Amazon's Alexa declaring that she is a feminist, to DNA testing services telling everyone they're African to "combat racism"... It seems that amidst all - [Windows 10 Buffet: Fixing a failed upgrade to the latest version](https://scottiestech.info/2018/01/15/windows-10-buffet-fixing-a-failed-upgrade-to-the-latest-version/): It's been several months since Windows 10 1709 was released. Even now, not all puters out there have received the update. As with all versions of Win 10, Microsoft rolls them out slowly over time. Sometimes, you might not get the latest version because of some incompatibility or other issue. Other times, maybe your internet - [Meltdown & Spectre: DO NOT PANIC! Yet.](https://scottiestech.info/2018/01/07/meltdown-spectre-do-not-panic-yet/): By popular demand! Meltdown and Spectre are the recently-publicized exploits that take advantage of flaws in modern processors. These flaws are big news, but what's the actual scoop? It turns out that they ARE a big deal, but with a few important caveats... Since the exploits themselves are so technically complicated, I have tried to - [How do Christmas Laser Projectors work?](https://scottiestech.info/2017/12/24/how-do-christmas-laser-projectors-work/): If you're like me, you tend to go a little Clark Griswold every Holiday Season. My current favorite holiday lighting apparatus is those sassy red/green laser projectors! But how do they work? It turns out they're actually pretty simple. Lasers, some funky hair, and Bob's your Uncle... Voila: https://youtu.be/ziuiPnI3OuY You'll have to forgive the explanation - [DuckDuckGo: Uh-oh! Search add-on goes nuts...](https://scottiestech.info/2017/12/11/duckduckgo-uh-oh-search-add-on-goes-nuts/): Lots of people are using the search engine DuckDuckGo these days. It's a bit more "friendly" than behemoth Google, and it still gives great search results. In fact, you may have read my earlier article Search like a pro with DuckDuckGo: Better privacy + great search results. In that post, I recommended against using the - [Is AI really here?](https://scottiestech.info/2017/12/18/is-ai-really-here/): We hear a lot about A.I. - artificial intelligence - these days. But is it really here? Should you be worried about Skynet and terminators and some little punk named John having to grow up and save the world? Not quite. At least not yet, anyway... While so-called machine learning algorithms are insanely powerful these - [Why is my USB stick so slow?](https://scottiestech.info/2017/12/04/why-is-my-usb-stick-so-slow/): A few weeks ago, I published a video on how to get max speed from your USB 3 gizmos, which you can find here: Slow copy speeds with USB 3? No problem! Right, but if what about lowly USB 2 sticks? They're far more prevalent than USB 3 sticks, and many of them are veeeery - [Fix the tab bar (and other stuff) in the new Firefox 57](https://scottiestech.info/2017/11/27/fix-the-tab-bar-and-other-stuff-in-the-new-firefox-57/): Firefox 57 - also known as Firefox Quantum - was released recently, bringing all the glorious new performance improvements to the world. Well, that's nice, especially if you pronounce "Firefox Quantum" in a Mr. Moviefone voice... BUT... The new version of Firefox also includes a "better" tab bar, which is supposed to be better than - [How to code smarter - now with 50% less irritation!](https://scottiestech.info/2017/11/21/how-to-code-smarter-now-with-50-less-irritation/): Everyone knows that coders are weird people. Interrupt them, and you often encounter a rather strange and "interesting" reaction. Why is that? Well, it's all about what happens in your brain when you're programming something. It's probably one of the hardest things to focus on, at least for me. There's a reason why programmers tend - [Convert your Windows 10 boot drive from MBR to GPT](https://scottiestech.info/2017/11/12/convert-your-windows-10-boot-drive-from-mbr-to-gpt/): In the olden days, your puter had a BIOS. Nowadays, the BIOS is rapidly giving way to UEFI, which provides all kinds of benefits. At the same time, hard drives have sort of evolved, so now we're supposed to use GPT instead of MBR. Well, okay... First of all, what does all that mean? And - [Waterproof cable and wire splicing made easy](https://scottiestech.info/2017/11/07/waterproof-cable-and-wire-splicing-made-easy/): If you've ever accidentally chopped through a wire or electrical cable, you know how much fun it can be to try to repair it so that it stays waterproof, dust proof, weatherproof, etc. I recently had just such a fun experience myself. It turns out that there are quite a few nice products out there - [What you need to know about Windows 10 Fall Creators Update 1709](https://scottiestech.info/2017/10/31/what-you-need-to-know-about-windows-10-fall-creators-update-1709/): The Windows 10 "Fall Creators Update" version 1709 was released not long ago. Chances are, if you don't have it already, you'll be getting it soon. Naturally, there are some new features and stuff, but nothing that most people will get all excited about. It's just yet another "incremental update" instead of a major upgrade. - [DIY Ultrasonic Fuel Gauge / Level Sensor](https://scottiestech.info/2017/10/24/diy-ultrasonic-fuel-gauge-level-sensor/): If you have a fuel or water tank that is either metal or colored plastic, you may have run into the same problem I had: How do you know when it's empty? Mechanical level gauges are nice, but not always practical or even possible. So, I went on the hunt for an ultrasonic level sensor - [Slow copy speeds with USB 3? No problem!](https://scottiestech.info/2017/10/10/slow-copy-speeds-with-usb-3-no-problem/): USB is totally awesome, and USB 3.0+ is even more awesome. With real-world data transfer rates of 400MB/s or more, copying files to external USB sticks and drives has never been more fun. Only one problem, and I've noticed this A LOT: People are using USB3, but they're sitting there putting up with relatively slow - [PikaJS: Think jQuery but smaller, lighter, and just as easy to use](https://scottiestech.info/2017/10/03/pikajs-think-jquery-but-smaller-lighter-and-just-as-easy-to-use/): (Updated February 2021 for PikaJS 1.2) Introducing PikaJS: a jQuery-like JavaScript library that simplifies the client-side scripting of HTML. I had been using jQuery and PrototypeJS, and I needed to ditch PrototypeJS at long last. My colleague Michael Franzl said, "Hey! Check out this Balalaika thing!" So I did. Unfortunately, Balalaika doesn't give you many - [Easily trace wires with the Voltcraft LZG-1 / Extech CT40](https://scottiestech.info/2017/09/27/easily-trace-wires-with-the-voltcraft-lzg-1-extech-ct40/): There are many ways to trace a bunch of wires from point A to point B. Most of them kinda suck for one reason or another. Enter the Voltcraft LZG-1 / Extech CT40! With this gizmo, you can trace up to 16 wires at once. The system uses a remote unit with 17 alligator clips - [The New and Improved Firefox, complete with built-in Firefox Screenshots](https://scottiestech.info/2017/09/21/the-new-and-improved-firefox-complete-with-built-in-firefox-screenshots/): Back in the day, Firefox was the web browser to use. Then came Google's Chrome, and suddenly ~50% of internet users are using that, instead. There were many good reasons for this switch, including the fact that Google did a lot of work to make Chrome very fast. It's taken them awhile, but it appears - [You're using your Extension Cord Reel wrong!](https://scottiestech.info/2017/09/05/youre-using-your-extension-cord-reel-wrong/): Extension cord reels, or rolly cords as I like to call them, are seriously handy. Nobody likes spending 30 minutes untangling a 50m extension cord. Trouble is, usually we use them incorrectly! It turns out you have to read the fine print: You can only use the full capacity of the reel if you fully - [You're throwing things away wrong!](https://scottiestech.info/2017/09/15/youre-throwing-things-away-wrong/): Everyone likes to throw things away. But nobody likes the sight of an overflowing trash or recycling bin, and even fewer people like to take out the trash. What if I were to tell you that with a simple Life Hack, you could save bin space and time? What would you pay for such a - [Tablet Mode, or What the heck happened to my Desktop?!](https://scottiestech.info/2017/09/01/tablet-mode-or-what-the-heck-happened-to-my-desktop/): You're using Windows 10, minding your own business... Suddenly, after clicking something near the system tray in the lower right corner of your screen, you are met with the weirdest desktop you've ever seen. Your Start Screen tiles are displayed on your desktop, desktop icons are missing, and generally things just "look weird". Fear not! - [DEAR GOD the circuit breaker keeps tripping - What to do?!](https://scottiestech.info/2017/08/29/dear-god-the-circuit-breaker-keeps-tripping-what-to-do/): First, remain calm. Second, watch this video! A tripping circuit breaker or GFCI/RCD/differential breaker can be really annoying. It normally doesn't happen. When it does, the end result can be that you run around the room with your undies on your head, screaming like a wildperson. Obviously, if your vacuum cleaner is charred and black - [EEK! #5 - Breaker Panels aren't so scary after all](https://scottiestech.info/2017/08/22/eek-5-breaker-panels-arent-so-scary-after-all/): I usually see people freak out when they open the door of their circuit breaker panel. No more! Note that I'm using European breakers and EU-type panel design as my example, so if you're in North America or certain other countries, you're not gonna see the same thing. Still, the general principles are the same. - [Malwarebytes for Mac is definitely worth it now](https://scottiestech.info/2017/08/25/malwarebytes-for-mac-is-definitely-worth-it-now/): Those of you who use Windows are probably aware of Malwarebytes, which happens to be my favorite anti-malware protection app. Back in December, I wrote about the improvements in the software in Malwarebytes 3: You might need to manually upgrade. What you might not have known is that Malwarebytes has been available for Mac for - [How to disable telemetry and improve your privacy in Windows - again](https://scottiestech.info/2017/08/18/how-to-disable-telemetry-and-improve-your-privacy-in-windows-again/): You may recall a post I made a couple of years ago: Another privacy fix, this time for Windows 7, 8, and 10 At some point after that a new update was released - and it's not clear when since the dates on the Windows update web pages don't seem to correspond to reality. This - [EEK! #4 - What the heck is Power Factor?](https://scottiestech.info/2017/08/07/eek-4-what-the-heck-is-power-factor/): Power factor is one of those things that sounds really complicated, but it's pretty simple when you boil it down. And every now and then, knowing a little something about power factor comes in handy. In short, power factor is the ratio of the real power consumed by a gizmo to the apparent power needed - [Blank screen after upgrading graphics card: Uh-oh?](https://scottiestech.info/2017/07/30/blank-screen-after-upgrading-graphics-card-uh-oh/): Let's say you upgrade the graphics card in your puter. You fire it up, and it appears that Windows 10 is booting. The hard drive light is blinking away, and you might even hear a startup sound, or you can see that your ethernet port light is blinking away madly. Only trouble is, your screen - [How to customize your drive icons in Windows Explorer](https://scottiestech.info/2017/07/23/how-to-customize-your-drive-icons-in-windows-explorer/): People love to customize their puters. You want a certain color, a certain background wallpaper, and some people go so far as to use a theme that will even change icons. You may know about changing your removable drive icons, especially if you read my ancient article