Seriously trivial thoughts
After three years of rarely using my Macbook Air, I decided it was time to return to a Windows machine. I never fully embraced the MacOS and usually ran Windows via Parallels anyways ;-). I bought the Macbook Air before the copycat Windows Ultrabooks existed and although I considered them now, ultimately, I decided on Microsoft’s …
Ever heard of the C:\Windows\CSC folder? Me neither, but I noticed recently that a scanning program I was running was stuck on this folder, sifting through thousands and thousands of files. The folder appeared to be otherwise empty and Windows wouldn’t let me open it to see what was in it. After a quick Internet …
Ever since I started using my current PC as a server and leaving it on 24/7, it has been nothing but trouble–randomly crashing and rebooting. The machine has it’s roots in one I bought almost seven years ago, although I have upgraded the OS, hard drive and CPU since. I guess I’ve got enough use …
Ok, I’ll be right upfront with you: I *hate* Windows 8. Wow, that even rhymes… So why did I install it, you may ask. Well, I figured that Windows 9 will be better and it would be easier to upgrade from 8, rather than from 7. So I installed it…actually 8.1 and after some tweaking, …
Aereo, the streaming live-TV service, recently started serving San Antonio and are giving the first month free. I decided to cut the cable TV cord and actually getting rid of my cable TV box! Aereo basically streams local broadcast TV channels, including all the major networks (CBS, NBC, ABC, WB and Fox) and a number …
If you are a long-time user of Apple products, their switch to the Lightening connector probably left you with orphaned 30-pin connector devices, like iPhone/iPad powered speaker docks. Well, this handy $15 adapter will turn those into useful Bluetooth speakers! (Even if you still live in the 30-pin world, this would be a great thing …
This is a fantastic 2-in-1 cable with Apple Lightning and micro-USB connectors. I’ve got two and just ordered a couple more. It’s great for my Mophie Juice Pack Plus iPhone 5 battery case. For iPhone 5 iPod iPad USB Data Charging Cable Lightning Connector Micro USB | eBay.
I’ve been dealing with this for years and finally found the solution and reason I could never get my Canon Pixma MG5320 printer to use the rear paper tray when printing labels with Word. I always ended up wasting paper and finally just putting the labels in the regular cassette, praying one wouldn’t come off …
In the past, I usually sell my devices when I upgrade. I’ve done this with phones, iPod touches, iPads, etc. Unfortunately, I inevitably regret that decision, feeling that I could have used the device I sold and really didn’t get that much money out of it (particularly after eBay and Paypal take their cut). So …
If you are wondering what’s eating all your RAM, check if you’ve got the Google Voice extension installed in Chrome. (Yes, that’s 1.2GBs and climbing!) I’m hoping this was the cause of my random BSODs. For now the solution is to disable the extension until it gets fixed. Just go to Tools > Extensions, find …