These are basic tips for the average person to increase their level of online privacy. There are more in-depth ways to “go dark” on the internet that will not be posted here. I don’t want to train people on how to be a better criminal and that level of security would require a more advanced […]
Please note that this post applies to Blue Iris version 5 and I do not know if it will work with version 4. I have a computer dedicated to running just Blue Iris and Plex Media Server. I use this computer for nothing else and it has a decent GPU (Quadro P2000) since both of […]
I purchased the OnePlus 7T Pro 5G McLaren Edition when it was released because I wanted 5G on T-Mobile. This $900 phone has some impressive specifications, such as 256GB of storage, 12GB of RAM, an incredible 6.67” 90Hz display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+, and more. However, there were a few things that have really bothered me […]
Let’s say you still buy a lot of Blu-ray discs because you don’t trust buying streaming video on Amazon or Google because you don’t really own it. If you were not aware of this, you are now! You do not own videos you buy from a streaming provider and they could disappear because of a […]
I have a lot of hard drives and I’m always buying more. I have three 8-bay Synology NAS and I always seem to want more free space. Since Synology allows mixing drive capacities, I have been continually buying higher capacity hard drives and replacing smaller capacity drives. I was boxing up the phased out drives […]
I’ve had FiOS internet since 2006 when it was owned by Verizon and it was later purchased by Frontier. Until just the last few months it had been rock solid with few outages and speeds were always as advertised. I used a Verizon router many years ago, but I have used aftermarket routers since. I […]
I was just asked about a WiFi issue, which made me realize I get decent amount of WiFi and router questions. I will now be able to point to this post! If you are having WiFi issues or slow internet speeds there are a few tests you can do even if you are not a […]
I’ve slowly been losing faith in Google over the years and this feeling is accelerating. I don’t like to use profanity on my site, but the latest Google fuckery has me very angry. This happens to be Google Play Music being discontinued in favor of YouTube Music. When they first announced this I had my […]
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Many years ago, I preferred AMD CPUs over Intel, but Intel seemed to advance ahead and became my standard CPU. I watched the first generation Ryzen CPUs with interest, but it was too new [for me] when I needed to build a couple computers so I went with the Intel i7-8700 and i7-8700K. I was […]