Autorun Fun: Customize or Repair Autoplay for an - [Cryptocurrency hype and the future of blockchain technologies](https://scottiestech.info/2017/07/26/cryptocurrency-hype-and-the-future-of-blockchain-technologies/): Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum are the wave of the future, right? So why is all the latest news about their value in US dollars? Isn't that kind of backwards? Obviously, these new digital currencies have a ways to go... It doesn't help that the systems in place are less than stellar, and we're still - [HDMI, DisplayPort, DVI, VGA: Which cable should I use?](https://scottiestech.info/2017/07/29/hdmi-displayport-dvi-vga-which-cable-should-i-use/): You'd think that connecting an LCD screen to your puter would be straightforward. You'd be wrong! It all gets pretty confusing. There are several types of connectors and cables, and it's difficult to know which one to use. Often, you can even use an adapter cable to connect one type of connector to another, like - [Set up Windows File History and stop fighting with Backup and Restore](https://scottiestech.info/2017/07/09/set-up-windows-file-history-and-stop-fighting-with-backup-and-restore/): Okay, I admit: I was quite reluctant to try out the "new" File History backup system in Windows 10. In fact, just a few months ago in my article Windows Backup and Restore failed: Four fixes that work, I wrote: I suppose you could just be using File History, but that’s a different type of - [Where did the desktop icons like Computer and Network go in Windows 10?](https://scottiestech.info/2017/07/16/where-did-the-desktop-icons-like-computer-and-network-go-in-windows-10/): So, you get a new puter running Windows 10. It's speedy, and Windows 10 doesn't look much different than Windows 7, so life is good. But then you notice a little problem: Many new computers come with only the standard Recycle Bin icon on the desktop. Computer / This PC is missing, along with Network. - [What you need to know about Online Security](https://scottiestech.info/2017/07/08/what-you-need-to-know-about-online-security/): There are a few things you need to understand about staying safe and secure online. You need to realize what you're actually up against. But don't fret, because it's really not a big deal if you always keep in mind how things usually work. For example, e-mail is never really safe, HTTPS doesn't really always - [Shrink your videos quickly and easily with HandBrake](https://scottiestech.info/2017/07/02/shrink-your-videos-quickly-and-easily-with-handbrake/): Video is all the rage these days. Heck, even I started a YouTube channel! Even if you're not a "video author", you still probably record videos of family, friends, important events, and so on. The video files saved by most devices - including smartphones - is usually not optimal in terms of compression and especially - [Stop OneDrive from popping up in Windows 10](https://scottiestech.info/2017/06/25/stop-onedrive-from-popping-up-in-windows-10/): OneDrive is Microsoft's "cloud storage" for Windows. Beginning with Windows 8, it was installed by default. If you didn't want it, you could easily disable it. Beginning with Windows 10 1703 - the "Creators Update" - the story changed a bit. OneDrive seems to keep popping up over and over. Even if you tell OneDrive - [How does an electric tea kettle know when to turn off?](https://scottiestech.info/2017/06/28/how-does-an-electric-tea-kettle-know-when-to-turn-off/): The age old question: How does your electric tea kettle know when to turn off? Is it electronic, or something simpler? It turns out the key is a bimetallic strip. At a certain, carefully adjusted temperature, the bimetallic strip will bend just enough such that right when the water starts to boil, the bent strip - [Batteries: Alkaline vs NiMH vs Lithium-ion](https://scottiestech.info/2017/06/16/batteries-alkaline-vs-nimh-vs-lithium-ion/): Ever wonder about the differences between alkaline, nickel metal hydride, and lithium-ion batteries? Wonder no more! Alkaline batteries are great for their initial higher voltage, but the total current available drops off (along with the voltage) over time. NiMH cells have a lower voltage, but it stays constant along with the available current. And finally, - [EEK! #3 - 3-phase power](https://scottiestech.info/2017/06/24/eek-3-3-phase-power/): Why does AC electrical power come in 3 phases? What the heck is a "phase", anyway? In this episode of the EEK! Series, you'll learn about 3-phase power and its advantages. In short: fewer wires, more power, and the Earth itself is a conductor. In addition, 3-phase industrial motors are more efficient and don't require - [Click Farms and Social Media](https://scottiestech.info/2017/06/11/click-farms-and-social-media/): Ah, click farms... Click farms are organizations that you can pay to boost you or your product on social media. They do their thing through the use of "bots" or semi-bots, which are automated systems to like, share, and otherwise promote something. But hang on, is this real? According to two US universities, it's very - [The Amazing Candle Life Hack!](https://scottiestech.info/2017/06/07/the-amazing-candle-life-hack/): This isn't exactly "techie" in the traditional sense, but it does involve friction, and it's super-handy to know. Actually, I thought everyone knew about this, but apparently not. What to do when your wooden drawers are sticking? Easy! All you need is any old type of candle, a hand, and a mostly-functioning brain. Anyway, I - [EEK! #2 - DC vs The Magic of AC](https://scottiestech.info/2017/06/04/eek-2-dc-vs-the-magic-of-ac/): In episode 2 of the EEK! series, we cover the basic difference between direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC). Why is your home powered by AC, and not DC? Simply put, AC allows the use of transformers to step up the voltage, step down the current, and therefore bypass the little problem of too - [How to choose a good solar USB charger](https://scottiestech.info/2017/05/31/how-to-choose-a-good-solar-usb-charger/): Solar USB chargers are all the rage these days. The most popular models are small, and many have integrated lithium-ion batteries. But just how good are these things? Will you be happy with a small one, or is it better to supersize it? In short, get a big one! Smaller solar panels just don't output - [The best LED headlamp out there](https://scottiestech.info/2017/05/24/the-best-led-headlamp-out-there/): If LED flashlights are great, LED headlamps are TOTALLY AWESOME! In this video, I show a couple of cheaper headlamps of increasing price, and then I reveal my personal favorite. Links below as usual. Watch the video below! https://youtu.be/-Wh6ESwwweY Note: The first 2 headlamps are several years old, so the links below for them are - [EEK! #1 - Volts, Amps, and Watts: Who's in charge?!](https://scottiestech.info/2017/05/28/eek-1-volts-amps-and-watts-whos-in-charge/): This first video in the EEK! series explains basic concepts of electricity in simple, practical terms. Learn about conductors, insulators, voltage, current, power, volts, amps, and watts. It's not as difficult to understand as it sounds. No crazy math or physics required! Check out EEK! Episode 1 below... EEK stands for Electrical Engineering Klass, and - [The best LED flashlights out there](https://scottiestech.info/2017/05/17/the-best-led-flashlights-out-there/): I admit it: I'm obsessed with LED flashlights. Fortunately, that means I've tried most of them, so these are my top 2 picks for the Big and Small categories. I also reveal my custom-built Light Cannon, which should probably be in the "Ridiculously Huge/Bright" category... Check out the video below! https://youtu.be/_5_-DV7B59w Find these flashlights on: - [Windows Backup and Restore failed: Four fixes that work](https://scottiestech.info/2017/05/21/windows-backup-and-restore-failed-four-fixes-that-work/): If you're still doing local backups instead of storing all your junk in "The Cloud", then you may still be using the Windows 7-era Backup and Restore feature. I suppose you could just be using File History, but that's a different type of backup. Personally, I still use Backup and Restore because it works exactly - [Safely power your electronic gizmos when traveling internationally](https://scottiestech.info/2017/05/10/safely-power-your-electronic-gizmos-when-traveling-internationally/): Everything you need to know about powering various electric and electronic things when traveling internationally. Plug adapters, voltage ratings, transformers, and all that jazz made simple! Note: My audio recorder ate the good sound :( so I'm afraid we must make do with highly-processed Backup Audio this time. Always have a backup! Anyhow, watch the - [How to protect yourself from WannaCry ransomware](https://scottiestech.info/2017/05/13/how-to-protect-yourself-from-wannacry-ransomware/): By now you've heard about WannaCry, the ransomware that has hit over 100,000 puters in about 100 countries. Given the way the media is talking about this, you'd think the apocalypse had begun in earnest. In reality, you're probably already protected - as long as you don't do anything stupid like open a strange file - [Fluorescent vs LED tubes: Round 1](https://scottiestech.info/2017/05/03/fluorescent-vs-led-tubes-round-1/): These days, LED bulbs are all the rage - and that also now includes LED replacement tubes for fluorescent light fixtures. As of May 2017, these LED tubes are relatively new. They are also frequently more complicated to install since you can't always just swap the tube and fire it up. When you factor in - [Notepad++: The best free text editor for Windows](https://scottiestech.info/2017/05/07/notepad-the-best-free-text-editor-for-windows/): If you've ever tried to open a text file in Windows that was not a Word Doc, you've no doubt been smacked in the face by the abomination known as Notepad. Notepad is Windows' built-in text editor. At this point, I think the program has not been changed since... forever. And it shows. Notepad is - [Fixing Fabulous Fluorescent Fixtures](https://scottiestech.info/2017/04/29/fixing-fabulous-fluorescent-fixtures/): By quasi-popular demand: What do you do when you replace a fluorescent tube in your light fixture, but it still doesn't work right? Includes basic description of starters and the two main types of ballasts in fluorescent tube lights. Watch below, and you can save money and impress your friends! Well, at least you can - [Dude, your e-mail's been hacked!](https://scottiestech.info/2017/04/26/dude-your-e-mails-been-hacked/): You've got an e-mail address, and you've got friends. So far, so good. Then one day, you get an e-mail from Debbie telling you that your e-mail account has been hacked. She got a spam message that appeared to come from you! Johnny got one, too. Sweet mother of mercy, it must be the end - [Choosing ethernet cables for maximum speed](https://scottiestech.info/2017/04/02/choosing-ethernet-cables-for-maximum-speed/): I was reading a French forum recently, and the folks there were discussing their 1 gigabit fiber internet connections. Lucky them! Someone posted and remarked that his download speeds were nowhere near 1 Gbps, but more like 80 Mbps. He then asked if his ethernet cable mattered, and the response was along the lines of, - [Windows 10 Creators Update: A few things you need to know](https://scottiestech.info/2017/04/16/windows-10-creators-update-a-few-things-you-need-to-know/): By now you've probably heard that the latest version of Windows 10, the Creators Update, was released to the masses on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. This update is officially known as version 1703, which is supposed to represent 2017 March... And that explains why it was released in April 2017. Because, ya know, confusing people - [Aftermarket lithium-ion power tool battery packs: Are they worth it?](https://scottiestech.info/2017/04/21/aftermarket-lithium-ion-power-tool-battery-packs-are-they-worth-it/): You've got a cordless power tool or two. And that means you've got some over-priced Li-ion battery packs to run them. What about cheaper aftermarket packs? Are they good? Are they crap? Are they worth it? 