April 11, 2016
There's now a dedicated drive for your rasberry Pi project.
http://www.wdc.com/en/company/pressroom/releases/?release=22d07183-95f4-44de-a170-5c79659e9ddb
Monday, April 11, 2016
200 GB Patriot micro sdhc card
April 11, 2016
Now you can get yourself a really huge tiny card for you phone or wherever you need the space. All those tiny cameras just need to catch up to these since most of those only support up to like 32 GB. Now backing all of that up...that's going to take a while.
https://patriotmemory.com/product/lx-series-microsdhcmicrosdxc-cards/
Now you can get yourself a really huge tiny card for you phone or wherever you need the space. All those tiny cameras just need to catch up to these since most of those only support up to like 32 GB. Now backing all of that up...that's going to take a while.
https://patriotmemory.com/product/lx-series-microsdhcmicrosdxc-cards/
Monday, March 21, 2016
Power window stopped working on my car.
March 21, 2016
The power window just stopped working on the driver side door of my car. You know how annoying that can be. Well I took the door apart today and found my problem. My brushes were a bit out of whack. I got those pushed in and now it's working again. I had to do the same thing on the other side when I first installed the kit. It just wasn't working. I would use another motor but since this is from an aftermarket kit I bought when I was back in high school and finally used it 20 plus years later, this is what I need to do. Most new kits seem so cheap and I keep reading how they barely get the windows up and down. this set came with nice motors, but they made the brushes a bit small. The good thing is that motor brushes can be found for almost anything on ebay, so if I ever need those I can always get new ones. I just wished I had look there before I took it apart so I could have measured it and got them now so I don't have to wait if I need them. Either way, it is what it is. It works again and that's all that matters.
The power window just stopped working on the driver side door of my car. You know how annoying that can be. Well I took the door apart today and found my problem. My brushes were a bit out of whack. I got those pushed in and now it's working again. I had to do the same thing on the other side when I first installed the kit. It just wasn't working. I would use another motor but since this is from an aftermarket kit I bought when I was back in high school and finally used it 20 plus years later, this is what I need to do. Most new kits seem so cheap and I keep reading how they barely get the windows up and down. this set came with nice motors, but they made the brushes a bit small. The good thing is that motor brushes can be found for almost anything on ebay, so if I ever need those I can always get new ones. I just wished I had look there before I took it apart so I could have measured it and got them now so I don't have to wait if I need them. Either way, it is what it is. It works again and that's all that matters.
Saturday, February 6, 2016
Adobe flash player, still has extra stuff you don't want
February 6, 2016
I had to install windows 10 on a machine and unfortunately I still need the adobe player in order to watch some videos online. The problem is not the player itself, but the other programs they still add to the player as you can see here. Make sure to uncheck that middle column box before proceeding or you will add another antivirus trial software than just the player. It's amazing how this is still going on, but the truth is that it is. Although, flash is dying, some companies are still using them. Just be aware of this and you can skip one more trial software on your computer.
I had to install windows 10 on a machine and unfortunately I still need the adobe player in order to watch some videos online. The problem is not the player itself, but the other programs they still add to the player as you can see here. Make sure to uncheck that middle column box before proceeding or you will add another antivirus trial software than just the player. It's amazing how this is still going on, but the truth is that it is. Although, flash is dying, some companies are still using them. Just be aware of this and you can skip one more trial software on your computer.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Taking screenshots of your screen or windows without other programs.
January 31, 2016
I have slowly been trying out more and more of the windows 10 features. Today I wanted to see if there was an easier way to take screenshots without installing any additional programs. The good news is that there still is a way, you just have to remember the shortcut keys. If you use this feature a lot it should be easy to remember since it's usually the same two keys. I've been using screenhunter which works well, but I always had to turn the program on before actually using it. So this is nice to have without any extra program. Just like making a pdf without any other programs except your already installed printer drivers. In any case I found this link that shows you step by step. So all the credit goes to them for posting this up. There are other programs you can also use as well if you really want a bit more control, but this should work for most basic screenshots which is what I do anyway. In short windows 10 does have a few more things you can do without adding any more programs which is nice. One more thing, don't forget to pin the snipping tool to the task bar and you should be all set! This way you don't have to keep searching for it, so it basically works just like my old program. Just make sure you rename the file when you save it or you will be over writing the old one as I just found out with my test. Now I just have then all going to the pictures screenshot folder where I can keep them organized instead of the desktop.
http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/capture-screenshots-windows-10
I have slowly been trying out more and more of the windows 10 features. Today I wanted to see if there was an easier way to take screenshots without installing any additional programs. The good news is that there still is a way, you just have to remember the shortcut keys. If you use this feature a lot it should be easy to remember since it's usually the same two keys. I've been using screenhunter which works well, but I always had to turn the program on before actually using it. So this is nice to have without any extra program. Just like making a pdf without any other programs except your already installed printer drivers. In any case I found this link that shows you step by step. So all the credit goes to them for posting this up. There are other programs you can also use as well if you really want a bit more control, but this should work for most basic screenshots which is what I do anyway. In short windows 10 does have a few more things you can do without adding any more programs which is nice. One more thing, don't forget to pin the snipping tool to the task bar and you should be all set! This way you don't have to keep searching for it, so it basically works just like my old program. Just make sure you rename the file when you save it or you will be over writing the old one as I just found out with my test. Now I just have then all going to the pictures screenshot folder where I can keep them organized instead of the desktop.
http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/capture-screenshots-windows-10
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Checking questionable files online...
I just ran into this and I thought it would make a good post for today.
https://www.virustotal.com/
https://www.virustotal.com/
Firefox slowing down
I have started having problems with Firefox slowing down to a crawl. Then again my whole windows 10 started crawling for no reason. I haven't downloaded or installed anything so I started doing a few things here and there, but it looks like firefox is still in the doghouse. At least the computer seems to have come back to life for now. I think I have actually turned most things off, but things still seem to get bogged down before I did anything. There's nothing more annoying than that specially when you haven't done anything yourself. I did find a large amount of tracking cookies and things like that which seem to really have bogged things down. So I need to look at those settings a lot closer now. I'm still testing Windows 10 a bit closer to see where things tend to go down hill even with the built-in antivirus which you really can't use much since now it's more hidden. It's there but you can see how that can make things longer to get done.
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