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Want to hear audible text notifications on your phone while wearing your Google Pixel Watch? My phone happily lets me know I’m getting phone calls while wearing my watch but not text messages. Yes I may … Read more

bighandshake · To the Red Sky

Make a 28lb single speed coaster braked spot welded AMF Roadmaster bicycle go 28mph by pushing platform pedals on a loose cinder track with 33 other like minded maniacs spinning out 110 rpm. Cinders on fire! … Read more

Are you suddenly unable to create a Teams meeting in Outlook? You no longer have the option to create a new Teams meeting in Calendar view? You’re not alone! The general issue in play has long … Read more

How to add your Gmail account to Outlook for Microsoft 365. The process has changed as of February 2023 and requires the latest version of Outlook for Microsoft 365. This process allows you to send and … Read more

How to install and use the Outlook for Microsoft 365 add-in for reporting messages as Phishing, Junk or Not Junk with the Report Message add-in. The online version of Outlook (Outlook.com) has the “Report” button built … Read more

This – is art? Dropping into the 7 minute mark of SAFA Brian’s – 65 MPH through the desert Full screen, crank the audio.

Dell Latitude 7400 laptops after upgrading to Windows 10 21H2 may have issues with the touchpad being unresponsive. When running on battery your Latitude Touchpad may not respond when waking the laptop from sleep. This prevents … Read more

O365 Outlook  for Mac is a great program but as with most any app there are some issues. This particular issue is a bit over the top – crazy stupid, but also very easy to fix. … Read more

Dell Latitude laptops – I never understood why laptop keyboards default to the F1-F12 keys of which, admit it, you’ve only ever used 2 maybe 3 tops  but you did need to use volume, brightness, keyboard … Read more

Well that was somewhat unexpected – Dave Grohl

Ilulissat Icefjord – Iceberg Turning Over – Peter Søndergaard    

Did you accidentally enable Shuffle for your Spotify Discover Weekly Playlist? Seems to be quite easy to turn on (cough, eh-hem…) but to turn it off? Ha! Shuffle for the auto generated Discover Weekly list does … Read more

Protect your email with SPF (sending control) and DKIM (spoof control) –  when hosting with O365 Email. How to use DMARC to Validate Email:  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/use-dmarc-to-validate-email?view=o365-worldwide How to use DKIM to validate outbound email:  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/use-dkim-to-validate-outbound-email?view=o365-worldwide NameCheap – … Read more

So I buy an excellent pair of Cyclocross tires – WTB Cross Boss 700 x 35c TCS Light Fast Roll Tire. I slap that new rubber on and pump it up. Hit the road and I’m … Read more

Notepad ++ lets you create backups of individual files, but if you’re like me (may the lord have mercy) and you have lots of snippets, notes and copy/pasted text in unsaved files and tabs… well you … Read more

Issue: This simple WordPress site was randomly spiking the CPU for over a year at 75-100%. Once every 2-4 days, sometimes every day. Sometimes for five minutes sometimes for an hour. When checking during an event … Read more

Mike Terrana – Likes to jam.

Hahahhhaaa

Is your brand new or nearly new Dell Latitude 7400 laptop hot with the fan continuously running fast and loud for no apparent reason? When you check Task Manager CPU utilization isn’t high as might be … Read more

Update!  AMD has added a Driver Only option to their Radeon install package. Nice! Thanks to William Cronk for the notice in the comments below!  Still no “driver only” option for your AMD Radeon card?  Continue … Read more

With Koken no longer actively supported I needed to move to another Gallery management system but found it wasn’t possible due to how Koken stored Albums and images – in a completely random nonsensical method with no way to copy, migrate or otherwise export your galleries and files in a way that can be reconstructed into a new photo gallery system.

Issue – Microsoft driver updates. After Windows Update your computer can’t connect to WiFI. No matter what you try –  your existing connection that was working before the reboot for Windows update is dead. You can … Read more

Adrian Belew was playing in bar with cover bands seemingly going nowhere and hitting thirty. Then Frank Zappa’s limo driver was asked for a good live music destination in Nashville. Adrian’s band was covering the Stones … Read more

Issue: Your Lenovo Laptop or tablet display is often dim or dull at 100% maximum brightness in a low light situation, and you don’t have auto brightness turned on. Like Nigel you’re turning (punching!) the brightness … Read more

You’re happily typing along in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel or PowerPoint and this evil little thing comes from out of nowhere to hover over the text you want to manage and you can’t get rid of … Read more

My Lenovo Yoga 920’s crisp and bright 4k display was often way to dim in low light situations. No problem right, just bump the brightness up from the default power settings while on battery right? F12, … Read more

If your Google Pixel 3 or 3XL is feeling a bit slow you might try changing animation settings in developer mode and disabling Digital Wellbeing. Shortening the animation settings definitely makes all basic UI actions faster, … Read more

Issue: May Insider Update to 1903 won’t install: Feature update to Windows 10, version 1903 x64 2019-04. Windows Update shows “Updates available” but with a yellow exclamation mark, a status of “pending download” and the note … Read more

My good ol steel drum rollers up and blew apart after 22yrs of sweating in front of a fan, headphones cranking power tunes.  Not bad at all but time to shop for a new set of … Read more

Issue: Spotify song volume starts crisp and loud then suddenly drops. Cause: This happens because Spotify decided you needed an Equalizer, made sure it sucked massively and that you didn’t know you had it. Disable the … Read more

It struck like lightning, hurt like hell and would not go away. Plantar Fasciitis, it is not your friend. I tried a podiatrist. He doctored up my insoles and created an arch padded ankle sleeve to … Read more

One Time Passcode World Champion. I visit the Verizon Business Website many times a day. It does not trust my computer. I’ve used one browser on one computer for over a year. I’ve verified & “trusted” … Read more

One White Cat – BigHandShake

Do you want some hassle free phone migration when you upgrade? Yeah Apple iOS has that. Confirm your device is running the latest OS Backup your old phone to iCloud or iTunes Call to activate your … Read more

I grew up on a bike. I watched Wayne Stetina at the little 500. My brother got us to race around a local business parking lot – he broke his collar bone. I rode 12 miles … Read more