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The problem lately has been that Firefox has become - [Digital painting and drawing on the cheap](https://scottiestech.info/2016/12/04/digital-painting-and-drawing-on-the-cheap/): When you hear the term, "digital art", you might think of artistic nerds sitting in cramped cubicles churning out Pixaresque blockbusters using roomfuls of supercomputers. As it turns out, digital art isn't just for fancy-pants productions anymore... If you've ever done some drawing, oil painting, cave painting, or whatever, you really might like digital art. - [Download Windows Essentials 2012 because it's going bye-bye](https://scottiestech.info/2016/12/18/download-windows-essentials-2012-because-its-going-bye-bye/): Last month, I wrote a lovely article entitled How to remove date stamps from photos in Windows 7, 8 and 10. The trick was to use Windows Photo Gallery since it's a pretty powerful and handy bit of photo-organizing and editing software. 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Like me, you were probably surprised that Windows could do this - hardly anyone knew about it! - [Slow Internet? Try an unlimited satellite internet service](https://scottiestech.info/2016/10/23/slow-internet-try-an-unlimited-satellite-internet-service/): If you live in the middle of a big city, chances are you are currently enjoying internet download speeds on the order of 100 Mbps, 200 Mbps, or even 1 Gbps in some areas. But for the rest of us - especially those who live out in the country - it's often nearly impossible to - [Faster ethernet coming without cable changes](https://scottiestech.info/2016/10/30/faster-ethernet-coming-without-cable-changes/): For those of you who don't like to use WiFi and prefer to run a wired home network (me!), you're gonna love this. There is a new standard that was ratified a few months ago that defines 2.5 and 5 Gbps ethernet. 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You double-check the sharing settings, blah - [Fix Firefox crashes, hangs, and other problems using Safe Mode](https://scottiestech.info/2015/12/27/fix-firefox-crashes-hangs-and-other-problems-using-safe-mode/): These days, it seems that Google's Chrome is the most popular browser out there. Worldwide, Mozilla Firefox is the second most-used web browser. There are reasons why Firefox is still fairly popular, especially the Add-on system. Add-ons let you customize your browser. For example, you can get an Add-On that makes your tabs pretty, or - [Add to Cart doesn't work on Amazon... Help!](https://scottiestech.info/2015/11/21/add-to-cart-doesnt-work-on-amazon-help/): It's that time of year again. You know: Black Friday, crazy people trampling each other for a TV, that kind of thing... 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Nevertheless, Ruby itself is progressing nicely. Ruby 1.9.3-p0 was released a - [Everything on my Computer is Missing and I think it's a Virus or Trojan](https://scottiestech.info/2012/03/02/everything-on-my-computer-is-missing-and-i-think-its-a-virus-or-trojan/): Lucky you! This happened to a friend of mine recently. She was minding her own business, surfing the web. A little box popped up, and it looked just like a Windows dialog box that said something about Microsoft Security Something-or-Other. So, of course, she clicked the button. After all, it looked genuine enough! Not long - [What is an ARM Processor, and What's the Big Deal?](https://scottiestech.info/2011/11/24/what-is-an-arm-processor-and-whats-the-big-deal/): You've probably heard of ARM processors a lot lately. They are used in all kinds of devices like smartphones, tablets, routers, and so on. I'm sure you've also heard why they are so great: They're powerful, and they're extremely energy efficient! Well, so is my Intel processor in my desktop computer, frankly. On average, it - [Seagate Agrees with Scottie about Green Hard Drives](https://scottiestech.info/2012/01/08/seagate-agrees-with-scottie-about-green-hard-drives/): I hate to say, "I told you so!", but: I told you so! Actually, I don't hate saying it. I'm relishing every second of this glorious moment, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Okay, I was ashamed for the few seconds it took me type the first sentence, but I got over it. What - [Musings on the Death of Steve Jobs](https://scottiestech.info/2011/10/07/musings-on-the-death-of-steve-jobs/): Well, heck, everyone else is talking about it incessantly, so why not me, too? Of course, there are much more important topics to be worried about, like the fact that the global economic and political situation seems to be destabilizing in numerous ways. But this is a techie blog, so we'll forget about all that - [Cell Phones: How to Maximize Battery Life and Minimize Radiation Exposure](https://scottiestech.info/2011/10/26/cell-phones-how-to-maximize-battery-life-and-minimize-radiation-exposure/): This article originally appeared in Issue #14 of The Dot Connector Magazine. Cell phones: they’re everywhere. From the “Battlephones” of the olden days, technology has progressed inexorably to today’s Smartphone. Crikey, some people even sleep with their cell phones! Much has been written about the health effects of the gigahertz electromagnetic radiation that emanates from - [Dude, Your Web Site's Been Hacked!](https://scottiestech.info/2011/08/05/dude-your-web-sites-been-hacked/) - [How to Remove SuperGlue from your Fingers and Skin](https://scottiestech.info/2011/08/20/how-to-remove-superglue-from-your-fingers-and-skin/) - [Why the World Will Soon Be Using Only Apple Products](https://scottiestech.info/2011/08/10/why-the-world-will-soon-be-using-only-apple-products/): I have to say that I simply can't stand it any more. I'm talking about Apple and their damned lawsuits. They are suing anyone and everyone who makes any product that even remotely resembles an iThing (gosh, I hope they don't sue me for putting that lowercase "i" in front of the word "Thing"!). Seriously, - [How to "Search in Message" in Thunderbird 3.1](https://scottiestech.info/2011/05/19/how-to-search-in-message-in-thunderbird-3-1/): With the advent of Thunderbird 3, searching messages became a bit more sassy in the old bird. There is one little problem: it is not readily apparent how one actually searches for text inside an open e-mail. It used to be that you could just type Ctrl-F and the little "Find" bar opened at the - [Goodbye Google Translate, Hello Bing Translate!](https://scottiestech.info/2011/06/29/goodbye-google-translate-hello-bing-translate/): Until recently, I got a lot of use out of Google Translate. It worked great, it was fast, and its web page translations were good enough. But then, something changed. Now when I use Google Translate in Firefox to translate a certain URI, it seems to get stuck in some kind of loop and then - [Fixing the Rails 3 Fragment Cache Path](https://scottiestech.info/2011/07/23/fixing-the-rails-3-fragment-cache-path/): Let's say you were using Rails 2.3.x, and you made the (wise) decision to implement heavy fragment caching. Then let's say that you updated to Rails 3.x. At that point, you probably noticed that Rails 3 does something seriously annoying with the paths where it caches fragments. In Rails 2, doing this: Gave you a - [Why You Don't Want a Green Hard Drive](https://scottiestech.info/2011/04/12/why-you-dont-want-a-green-hard-drive/): These days, the fad is GREEN. Everything is "eco-this" or "green that". Of course, we're supposed to be terribly concerned about saving Mother Earth. Well, I've got news for you: Mother Earth is plenty capable of taking care of herself... Whether or not humankind survives her care is another question entirely. Frankly, if I were - [Severe GRUB Problem in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal](https://scottiestech.info/2011/05/04/grub-problem-in-ubuntu-server-11-04-natty-narwhal/): If you're using Ubuntu Server 10.10 and you get the upgrade notice for 11.04 "Natty Narwhal", you might want to hold off a bit before taking the plunge and typing "do-release-upgrade". It seems there is a rather severe problem with GRUB 2. If you have a RAID setup - and even if you don't - - [Linux Tips and Tricks, Part 2](https://scottiestech.info/2011/02/18/linux-tips-and-tricks-part-2/): More linux tricks to help you become a better command line commando! - [Why You Need Sprites on Your Web Site](https://scottiestech.info/2011/03/13/why-you-need-sprites-on-your-web-site/): In the olden days, video games relied heavily upon sprites given the rather severe limitations of computing hardware at the time. You can use this "old" technique to reduce the bandwidth load on your server. Most major web sites use them, but you may never have even heard of a sprite. But what exactly is - [How to Remove Java Console Add-ons from Firefox](https://scottiestech.info/2011/03/26/how-to-remove-java-console-add-ons-from-firefox/): Most likely, you have at least the Java runtime environment installed on your puter. And, if you're using Firefox, you may have some strange add-ons installed that just won't go away. With every Java update you install, yet another "Java Console" add-on may be installed. The problem is, all you can do is disable them. - [How to Make Your Rails 2.3 App Work with Ruby 1.9](https://scottiestech.info/2010/12/16/how-to-make-your-rails-2-3-app-work-with-ruby-1-9/): If you're like me, you've got a Rails 2.3.x application running on Ruby 1.8.x - or perhaps Ruby Enterprise Edition. Well, that's all fine and dandy, but Ruby 1.9.2 is about twice as fast as even REE 1.8.7. So, you'll probably want to upgrade to the new version of Ruby. Problem is, you upgrade Ruby and then your Rails 2.3 app starts whining about character encoding problems and possibly other stuff. Nobody seems to have written a one-stop guide to upgrading your Rails app to Ruby 1.9... Until now! - [Fix Slow Windows Networking Problems When VirtualBox is Installed](https://scottiestech.info/2010/12/31/fix-slow-windows-networking-problems-when-virtualbox-is-installed/): VirtualBox is a simple, cross-platform virtualization solution that lets you set aside a chunk of hard disk space, give it a name, and then you just tell it, "I want to install linux here", pop in your install disc (or whatever), and VirtualBox takes care of the rest. It's really handy! Only one problem: Sometimes when VirtualBox is installed (but not even running), your Windows networking gets REEEEALLY slow. Fortunately, there is a very quick and easy way to fix it! - [Ghost in the Machine: Solar Flares, the Electrical Grid, and What It All Means to You](https://scottiestech.info/2011/02/08/ghost-in-the-machine-solar-flares-the-electrical-grid-and-what-it-all-means-to-you/): On August 3, 2010, a C3-class solar flare caused a coronal mass ejection that headed towards the Earth. The impact of the flare resulted in a G2-class geomagnetic storm that lasted almost 12 hours. The official story is that the storm caused beautiful northern lights to appear from Europe to North America. Well, that doesn’t seem so bad, does it? - [Move Your Docs, Music, Pics, & Vids to a Different Drive or Folder in Windows 7](https://scottiestech.info/2010/12/02/move-your-docs-music-pics-vids-to-a-different-drive-or-folder-in-windows-7/): Let's say you've got Windows 7, and you install a second hard drive. Perhaps you have an SSD as your primary drive, and you want to store your GB's of MP3s, videos, and documents on your second data