Artificial Stupidity: Your amazing AI future
When you imagine your future with the amazing technology of AI, chances are it doesn't look like what's happening today. In fact, it's not even close. If you're sick of hearing about AI while lamenting the lack of actual, cool uses for it, you're not alone. On top of...
How to remove date stamps from photos in Windows 7, 8 and 10
Seven years ago, I wrote a post entitled How to Easily Print a Large Image to Multiple Pages in Windows. This post has been one of the most popular articles on this site for quite some time now. Like me, you were probably surprised that Windows could do this - hardly...
All about smartphone and tablet tethering
You may have heard about tethering, but it probably seems a bit mysterious and complicated. Tethering is when you connect your smartphone or tablet to your puter, and then use your mobile device's data connection to surf the internet on your puter. Well, to put it...
Time to say goodbye to Adobe Flash Player
Five months ago, I answered the question Is the Adobe Flash Player really dead? The answer was: No! Fast forward to today, and I'm afraid it's time to part ways, especially if you're using Firefox. And if you're using Chrome, you have a bit less choice in the matter,...
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. If that's not got you all excited, how about this: You...
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...
Run cables the easy way: with a hot glue gun
Let's say you've got ethernet cables running all over the floor because you don't want to use WiFi. Or maybe you want to install another phone jack, but you want to route the cable nicely along the baseboards. Of course, routing cables inside the walls is always the...
Faster startup in Windows 10 made easy
Everybody wants their Windows puter to start up faster. We all know how painful it is to wait around for days while Windows reboots after applying updates, for example. Of course, the #1 way to make your whole puter faster is to upgrade to an SSD. But even with a...
Run macOS on your PC as a virtual machine
In the olden days, the only way to run OS X (now called macOS) on a non-Apple puter was to hack it. In those days, this was a big no-no. Fast-forward to today, and things have changed. Well, sort of. It still may not be entirely legal to run macOS on your PC, but...
Fix Windows Spotlight is missing or doesn’t work
There's a cool new feature in Windows 10 called Spotlight. Unfortunately, it doesn't work much of the time. Spotlight is an option for your Lock Screen where Windows will download new wallpapers in the background, and then show you a different purty image each time...
Is Windows 10 gobbling up your bandwidth?
Aside from all the hoopla about Windows 10 invading your privacy and sending your entire hard drive to Microsoft's servers, there is another obvious question to ask: Is Win 10 gobbling up all of your internet connection's bandwidth? The answer may be yes, especially...
Protect your Privacy in Windows 10 Anniversary Update
Windows 10 Anniversary Update, otherwise known as Windows 10 Version 1607, was released earlier this month. Recent updates from Microsoft seem to indicate that only about 16% of machines running Windows 10 have actually been updated. If you've got Windows 10, you're...
How to install git and gitk on Bash on Ubuntu on Windows 10
You may have heard about "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows". If not, you can check out my post on Bash for Windows 10. First, you'll need to make sure you have the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, which you've probably received automagically by now. Then, you'll need to...
WordPress and SSL: How to convert your WP site to use HTTPS
Everyone seems to be moving towards using "SSL" (which is actually TLS) so that entire sites load with the HTTPS protocol. In some cases, this is a rather simple affair. But if you have a WordPress-powered site, it's a bit more complicated than one would expect. After...
How to log off or switch users in Windows 10
The other day, I desperately wanted to log off, and then log back in again on Windows 10. I was trying to fix something, and a reboot wasn't necessary. Well, wouldn't you know, I couldn't find the dang "Log off" button any more?! I also realized the "Switch users"...
Fix “Something happened: Windows 10 installation failed” errors
First, FYI: Exactly one week from today, 29 July 2016, Windows 10 will no longer be a free upgrade. So, if you've been thinking about upgrading to 10, now's the time! Next, I recently ran into a problem trying to upgrade a puter from Windows 7 to Windows 10. I'd run...