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My long rumored “video project” launches soon!
I must be crazy. I feel like I have no free time, and my stress levels keep creeping up. But
Continue readingMicrosoft Windows is 30 years old today
In 2012 I did a fun 27 year retrospective of official Microsoft version history information. Changelogs were shorter, back then.
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I’ll be honest, Windows Phone app development is stagnant. As I get more and more excited for Windows Universal Apps
Continue readingHow to save as Word / Excel / PowerPoint DOC XLS PPT files in LibreOffice
LibreOffice (and it’s grand daddy, OpenOffice) are excellent programs with a long history in the Open Source community. The projects
Continue readingHow to use “Hey, Cortana” with only voice commands in Windows 10
Now that you’ve upgraded to Windows 10, there’s the “Ask me anything” field at the bottom of the screen, right
Continue readingNo, Windows 10 actually DOESN’T share your networks without your authorization
I’ve been reading people complaining about this for a few weeks now. It’s completely blown out of proportion, and has
Continue readingHow to DISABLE (or enable?) Wi-Fi Sense in Windows 10
People have worked themselves into a frenzy, but I have discussed why I think this has been blown out of
Continue readingHow to backup Windows 8.1 before upgrading to Windows 10
We already discussed whether or not you should take Microsoft up on their offer to upgrade you to Windows 10.
Continue readingHow to Backup Windows 7 before upgrading to Windows 10
We already discussed whether or not you should take Microsoft up on their offer to upgrade you to Windows 10.
Continue readingHow to remove the “Get Windows 10” ad & Icon
Many users are happy with their computers the way they are and are not interested in upgrading to Windows 10.
Continue readingApple’s insane profits from the iPhone are not an anomaly, it’s a business model
A friend asked me, this morning, if it was true what he had heard about Apple having less than 20%
Continue readingWe’ll miss you, Satoru Iwata
A Sad day, indeed, to hear of the passing of Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata. The same type of cancer that took
Continue readingRelease dates & pre-orders: Halo 5, Forza 6, Rise of Tomb Raider, and Gears Remake
Microsoft just blasted out an email with release dates that weren’t made clear during their E3 announcements! I’ve included release
Continue readingShould I use the Windows 10 upgrade icon in my system tray?
UPDATE 1: How to backup Windows 7 before upgrading to Windows 10 & How to backup Windows 8.1 before upgrading
Continue readingWhy are there “HOT NEW” stickers on some Dreamcast games?
The Sega Dreamcast – a beloved piece of gaming history. It was ill fated from the beginning, unfortunately. Several games
Continue readingMicrosoft Fastlane on future Lumias?
Microsoft Finland (in other words: formerly Nokia) filed a trademark on the name “Fastlane.” Fastlane is described as “computer software
Continue readingMicrosoft “Windows 365” is coming, eventually
Confirming beliefs that the Windows operating system would be made available as a subscription based piece of software, in February
Continue readingSorry, Star Wars: Battlefront won’t look as good as the trailer
Last week, an absurdly, painfully gorgeous trailer for the upcoming game Star Wars: Battlefront was released to the internet. If
Continue readingMy Wii U has a virus, how do I clean it!?
Good news! Your Wii U is CLEAN. Let me explain… my website recently received a search query asking how to
Continue readingEvery Windows XP “Windows Update” in one download (+2019 patches)
Update 3: In May of 2019 Microsoft released a patch for x86 versions of Windows XP and the 32 and
Continue readingWhat is DHCP Lease Time and how long should it be?
Update: Almost 2 years after I wrote this article, it remains one of the most popular on the website, so
Continue readingHow to play .264 video files solved, player here!
I recently came across the need to play video files saved as .264. After much digging, it seemed I wasn’t
Continue readingThe Back Order – Going WAY back
The Backorder was a feature I started in 2009. It was a way for me to declutter my list of
Continue readingHow to export your entire Last.FM Listening and Scrobble history data
If you were anything like for the last decade, you listened to a lot of music. I had the AudioScrobbler
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