drive. Well, you could just copy the data into a new folder the old fashioned way. But there is a better way to move your My Documents, My Music, My Videos, My Pictures, and even your Downloads folder automagically - and Windows will still keep track of everything for you! - [Scottie's SuperDuper CSS Drop Shadow](https://scottiestech.info/2010/11/07/scotties-superduper-css-drop-shadow/): Okay, I know this one has been done like 8 bazillion times, but this method of creating a drop shadow on elements in a web page via CSS and a 1 pixel by 1 pixel transparent PNG file actually DOES work. You see, I tried all kinds of different methods of creating drop shadows in CSS, both with and without an image file, and there was always a problem. It would render properly in certain browsers. It would render properly, but it only worked for fixed-width elements on the page. Or, maybe it would only render properly for variable width page elements. Or, the darn thing just didn't work at all. Well, I got tired of all of that, so I decided to make my own version of the CSS drop shadow. It may not be the prettiest, but it works. - [How to fix "Windows cannot connect to printer" Errors in Windows 7](https://scottiestech.info/2010/09/21/how-to-fix-windows-cannot-connect-to-printer-errors-in-windows-7/): Let's say you're running Windows 7 on a computer connected to a local network. There is a shared printer running on a different machine on the network. The drivers for the printer are installed on the remote machine, and the printer is shared. You think that you'll just sit down at your puter, use the Add Printer feature, connect to the remote printer, the driver will be copied over to your machine automagically, and you'll be off and running. But then you see this: Windows cannot connect to the printer. Operation could not be completed (error 0x0000007e). The solution to your problem is very simple, and is even available as a Hotfix from Microsoft that will be incorporated into Windows 7 SP1. - [Hits, Unique Vists, and Page Views: Which is best?](https://scottiestech.info/2010/09/04/hits-unique-vists-and-page-views-which-is-best/): When it comes to web sites and the amount of traffic they claim to have, what is the difference between unique visits, page views, and hits per day? Which measure is the most honest? - [DIY Stain Remover that costs Pennies and works Wonders](https://scottiestech.info/2010/06/12/diy-stain-remover-that-costs-pennies-and-works-wonders/): If you happen to have pets, children, or a husband, then you most definitely will need some kind of product to clean tough carpet stains. There are many commercial products out there that claim to do the trick. After having tried many of them - from sprays to powders to foams - I was truly amazed that none of them worked that well. Here's how you can make your own super-powerful carpet cleaner... - [Save Money and Brew Your Own Glass Cleaner](https://scottiestech.info/2010/07/10/save-money-and-brew-your-own-glass-cleaner/): After my last post entitled Make Your Own Carpet Cleaner Solution, I realized that there is one other cleaning solution which never hangs around very long: glass cleaner! I don't know about you, but I can never find a bottle of the stuff. As you may have guessed, glass cleaner is ridiculously simple and cheap to make. And so, in this post, I shall endeavor to instruct you on how you can brew your own Bling Glass Cleaner! - [How to Make Rails and PHP Apps Fully UTF-8 Compliant with MySQL](https://scottiestech.info/2010/08/07/how-to-make-rails-and-php-apps-fully-utf-8-compliant-with-mysql/): Every web programmer knows that UTF-8 is where it's at these days. Even if you are coding something for only the US market, you're still probably going to run into names, addresses, or whatever with accented characters. You've probably run into the situation where you hope into phpMyAdmin and edit some table row, and what to your wondering eyes should appear, but something like this: "Voici un article français." And yet, when you view the web page and edit the content in your app, it looks and works fine! What's going on here? - [Installing ImageMagick from Source on Ubuntu](https://scottiestech.info/2010/05/18/installing-imagemagick-from-source-on-ubuntu/): I like Ubuntu Server. I really like apt-get, because I don't have to do any work at all to install stuff. It's a piece of cake. Unfortunately, sometimes installing using apt-get doesn't work, or maybe the version of the software I need on the Ubuntu repository isn't the latest and greatest. In such cases, there's only one option left: installing from source. I recently had the opportunity to install the latest version of ImageMagick on an Ubuntu server, and it was a lot easier than I thought it would be! - [Activate an Invalid Copy of Windows Without Reinstalling](https://scottiestech.info/2010/05/14/activate-an-invalid-copy-of-windows-without-reinstalling/): What happens when you discover your copy of Windows is invalid? You probably will get a Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) notification informing you that you're illegal, and you need to purchase a legal license. If you search the net and Microsoft's web site for a way to activate your copy with a legal key you purchased, you may find yourself in a bit of a mess. You see, it isn't terribly obvious that you CAN in fact simply activate Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 with a new legal key - and without reinstalling anything at all. Finding the information on how to do this is rather difficult, and I'm not sure why. Not to worry though - it's a piece of cake! - [Adding Videos, JavaScript, and Other Goodies to Posts in Wordpress MU](https://scottiestech.info/2010/06/06/adding-videos-javascript-and-other-goodies-to-posts-in-wordpress-mu/): Some of you may recall my earlier post Adding JavaScript to WordPress Posts without a Plugin. In that post, I talked about how to add JavaScript for, say, embedding a video without having WordPress "sanitize" your code... and without any plugins! WordPress MU, the version of WordPress that allows multiple blogs to be run under one WP installation, uses a different content sanitizer. In fact, it's so seriously anal that it blows away not only JavaScript, but all kinds of other HTML tags in your posts that the regular WP leaves untouched! Bad juju. So, here's how to convince WordPress MU to play nice with the HTML in your posts... - [64-bit Printing Using a Driver for a Similar Model](https://scottiestech.info/2010/04/15/64-bit-printing-using-a-driver-for-a-similar-model/): Printing with 64-bit Windows can be a lot of fun if you don't have a 64-bit driver. As I mentioned in Windows x64: How to Print to Any Printer Even Without a 64-bit Driver, there are ways to make your printer talk, even if they are a bit involved. There is one other trick in particular that you might want to try first, though: use a similar 64-bit driver from the same manufacturer and fool Windows into thinking that everything is working fine! - [Bad RAM: Recognizing Defective Memory Problems in Your Computer](https://scottiestech.info/2010/04/25/bad-ram-recognizing-defective-memory-problems-in-your-computer/): A lot of people think that defective RAM modules are easy to detect. They think that if you get a blue screen of death, the error message will reveal that the memory is bad, and that's that. Problem is, it's nowhere near that simple. There are two steps to diagnosing bad RAM. The first is that you are able to recognize the possible symptoms of bad memory, and the second is actually using a tool to confirm that your theory is correct. Then you just replace the bad module, and off you go. A defective memory stick can cause a LOT of different problems, some of which might surprise you. It may seem that your hard drive is corrupted or defective, when in fact it's the RAM that's bad! It can all get very confusing. And so, here I shall endeavor to describe what to look out for with your RAM, and what to do about it. - [How to Increase Your Laptop's Battery Life A LOT with CrystalCPUID](https://scottiestech.info/2010/02/05/how-to-increase-your-laptops-battery-life-a-lot-with-crystalcpuid/): Over a month ago in my post on the Intel SU2300, I promised I would create a simplified guide to installing and configuring CrystalCPUID. CrystalCPUID is a lovely little piece of free software that can allow you to really, severely underclock your processor. We're not talking SpeedStep underclock here - we're talking running your 1.2GHz processor at 98 MHz. Well, it took a lot longer than I had hoped, but here it is! - [Do-It-Yourself Hard Disk Drive Diagnosis](https://scottiestech.info/2010/02/25/do-it-yourself-hard-disk-drive-diagnosis/): One of the most common computer problems I see people facing is a faulty or corrupted hard disk drive. In many cases, the solution to the problem is a reboot, and the OS automagically runs a utility like Windows's chkdsk that repairs the errors. Sometimes, the problem is a bit more severe than that and more drastic measures are required. Most people I've encountered were unnecessarily afraid of running any kind of tool to scan and repair their hard drive. But it doesn't have to be all horror and blood and gore: with a little knowledge and a few specialized bits of software, you too can be a genuine Disk Doctor! - [Upgrade Your Motherboard Without Reinstalling your OS](https://scottiestech.info/2010/03/17/upgrade-your-motherboard-without-reinstalling-your-os/): If you're one of those people who likes to build and upgrade your own computers, or if you have just decided to make your first attempt at upgrading an older system, there is one thing you may be wondering: Do I have to reinstall my OS? Actually, no, you don't! - [QuickFix: My program is running, but I can't see the window on the desktop!](https://scottiestech.info/2009/12/30/quickfix-my-program-is-running-but-i-cant-see-the-window-on-the-desktop/): Everyone has run into this problem at least once: you are running a program, and you minimize it to the task bar. Later, you try to restore the window by clicking the program on the task bar, and nothing happens. You're program is running, but its window has somehow moved outside the desktop area. Firefox just loves to do this to me. Since it was such an annoying problem, I managed to figure out a couple of ways to restore the "hidden" window... - [The Intel SU2300 does NOT have "SpeedStep" as you know it](https://scottiestech.info/2009/12/31/the-intel-su2300-does-not-have-speedstep-as-you-know-it/): I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it any more!! (great movie, Network was...) As if it wasn't bad enough that Intel couldn't write a driver that takes full advantage of the GMA500 in certain netbooks, now apparently they've resorted to sneakily "modifying" what "Enhanced SpeedStep" actually does. I'm talking about the Celeron dual-core SU2300 processor in those fabulous "thin and light" notebooks that are quickly replacing netbooks so that everyone (except you) can make more money. So, what's the problem? The SU2300 does not have the "SpeedStep" that you think it does... - [Avoid the Number 1 CSS Mistake: a, a:visited](https://scottiestech.info/2010/01/18/avoid-the-number-1-css-mistake-a-avisited/): I used to hate CSS. I mean, I really, really hated working with CSS at all. Then, one day, I was forced to actually learn it well to design a new web site. It was rough, but I survived. There was one little problem: the vast majority of examples I found included a little bit of code that will royally screw up all your hyperlinks. So, this post is about how to avoid the #1 CSS mistake: a, a:visited. - [jQuery AJAX Form Submit for Dummies](https://scottiestech.info/2009/12/14/jquery-ajax-form-submit-for-dummies/): So you've decided to be supercool and use jQuery. That was a wise decision you made, because jQuery totally rocks. Especially in Rails apps, jQuery makes life a LOT simpler. Yes, you have to learn some JavaScript and some quasi-new syntax, but it's still seriously powerful and convenient. There's only one problem: if you're like me (i.e. JavaScript-impaired), you just couldn't get your forms to submit via an AJAX call. And so, without further ado, I present to you jQuery Form Submission for Dummies! - [Increase the Performance of Fragment Caching in Rails](https://scottiestech.info/2009/12/04/increase-the-performance-of-fragment-caching-in-rails/): If you use Rails on a high-traffic site, you know that as your number of users increases, you have three main options: 1. Add servers to handle the load 2. Optimize your queries 3. Improve your caching scheme You may be surprised to know that most people go for Door #1. It's a lot easier. You don't have to really do tons of work to rewrite your code and actually make it efficient. You don't have to ditch "the Rails Way" and start actually thinking about what the database layer is doing to slow your site down to a crawl. And you don't have to think about how Rails' cache expiry functions actually work. Finally - and best of all - you can just pass the costs on to your customer, right?? Of course, to achieve good performance, you can use things like Phusion Passenger. But that alone ain't gonna cut it. You also have to optimize your queries, stop doing things The Rails Way and start thinking for yourself, and of course optimize your caching scheme. In this episode, I'm going to tell you one very cool way to turbocharge your caching setup! - [Fixing the "ActionMailer: Hostname not match server certificate" Error](https://scottiestech.info/2009/12/21/fixing-the-actionmailer-hostname-not-match-server-certificate-error/): If you have a Rails app that sends e-mails, you are probably using ActionMailer. Unfortunately, starting with Rails 2.2.2, you may have encountered a wonderfully annoying little error that looks like this: OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError (hostname was not match with the server certificate) The are quite a few sites out there that give monkey patches for this problem, but those aren't very useful because the next time you upgrade Rails, the monkey patch gets obliterated and you're back to square 1. And then you have to remember how you monkeyed with the it last time to get it working. Ug... Instead, fix it the right way! - [Add Your Own Program to the Windows Explorer Right Click Context Menu](https://scottiestech.info/2009/11/15/add-your-own-program-to-the-windows-explorer-right-click-context-menu/): One of the most handy features in Windows is the ability to right-click on a file, and select an option to edit that file in a particular program. The big problem is that sometimes, your favorite program doesn't come with a right-click context menu option. Or, maybe it does come with such an option, but it doesn't work for some reason. Whatever the case, you can very quickly and easily add whatever program you want to the right-click menu in about 30 seconds. - [Adding JavaScript to WordPress Posts Without a Plugin](https://scottiestech.info/2009/11/22/adding-javascript-to-wordpress-posts-without-a-plugin/): If you have installed your own WordPress blog on your server, you may want to include some JavaScript goodness from time to time. The bad news is that WordPress likes to screw around with tags when using the WYSIWYG post editor. That makes it kind of hard to, say, embed a video in one of your posts. The good news is that there is a very easy way to embed any kind of JavaScript in your posts without the need to install any plugins, or change any configuration settings. And it works beautifully with the WYSIWYG editor... - [The Easy Way to Copy a MySQL Database](https://scottiestech.info/2009/10/21/the-easy-way-to-copy-a-mysql-database/): If you have a web site of any kind, you probably have dealt with MySQL databases. Sometimes, you need to move your database, whether it's to another server or back onto your existing server after performing an OS upgrade. Lucky for you, there's a very, very easy way to copy your DB over with a few copy commands... - [Autorun Fun: Customize or Repair Autoplay for an External Drive](https://scottiestech.info/2009/11/06/autorun-fun-customize-or-repair-autoplay-for-an-external-drive/): Let's say your external harddrive or USB stick no longer triggers the AutoPlay feature in Windows. In fact, it may not even automatically show up in Explorer at all when you plug in it! What to do? It's surprisingly easy to fix such problems by creating a new autorun.inf file on the external storage device. - [Save Time and Preserve Your Sanity with Windows Easy Transfer](https://scottiestech.info/2009/09/12/save-time-and-preserve-your-sanity-with-windows-easy-transfer/): If you're like me, when it comes time to upgrade Windows or the hardware inside a computer, you do things the old fashioned way: you manually copy all the user's desktop, settings, and data onto a backup drive, and then restore it all after the upgrade. Recently I have discovered a much, much easier and faster way to do the same thing. It's called Windows Easy Transfer, and it's present in Vista, Windows 7, and you can even install it on an old XP box. - [Windows 7 File Sharing: Fixing the "Entire User Directory Shared" Problem](https://scottiestech.info/2009/09/25/windows-7-file-sharing-fixing-the-entire-user-directory-shared-problem/): One of the most common problems in Windows 7, as I recently discovered, is that you tell Win 7 to share only your Public directories, but it doesn't quite listen. Due to some apparent bug that is at least present in the Release Candidate build of Win 7, sometimes the OS will share your entire Users directory - including the Public files/folders. That means ALL your files are shown to the whole world on your LAN. Question is: How to fix it? - [The Truth About the Performance and Capabilities of Intel's GMA 500](https://scottiestech.info/2009/10/01/the-truth-about-the-performance-and-capabilities-of-intels-gma-500/): Alrighty, I just can't stay quiet about this one. I've had enough. I'm talking about Intel's GMA 500 graphics chip. You know, the one that's in all those Z-series (and soon Pine Trail-based) netbooks, the one that gets all the bad reviews, and the one that is generally regarded as less capable than even that ancient, stinking heap of a graphics core, the GMA 950. Well folks, think again. In fact, the GMA 500 is capable of simultaneous decoding of two (yes, two) 1080p streams, 3D graphics, and DirectX 10.1 - and all that in a 2.3W power envelope (at least in the US15W "Poulsbo" chipset). - [How to Easily Print a Large Image to Multiple Pages in Windows](https://scottiestech.info/2009/08/08/how-to-easily-print-a-large-image-to-multiple-pages-in-windows/): Let's say you've got a ginormous image that you'd like to print. Maybe it's a picture of a map, and the resolution of the image is something like 2000 by 2200 pixels. Obviously, you could just print the image to a single sheet of A4/Letter paper, but you'd lose a lot of detail. The good news is that Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 all give you a wonderful (AHEM!) application that does exactly what you need... - [How to Fix a DVD Burner that Won't Read/Write Certain Discs](https://scottiestech.info/2009/08/15/how-to-fix-a-dvd-burner-that-wont-readwrite-certain-discs/): Every computer these days comes with a DVD/CD burner. They are seriously useful devices, especially since blank DVD media is now dirt cheap. When your burner was new, it probably worked like a charm. As time went by and you tried different brands or types of media, you may have discovered that your drive didn't burn as well any more. Many people just assume that their drive is bad, and they buy a new one. But there is another even cheaper option that many folks simply don't know about: you can usually upgrade your drive's firmware for free! - [How to Increase the 10 Connection Limit on a Windows LAN](https://scottiestech.info/2009/08/22/how-to-increase-the-10-connection-limit-on-a-windows-lan/): Let's say you have a network of more than ten Windows computers connected in a local workgroup without a domain controller. One of the computers has a printer connected to it, and more than ten machines in the workgroup need to print at the same time. 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I've been packing my brain full of all kinds of specs and reviews and datasheets and whatnot, and I'm here to tell you that you can get tomorrow's netbook platform today - if you know what to look for. - [Download the Elusive Windows Live Standalone Installer](https://scottiestech.info/2009/07/04/download-the-elusive-windows-live-standalone-installer/): Download the Windows Live Standalone Installer in one easy step! - [Big Brother Techniques to be Revealed at Black Hat USA 2009? Big Deal!](https://scottiestech.info/2009/07/11/big-brother-techniques-to-be-revealed-at-black-hat-usa-2009-big-deal/): NetworkWorld has an interesting article entitled How to use electrical outlets and cheap lasers to steal data. The article discusses a presentation that will be held at the Black Hat USA conference later this month. The deal is that two researchers are supposedly going to demonstrate how keystrokes can be read from a remote computer using either a laser, or signals transmitted over the ground line coming from a nearby computer. While these techniques might be interesting to know about, somehow I think we have bigger things to worry about. - [Notebooks, Netbooks, and Hot Air: Laptops Demystified](https://scottiestech.info/2009/07/18/notebooks-netbooks-and-hot-air-laptops-demystified/): Back in the day, it was easy to select a portable computer. There was only one size: big suitcase. At that time, Apple's portable computer was called the Macintosh Boulder, and it only weighed 1,264 ounces. Running through the airport with one of these "portable" devices was a lot of fun. Yes, life was good. Fast forward a few decades, and laptops were just lower-powered portable computers. Then, a few years ago, something odd happened: everyone started demanding "desktop replacement laptops". In short, everyone wanted a laptop that could do everything their desktop machine could do. And today? Well, we have netbooks. And we are on the verge of seeing a whole slew of new laptops with CULV processors. They're going to be thin and light and have "long" battery lives... or so we're told. So, what the heck are you supposed to buy? Well, that depends on what you need and want. But hopefully, it will all be a bit more clear in a few minutes... - [The Truth About Windows Licensing, Activation, and the EULA](https://scottiestech.info/2009/06/13/the-truth-about-windows-licensing-activation-and-the-eula/): Okay, I've just about had it. Once again, I have just read some comments on a blog post about the restrictions on OEM vs Retail copies of Windows. And once again, people are obviously just regurgitating what they have read somewhere else. So, can you move a copy of Vista OEM to another computer? Can you move an upgrade copy of XP to a different computer? Can you do a clean install with an upgrade copy of Vista? The short answer is this: you can do anything you damn well please with any version of Windows. - [Calling a 32-bit System Command from a Script in x64 Windows](https://scottiestech.info/2009/06/20/calling-a-32-bit-system-command-from-a-script-in-x64-windows/): Let's say you've written a little script that calls a Windows command such as nbtstat. When you try to run the script in x64 Windows, you get an annoying "File not found" error - even though you can see the command sitting in the \Windows\system32 folder. What's going on here? - [SyntaxHighlighter: Prevent #{var} in a Ruby String from Being Parsed as a Comment](https://scottiestech.info/2009/06/27/syntaxhighlighter-prevent-var-in-a-ruby-string-from-being-parsed-as-a-comment/): Since I generally write posts about programming issues on my WordPress blog, I needed a good plugin for automagically highlighting code segments. I ended up choosing SyntaxHighlighter by Viper007Bond. While it generally kicks butt, there is one little bug that is particularly annoying for those of us who post snippets of Ruby code: including a variable in a string like 'this is a #{color} string' causes SyntaxHighlighter to make everything after the "#" into a comment, which it wraps down to the following line. That simply won't do... - [Linux Tips and Tricks, Part 1](https://scottiestech.info/2009/05/23/linux-tips-and-tricks-part-1/): I'm going to assume that you know how to do some basic stuff in Linux. In other words, if you don't know what a command line is, or how to traverse directories, this might not help you much. I should also note that my preferred flavor of Linux is Ubuntu. These commands will work on Ubuntu, but I can't make any guarantees for other distributions. Best to just try them out and see what happens! Without further ado, here are some of the top linux tips and tricks that I have gathered over the years... - [The Easy Way to Transfer Account Settings in Mozilla Thunderbird and Firefox](https://scottiestech.info/2009/05/31/the-easy-way-to-transfer-account-settings-in-mozilla-thunderbird-and-firefox/): I use Mozilla's Thunderbird e-mail client, and their Firefox web browser. Every now and then, I would need to transfer all my settings from one computer to another, or from one OS install to another. Recently, I was once again faced with this little problem. I finally figured out how to transfer ALL the settings over in one ridiculously, stupidly easy step. Why I was unable to find any information about this on the web before is beyond me. Everything I've found says to copy files from inside your profile directory as I have been doing, which is entirely unnecessary. - [Windows x64: How to Print to Any Printer Even Without a 64-bit Driver](https://scottiestech.info/2009/06/06/windows-x64-how-to-print-to-any-printer-even-without-a-64-bit-driver/): So, let's say you've taken the plunge and installed 64-bit Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7. All is going well, until you try to install your printers. It's at that point that you discover that Windows doesn't have a 64-bit driver for your printer. Worse yet, the manufacturer may not provide one, either! What the heck are you supposed to do now? Fortunately, there IS a way. And, strangely enough, you have Mac OS X to thank for this solution! - [The Difference Between Neutral and Earth Ground in AC Installations](https://scottiestech.info/2009/05/16/the-difference-between-neutral-and-earth-ground-in-ac-installations/): If you've ever had the pleasure of upgrading old electrical wiring in a residence, you know that a separate earth ground wire was generally not used in the past. In such cases, you find yourself with 2 wires: live, and neutral. Now, you might want to install a grounded outlet without redoing a lot of wiring. A common method of getting around this little problem is to install the new 3-conductor outlet by tying live to one prong, neutral to the other prong, and then using a jumper wire to connect neutral to the ground connection inside the outlet. "Theoretically, this should work just fine!" you reason. It turns out that theoretically, you are in fact correct. Practically speaking, adding a "ground" in a 2-wire installation by tying neutral and ground together has several serious - and possibly dangerous - drawbacks. Here's the scoop. - [Chainsaw Maintenance Made Easy](https://scottiestech.info/2009/05/09/chainsaw-maintenance-made-easy/): Let's face it: everyone loves chainsaws. A chainsaw can make very short work of any trees, bushes, or branches that happen to be causing a problem. I have even seen a small chainsaw skillfully used in place of a large circular saw for home remodeling - no electricity required! They are seriously handy devices. The one problem with chainsaws is that they require maintenance. In fact, they require a lot of maintenance in order to perform optimally. You can save some bucks - and have a lot of fun - by servicing your chainsaw yourself. - [How Does a Microprocessor Work?](https://scottiestech.info/2009/04/27/how-does-a-microprocessor-work/): Everyone nowadays is familiar with microprocessors. Everything now uses a processor of some kind: computers, MP3 players, cell phones, washing machines, food processors, and even some electric toothbrushes! One question I get asked a lot is: how do these processors actually work? Everyone knows that there is a thing called a microchip, and that it has transistors. But how do you go from a bunch of ones and zeros to a video playing in the web browser on your cell phone? I hope to explain here in very simple terms how a microprocessor works without getting too technical - and therefore too boring! - [The 3GB Barrier: Why you want a 64-bit OS](https://scottiestech.info/2009/05/02/the-3gb-barrier-why-you-want-a-64-bit-os/): I'm sure you've all heard some hype about 64-bit this and 64-bit that. The thing I read the most is that a 64-bit operating system or piece of software is automagically twice as fast as a 32-bit one. Not so. In any case, most people today are using a 32-bit operating system, but a surprising number have already switched to a 64-bit OS. Or in some cases, a quasi-64-bit OS... There is one true reason though why you will actually want to switch to a 64-bit OS in the near future: the infamous 3GB barrier. Just what the heck is this mystical barrier, and why should you care? - [Descaling Appliances: Which Acid is Best?](https://scottiestech.info/2009/04/22/descaling-appliances-which-acid-is-best/): Those of you with hard water have no doubt encountered one of the most annoying problems ever: descaling appliances. Sure, calcified bathtub superscum is also seriously annoying, but there are plenty of products out there that will magically descale and de-scum your bathtub with a few sprays and some waiting. It's the appliances that are particularly annoying to clean - appliances like coffee makers and water distillers. There are a number of different products available for removing rock-hard mineral deposits from your gizmos, but how do you know which one to use to make your life as easy as possible? You don't! Otherwise, what the heck are you reading this for? But now you will know soon enough... - [Cleaning a Laser Printer](https://scottiestech.info/2009/04/11/cleaning-a-laser-printer/): Most printer problems are caused by gummed up inner workings. A lot of people simply chuck their malfunctioning printer in the trash can and buy a new one. With the economy the way it is, that isn't the best move for most of us. Lucky for you, it's actually surprisingly simple to clean out a laser printer and make it work like new! - [Adding a Delay to jQuery Effects](https://scottiestech.info/2009/04/16/adding-a-delay-to-jquery-effects/): The jQuery JavaScript library is a seriously beautiful thing. With a code base that is much smaller than Prototype + Scriptaculous, jQuery can be used on a web site do a whole lot of fancy AJAX stuff with syntax that is surprisingly easy. If you've used jQuery, there is undoubtedly one problem you will encounter: How do you insert a delay between special effects like fadeIn() and fadeOut()?? I found several answers to this question on the web, but I decided not to use any of them. Instead, I decided to leverage jQuery's built-in callback functionality to get a "delay" in one clean, simple, and super easy step. But, as always, there is a catch... - [Rails 2.3: How to Access Custom Columns in the Sessions Table](https://scottiestech.info/2009/04/02/rails-23-how-to-access-custom-columns-in-the-sessions-table/): Say you were using the active_record_store for sessions in Rails 2.2, and you added your own custom column(s) to the default sessions table in your database. You might have done so because you wanted to add, say, the user's id number to each entry in the sessions table. This would let you do things like quickly and efficiently delete a user's session. Unfortunately, when you upgrade to Rails 2.3.2, your session hack will be seriously busted. Here's how to fix it. - [Securing your Wi-Fi Connection](https://scottiestech.info/2009/04/06/securing-your-wi-fi-connection/): Many people these days use a Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11) router, or they have a broadband modem with built-in wireless. It's amazing to me that in this supposedly "high-tech" and "high-security" age, many people still are completely unaware just how wide open their home network really is. With a Wi-Fi modem, usually your provider will be smart enough to lock down your wireless connection for you. But if you bought a wireless router or access point and set it up yourself, there are a few things you should know to keep others from "stealing" your connection and using it for nefarious purposes... - [Making Strong Passwords - and Keeping them Safe](https://scottiestech.info/2009/03/26/making-strong-passwords-and-keeping-them-safe/): Everyone is totally crazy about security these days - especially computer security. We've all got antivirus software, a firewall, spyware scanners, and god knows what else loaded up on our PCs to protect ourselves from the "evils" of a networked world. The bottom line is that when it comes to security, it's up to you to keep your data safe. The first and best way you can do that is to create and use strong passwords! - [How to Fix "Internal Server Error" Problems on Your Web Site](https://scottiestech.info/2009/03/31/how-to-fix-internal-server-error-problems-on-your-web-site/): So you're merrily marching along, happy as a clam because you just set up a glorious new web site that uses, say, a PHP-based content management system like Joomla or WordPress running on a Unix or Linux server. Everything is going well until suddenly, you start to get feedback from users that they can't access certain pages or actions on your site. Worse yet, some people seem to be completely blocked from your site entirely. The problem your users are seeing is a 500 Error, aka "Internal Server Error". Most of the time, for most people, your site works great. But this is becoming a serious issue for some users... What to do? - [Rails Custom 404 Page: Don't Forget the Status Code!](https://scottiestech.info/2009/03/16/rails-custom-404-page-dont-forget-the-status-code/): Ruby on Rails has become a rather popular framework that many have used to easily and quickly create some pretty powerful web sites. As with any web programming language or framework, it certainly does have its problems. A lot of people get their Rails coding tips and tricks from others - basically what you're doing right now! The solutions you find online aren't always optimal, and are sometimes downright scary. Take a custom 404 error page. It's easy enough to make, but you have to be careful about how you actually implement it. - [Squeezing a Bit More Life out of that Clunky Old VCR](https://scottiestech.info/2009/03/21/squeezing-a-bit-more-life-out-of-that-clunky-old-vcr/): Let's face it: in this dawning age of high-definition video, a good old fashioned VHS tape seems rather, well, ancient. Nevertheless, a lot of people have movies on VHS that they can't get on DVD. And sometimes, there's even a bit of nostalgia attached to certain video cassettes. It has become more and more difficult to find an inexpensive VCR that doesn't include a DVD player as well. If you already have a DVD player and you want to save some money (also important in this day and age!), you may find yourself out of luck. VCR repair is also a dying occupation. So if you can't buy a new VCR, and you can't get your current one repaired, what do you do? Why, you open your current VCR up and fix 'er yourself! - [Vista Sleep Problems: Good Luck!](https://scottiestech.info/2009/03/06/vista-sleep-problems-good-luck/): vistaFor those of you who ignored the bad press that Windows Vista has received and decided to take the plunge, congratulations. You have successfully avoided being taken in by the "Apple can do no wrong / Microsoft always sucks" mainstream tech media. Nevertheless, Vista is far from perfect. You may have run into one of Vista's greatest features and most annoying problem: Hybrid Sleep. Unfortunately, it seems that for some of us, there is no solution to a malfunctioning sleep mode, and Microsoft isn't much help. - [Cheap and Easy Soundproofing](https://scottiestech.info/2009/03/11/cheap-and-easy-soundproofing/): Soundproof appliances and walls cheaply and easily with fiberglass insulation - [Optimize Your Caching Scheme to Eliminate "Too many links" Errors on Linux](https://scottiestech.info/2009/02/22/optimize-your-caching-scheme-to-eliminate-too-many-links-errors-on-linux/): Say you have an application running on a Linux server using the ext2 or ext3 file systems. You set up a caching scheme in your application. Eventually, you're going to run into a problem: Your caching will stop working since your application won't be able to write to the "stamps" directory any more. Instead, you'll get an error message about "Too many links". At that point, you'll try to search for "too many links", and probably you won't find much information that is actually comprehensible to normal human beings. Fortunately, it really is quite simple to repair once you understand what's going on. - [Expandy Foam: It's not Just for Insulation](https://scottiestech.info/2009/03/01/expandy-foam-its-not-just-for-insulation/): Nearly everyone has heard of expanding foam, or "expandy foam" as I call it. It's the stuff that comes in a spray can at your local home improvement store. It has a long tube that screws on to the top, and when you squirt it out, it usually looks like a thick, solid yellowish foam that expands over time as it dries and hardens. Generally speaking, most people use it for insulating gaps, sealing around newly-installed windows, sealing cracks or gaps in old roof structures, etc. What you might not know is that it has another particularly handy use. - [Satellite Fender Bender: I don't think so](https://scottiestech.info/2009/02/19/satellite-fender-bender-i-dont-think-so/): You may have heard of the recent fender bender in outer space between an Iridium satellite and a "defunct" Russian satellite. Okay, so let's think about this, because I don't buy it. - [How to Save that Cell Phone, MP3 Player, or Other Gizmo that you Just Dropped into the Water](https://scottiestech.info/2009/02/20/how-to-save-that-cell-phone-mp3-player-or-other-gizmo-that-you-just-dropped-into-the-water/): So, you're merrily using your cell phone, MP3 player, or other electronic gizmo when it just happens to slip out of your hand and fall into the bathtub, ocean, river, a bowl of soup, etc. After panicking and maybe swearing a bit, what the heck are you supposed to do? With a little ingenuity, the proper tools, and a dash of bravery, you CAN bring your device back to life. Unless it's a digital camera - in that case, you're probably screwed. Sorry. The first step is the most important: REMOVE THE BATTERY IMMEDIATELY!!! - [A Tale of Two Techies: Life, Death, and Resurrection](https://scottiestech.info/2009/02/18/a-tale-of-two-techies-life-death-and-resurrection/): A few months ago, a friend of mine brought me a "dead laptop" made by HP that she bought way back in 2003. She said she had taken it in to a local techie shop to be fixed a few years earlier when it just died one day. The guy there told her that the machine wouldn't boot from the harddrive, it wouldn't boot from the DVD-ROM drive, it wouldn't boot from the network, the battery wouldn't hold a charge, and that the motherboard was obviously damaged. She was told she'd need to just buy a new laptop. And that's exactly what she did. Fortunately, she hung on to the old "dead" laptop. 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[PikaJS](https://scottiestech.info/tag/pikajs/) - [library](https://scottiestech.info/tag/library/) - [Prototype](https://scottiestech.info/tag/prototype/) - [usb 3](https://scottiestech.info/tag/usb-3/) - [motherboard](https://scottiestech.info/tag/motherboard/) - [ultrasound](https://scottiestech.info/tag/ultrasound/) - [arduino](https://scottiestech.info/tag/arduino/) - [fuel gauge](https://scottiestech.info/tag/fuel-gauge/) - [level sensor](https://scottiestech.info/tag/level-sensor/) - [wire](https://scottiestech.info/tag/wire/) - [splice](https://scottiestech.info/tag/splice/) - [GPT](https://scottiestech.info/tag/gpt/) - [MBR](https://scottiestech.info/tag/mbr/) - [MBR2GPT](https://scottiestech.info/tag/mbr2gpt/) - [code](https://scottiestech.info/tag/code/) - [coding](https://scottiestech.info/tag/coding/) - [programming](https://scottiestech.info/tag/programming/) - [programmer](https://scottiestech.info/tag/programmer/) - [brain](https://scottiestech.info/tag/brain/) - [tabs](https://scottiestech.info/tag/tabs/) - [memory stick](https://scottiestech.info/tag/memory-stick/) - [USB 2](https://scottiestech.info/tag/usb-2/) - [search engine](https://scottiestech.info/tag/search-engine/) - [AI](https://scottiestech.info/tag/ai/) - [artificial intelligence](https://scottiestech.info/tag/artificial-intelligence/) - [machine learning](https://scottiestech.info/tag/machine-learning/) - [algorithm](https://scottiestech.info/tag/algorithm/) - [laser](https://scottiestech.info/tag/laser/) - [projector](https://scottiestech.info/tag/projector/) - [holidays](https://scottiestech.info/tag/holidays/) - [Huygens](https://scottiestech.info/tag/huygens/) - [diffraction](https://scottiestech.info/tag/diffraction/) - [meltdown](https://scottiestech.info/tag/meltdown/) - [spectre](https://scottiestech.info/tag/spectre/) - [exploit](https://scottiestech.info/tag/exploit/) - [1709](https://scottiestech.info/tag/1709/) - [dism](https://scottiestech.info/tag/dism/) - [sfc](https://scottiestech.info/tag/sfc/) - [alexa](https://scottiestech.info/tag/alexa/) - [feminism](https://scottiestech.info/tag/feminism/) - [virtual assistant](https://scottiestech.info/tag/virtual-assistant/) - [homegroup](https://scottiestech.info/tag/homegroup/) - [smb](https://scottiestech.info/tag/smb/) - [samba](https://scottiestech.info/tag/samba/) - [Faraday](https://scottiestech.info/tag/faraday/) - [EMI](https://scottiestech.info/tag/emi/) - [shielding](https://scottiestech.info/tag/shielding/) - [dumbphone](https://scottiestech.info/tag/dumbphone/) - [surveillance](https://scottiestech.info/tag/surveillance/) - [smart meter](https://scottiestech.info/tag/smart-meter/) - [kVA](https://scottiestech.info/tag/kva/) - [UltraHD](https://scottiestech.info/tag/ultrahd/) - [AVR](https://scottiestech.info/tag/avr/) - [smart TV](https://scottiestech.info/tag/smart-tv/) - [spyware](https://scottiestech.info/tag/spyware/) - [wake on LAN](https://scottiestech.info/tag/wake-on-lan/) - [start menu](https://scottiestech.info/tag/start-menu/) - [RMS](https://scottiestech.info/tag/rms/) - [volt-amps](https://scottiestech.info/tag/volt-amps/) - [wire strippers](https://scottiestech.info/tag/wire-strippers/) - [cable strippers](https://scottiestech.info/tag/cable-strippers/) - [cable shears](https://scottiestech.info/tag/cable-shears/) - [walking simulator](https://scottiestech.info/tag/walking-simulator/) - [video game](https://scottiestech.info/tag/video-game/) - [lightning](https://scottiestech.info/tag/lightning/) - [surge protector](https://scottiestech.info/tag/surge-protector/) - [surge suppressor](https://scottiestech.info/tag/surge-suppressor/) - [CloudFlare](https://scottiestech.info/tag/cloudflare/) - [ferrite](https://scottiestech.info/tag/ferrite/) - [ferrite bead](https://scottiestech.info/tag/ferrite-bead/) - [choke](https://scottiestech.info/tag/choke/) - [filter](https://scottiestech.info/tag/filter/) - [Big Brother](https://scottiestech.info/tag/big-brother/) - [color calibration](https://scottiestech.info/tag/color-calibration/) - [cleartype](https://scottiestech.info/tag/cleartype/) - [Spyder5](https://scottiestech.info/tag/spyder5/) - [download](https://scottiestech.info/tag/download/) - [youtube](https://scottiestech.info/tag/youtube/) - [rip](https://scottiestech.info/tag/rip/) - [EMF](https://scottiestech.info/tag/emf/) - [PID](https://scottiestech.info/tag/pid/) - [5G](https://scottiestech.info/tag/5g/) - [4G](https://scottiestech.info/tag/4g/) - [3G](https://scottiestech.info/tag/3g/) - [file](https://scottiestech.info/tag/file/) - [delete](https://scottiestech.info/tag/delete/) - [command prompt](https://scottiestech.info/tag/command-prompt/) - [unlocker](https://scottiestech.info/tag/unlocker/) - [electrosmog](https://scottiestech.info/tag/electrosmog/) - [WSL](https://scottiestech.info/tag/wsl/) - [cron](https://scottiestech.info/tag/cron/) - [802.11](https://scottiestech.info/tag/802-11/) - [censorship](https://scottiestech.info/tag/censorship/) - [freedom of speech](https://scottiestech.info/tag/freedom-of-speech/) - [notifications](https://scottiestech.info/tag/notifications/) - [popup](https://scottiestech.info/tag/popup/) - [2G](https://scottiestech.info/tag/2g/) - [port](https://scottiestech.info/tag/port/) - [protocol](https://scottiestech.info/tag/protocol/) - [linux on windows](https://scottiestech.info/tag/linux-on-windows/) - [IoT](https://scottiestech.info/tag/iot/) - [Internet of Things](https://scottiestech.info/tag/internet-of-things/) - [multi-tool](https://scottiestech.info/tag/multi-tool/) - [cast saw](https://scottiestech.info/tag/cast-saw/) - [society](https://scottiestech.info/tag/society/) - [airplane mode](https://scottiestech.info/tag/airplane-mode/) - [flight mode](https://scottiestech.info/tag/flight-mode/) - [USB ethernet adapter](https://scottiestech.info/tag/usb-ethernet-adapter/) - [mp3](https://scottiestech.info/tag/mp3/) - [Anker](https://scottiestech.info/tag/anker/) - [SoundCore](https://scottiestech.info/tag/soundcore/) - [bluetooth speaker](https://scottiestech.info/tag/bluetooth-speaker/) - [China](https://scottiestech.info/tag/china/) - [Huawei](https://scottiestech.info/tag/huawei/) - [secure erase](https://scottiestech.info/tag/secure-erase/) - [GPS](https://scottiestech.info/tag/gps/) - [aGPS](https://scottiestech.info/tag/agps/) - [GLONASS](https://scottiestech.info/tag/glonass/) - [Galileo](https://scottiestech.info/tag/galileo/) - [OpenWRT](https://scottiestech.info/tag/openwrt/) - [multi-wan](https://scottiestech.info/tag/multi-wan/) - [load balancing](https://scottiestech.info/tag/load-balancing/) - [Turris Omnia](https://scottiestech.info/tag/turris-omnia/) - [Linksys WRT1900ACS](https://scottiestech.info/tag/linksys-wrt1900acs/) - [Big Data](https://scottiestech.info/tag/big-data/) - [mozilla](https://scottiestech.info/tag/mozilla/) - [content blocking](https://scottiestech.info/tag/content-blocking/) - [data center](https://scottiestech.info/tag/data-center/) - [reboot](https://scottiestech.info/tag/reboot/) - [restart](https://scottiestech.info/tag/restart/) - [silicon valley](https://scottiestech.info/tag/silicon-valley/) - [zhongguancun](https://scottiestech.info/tag/zhongguancun/) - [Fenix](https://scottiestech.info/tag/fenix/) - [voicemeter](https://scottiestech.info/tag/voicemeter/) - [mixer](https://scottiestech.info/tag/mixer/) - [software](https://scottiestech.info/tag/software/) - [hedgehog](https://scottiestech.info/tag/hedgehog/) - [animals](https://scottiestech.info/tag/animals/) - [cute](https://scottiestech.info/tag/cute/) - [Stop 5G](https://scottiestech.info/tag/stop-5g/) - [wireless safety](https://scottiestech.info/tag/wireless-safety/) - [webmail](https://scottiestech.info/tag/webmail/) - [Gmail](https://scottiestech.info/tag/gmail/) - [EMF protection](https://scottiestech.info/tag/emf-protection/) - [Q-Link](https://scottiestech.info/tag/q-link/) - [iOS](https://scottiestech.info/tag/ios/) - [phased array](https://scottiestech.info/tag/phased-array/) - [millimeter waves](https://scottiestech.info/tag/millimeter-waves/) - [progressive web app](https://scottiestech.info/tag/progressive-web-app/) - [PWA](https://scottiestech.info/tag/pwa/) - [desktop apps](https://scottiestech.info/tag/desktop-apps/) - [service workers](https://scottiestech.info/tag/service-workers/) - [electrosensitivity](https://scottiestech.info/tag/electrosensitivity/) - [Brave](https://scottiestech.info/tag/brave/) - [chromium](https://scottiestech.info/tag/chromium/) - [ads](https://scottiestech.info/tag/ads/) - [data breach](https://scottiestech.info/tag/data-breach/) - [cyber warfare](https://scottiestech.info/tag/cyber-warfare/) - [video games](https://scottiestech.info/tag/video-games/) - [open world](https://scottiestech.info/tag/open-world/) - [FPS](https://scottiestech.info/tag/fps/) - [Wolfenstein](https://scottiestech.info/tag/wolfenstein/) - [gaming](https://scottiestech.info/tag/gaming/) - [power brick](https://scottiestech.info/tag/power-brick/) - [AC adapter](https://scottiestech.info/tag/ac-adapter/) - [universal AC adapter](https://scottiestech.info/tag/universal-ac-adapter/) - [wall wart](https://scottiestech.info/tag/wall-wart/) - [AC-DC converter](https://scottiestech.info/tag/ac-dc-converter/) - [save money](https://scottiestech.info/tag/save-money/) - [ImageResizer](https://scottiestech.info/tag/imageresizer/) - [light switch](https://scottiestech.info/tag/light-switch/) - [popping](https://scottiestech.info/tag/popping/) - [sparking](https://scottiestech.info/tag/sparking/) - [arcing](https://scottiestech.info/tag/arcing/) - [inrush current](https://scottiestech.info/tag/inrush-current/) - [Russia](https://scottiestech.info/tag/russia/) - [cat7](https://scottiestech.info/tag/cat7/) - [ethernet switch](https://scottiestech.info/tag/ethernet-switch/) - [color](https://scottiestech.info/tag/color/) - [sRGB](https://scottiestech.info/tag/srgb/) - [4G dumbphone](https://scottiestech.info/tag/4g-dumbphone/) - [KaiOS](https://scottiestech.info/tag/kaios/) - [feature phone](https://scottiestech.info/tag/feature-phone/) - [flip phone](https://scottiestech.info/tag/flip-phone/) - [HTTP](https://scottiestech.info/tag/http/) - [HTTP/2](https://scottiestech.info/tag/http-2/) - [HTTP/3](https://scottiestech.info/tag/http-3/) - [SPDY](https://scottiestech.info/tag/spdy/) - [QUIC](https://scottiestech.info/tag/quic/) - [deepfakes](https://scottiestech.info/tag/deepfakes/) - [faceswap](https://scottiestech.info/tag/faceswap/) - [Big Tech](https://scottiestech.info/tag/big-tech/) - [Zuckerberg](https://scottiestech.info/tag/zuckerberg/) - [fake news](https://scottiestech.info/tag/fake-news/) - [orwell](https://scottiestech.info/tag/orwell/) - [EMF safety](https://scottiestech.info/tag/emf-safety/) - [FCC](https://scottiestech.info/tag/fcc/) - [FDA](https://scottiestech.info/tag/fda/) - [mail client](https://scottiestech.info/tag/mail-client/) - [Nokia 2720](https://scottiestech.info/tag/nokia-2720/) - [4G feature phone](https://scottiestech.info/tag/4g-feature-phone/) - [USB 3.1](https://scottiestech.info/tag/usb-3-1/) - [USB stick](https://scottiestech.info/tag/usb-stick/) - [EFF](https://scottiestech.info/tag/eff/) - [holiday](https://scottiestech.info/tag/holiday/) - [gifts](https://scottiestech.info/tag/gifts/) - [toys](https://scottiestech.info/tag/toys/) - [powerline networking](https://scottiestech.info/tag/powerline-networking/) - [powerline ethernet](https://scottiestech.info/tag/powerline-ethernet/) - [MoCA](https://scottiestech.info/tag/moca/) - [coax](https://scottiestech.info/tag/coax/) - [ubuntu server](https://scottiestech.info/tag/ubuntu-server/) - [ntfs](https://scottiestech.info/tag/ntfs/) - [ntfs-3g](https://scottiestech.info/tag/ntfs-3g/) - [Wi-Fi 6](https://scottiestech.info/tag/wi-fi-6/) - [MU-MIMO](https://scottiestech.info/tag/mu-mimo/) - [space suit](https://scottiestech.info/tag/space-suit/) - [astronaut](https://scottiestech.info/tag/astronaut/) - [biosuit](https://scottiestech.info/tag/biosuit/) - [stop error](https://scottiestech.info/tag/stop-error/) - [BSOD](https://scottiestech.info/tag/bsod/) - [blue screen](https://scottiestech.info/tag/blue-screen/) - [faraday bag](https://scottiestech.info/tag/faraday-bag/) - [UPS](https://scottiestech.info/tag/ups/) - [battery backup](https://scottiestech.info/tag/battery-backup/) - [power outage](https://scottiestech.info/tag/power-outage/) - [EV](https://scottiestech.info/tag/ev/) - [electric car](https://scottiestech.info/tag/electric-car/) - [electric vehicle](https://scottiestech.info/tag/electric-vehicle/) - [power grid](https://scottiestech.info/tag/power-grid/) - [solar power](https://scottiestech.info/tag/solar-power/) - [Tesla](https://scottiestech.info/tag/tesla/) - [green energy](https://scottiestech.info/tag/green-energy/) - [PUP](https://scottiestech.info/tag/pup/) - [adware](https://scottiestech.info/tag/adware/) - [HVDC](https://scottiestech.info/tag/hvdc/) - [high voltage](https://scottiestech.info/tag/high-voltage/) - [direct current](https://scottiestech.info/tag/direct-current/) - [free speech](https://scottiestech.info/tag/free-speech/) - [first amendment](https://scottiestech.info/tag/first-amendment/) - [LineageOS](https://scottiestech.info/tag/lineageos/) - [Cyanogenmod](https://scottiestech.info/tag/cyanogenmod/) - [AOSP](https://scottiestech.info/tag/aosp/) - [USB-PD](https://scottiestech.info/tag/usb-pd/) - [Quick Charge](https://scottiestech.info/tag/quick-charge/) - [Adaptive Fast Charging](https://scottiestech.info/tag/adaptive-fast-charging/) - [smart speaker](https://scottiestech.info/tag/smart-speaker/) - [siri](https://scottiestech.info/tag/siri/) - [echo](https://scottiestech.info/tag/echo/) - [coronavirus](https://scottiestech.info/tag/coronavirus/) - [Covid-19](https://scottiestech.info/tag/covid-19/) - [location data](https://scottiestech.info/tag/location-data/) - [mobile apps](https://scottiestech.info/tag/mobile-apps/) - [read-only](https://scottiestech.info/tag/read-only/) - [drive](https://scottiestech.info/tag/drive/) - [computers](https://scottiestech.info/tag/computers/) - [mouse](https://scottiestech.info/tag/mouse/) - [turbo button](https://scottiestech.info/tag/turbo-button/) - [coder](https://scottiestech.info/tag/coder/) - [sign-in options](https://scottiestech.info/tag/sign-in-options/) - [antitrust](https://scottiestech.info/tag/antitrust/) - [rmagick](https://scottiestech.info/tag/rmagick/) - [remote desktop](https://scottiestech.info/tag/remote-desktop/) - [multi-monitor](https://scottiestech.info/tag/multi-monitor/) - [LCD screeen](https://scottiestech.info/tag/lcd-screeen/) - [WiFi 6](https://scottiestech.info/tag/wifi-6/) - [WiFi 6E](https://scottiestech.info/tag/wifi-6e/) - [2.5 GbE](https://scottiestech.info/tag/2-5-gbe/) - [2.5 gigE](https://scottiestech.info/tag/2-5-gige/) - [TLS](https://scottiestech.info/tag/tls/) - [stunnel](https://scottiestech.info/tag/stunnel/) - [snaps](https://scottiestech.info/tag/snaps/) - [shungite](https://scottiestech.info/tag/shungite/) - [patch panel](https://scottiestech.info/tag/patch-panel/) - [home network](https://scottiestech.info/tag/home-network/) - [RJ-45](https://scottiestech.info/tag/rj-45/) - [telecom panel](https://scottiestech.info/tag/telecom-panel/) - [crimping tool](https://scottiestech.info/tag/crimping-tool/) - [punchdown tool](https://scottiestech.info/tag/punchdown-tool/) - [Software Protection Service](https://scottiestech.info/tag/software-protection-service/) - [0xc0000022](https://scottiestech.info/tag/0xc0000022/) - [activate windows](https://scottiestech.info/tag/activate-windows/) - [wireless charger](https://scottiestech.info/tag/wireless-charger/) - [wireless charging](https://scottiestech.info/tag/wireless-charging/) - [Qi](https://scottiestech.info/tag/qi/) - [resonant inductive coupling](https://scottiestech.info/tag/resonant-inductive-coupling/) - [tracking device](https://scottiestech.info/tag/tracking-device/) - [RFID](https://scottiestech.info/tag/rfid/) - [injectable tracking](https://scottiestech.info/tag/injectable-tracking/) - [RAIN](https://scottiestech.info/tag/rain/) - [defrag](https://scottiestech.info/tag/defrag/) - [18650](https://scottiestech.info/tag/18650/) - [battery tab welder](https://scottiestech.info/tag/battery-tab-welder/) - [spot welder](https://scottiestech.info/tag/spot-welder/) - [hype](https://scottiestech.info/tag/hype/) - [LTE](https://scottiestech.info/tag/lte/) - [USB 3.2](https://scottiestech.info/tag/usb-3-2/) - [thumb drive](https://scottiestech.info/tag/thumb-drive/) - [18650 welder](https://scottiestech.info/tag/18650-welder/) - [DIY](https://scottiestech.info/tag/diy/) - [power bank](https://scottiestech.info/tag/power-bank/) - [portable charger](https://scottiestech.info/tag/portable-charger/) - [battery bank](https://scottiestech.info/tag/battery-bank/) - [USB C](https://scottiestech.info/tag/usb-c/) - [LBRY](https://scottiestech.info/tag/lbry/) - [2FA](https://scottiestech.info/tag/2fa/) - [two-factor authentication](https://scottiestech.info/tag/two-factor-authentication/) - [Authy](https://scottiestech.info/tag/authy/) - [authenticator app](https://scottiestech.info/tag/authenticator-app/) - [tech problems](https://scottiestech.info/tag/tech-problems/) - [zen](https://scottiestech.info/tag/zen/) - [work smarter](https://scottiestech.info/tag/work-smarter/) - [media player](https://scottiestech.info/tag/media-player/) - [media feature pack](https://scottiestech.info/tag/media-feature-pack/) - [EMP](https://scottiestech.info/tag/emp/) - [electromagnetic pulse](https://scottiestech.info/tag/electromagnetic-pulse/) - [grounding](https://scottiestech.info/tag/grounding/) - [EMP shielding](https://scottiestech.info/tag/emp-shielding/) - [CPU](https://scottiestech.info/tag/cpu/) - [HEIF](https://scottiestech.info/tag/heif/) - [HEIC](https://scottiestech.info/tag/heic/) - [HEVC](https://scottiestech.info/tag/hevc/) - [JPG](https://scottiestech.info/tag/jpg/) - [iPad](https://scottiestech.info/tag/ipad/) - [deep freezer](https://scottiestech.info/tag/deep-freezer/) - [chest freezer](https://scottiestech.info/tag/chest-freezer/) - [freezer](https://scottiestech.info/tag/freezer/) - [generator](https://scottiestech.info/tag/generator/) - [backup power](https://scottiestech.info/tag/backup-power/) - [EHS](https://scottiestech.info/tag/ehs/) - [fluorescent upgrade](https://scottiestech.info/tag/fluorescent-upgrade/) - [0x80070005](https://scottiestech.info/tag/0x80070005/) - [external drive](https://scottiestech.info/tag/external-drive/) - [full backup](https://scottiestech.info/tag/full-backup/) - [cloud](https://scottiestech.info/tag/cloud/) - [poster](https://scottiestech.info/tag/poster/) - [excel](https://scottiestech.info/tag/excel/) - [Microsoft Paint](https://scottiestech.info/tag/microsoft-paint/) - [system restore](https://scottiestech.info/tag/system-restore/) - [recovery environment](https://scottiestech.info/tag/recovery-environment/) - [push notifications](https://scottiestech.info/tag/push-notifications/) - [blockchain](https://scottiestech.info/tag/blockchain/) - [Proof of Work](https://scottiestech.info/tag/proof-of-work/) - [BITS](https://scottiestech.info/tag/bits/) - [microwaves](https://scottiestech.info/tag/microwaves/) - [microwave oven](https://scottiestech.info/tag/microwave-oven/) - 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