The power has been blinking on and off all morning. A woman called because she was getting an error on her TV screen after the power came back on. It would first say E126 and then 8888. I believe she is still using a “Motorola […]
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This report involves using an “EasyCAP Composite / S-Video and Audio USB Capture Device” to copy movies recorded on a cable box DVR to my computer. You can use the same procedure for live recordings as well. I’ll be using OBS Studio to capture the
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Back in 2017 Jason showed us a simple way to fix a loose USB cable connection. A timeless and useful piece of advice. Loose USB Cable My wife noticed that her USB cable started getting loose. You know, when you plug it in to charge
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Yesterday I needed to clear the cache partition on my Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra because of a Bluetooth issue. The normal procedure is to switch off the phone, then hold the power button and volume up button until you get to the system recovery
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I’ve been networking since the Windows 98 days. At first, it was just a direct cable connection from a computer-to-computer using a crossover cable. Then I bought a hub, or so I thought. One day, I took a closer look at the name and the
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Yeah, that’s the news floating around town. Time Warner Cable (TWC) may buy a 25% stake in Hulu. Before I rant on that, here’s my back story: I’ve had TWC for almost twenty years now. They are pretty much the only game in town where
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I have been looking at ways to make our life simpler as well as cut expenditures we do not need. Currently we have basic Cable television, Hi-speed Internet, Unlimited Long distance/Internet phone with our local cable TV company. We don’t have any sort of contract
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Warning, rant follows!! If your household is anything like mine, you have numerous devices which either require connecting to the PC occasionally or charging regularly, and each device’s cable comes with a different connection on one end or different power adapter. For example; in our
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I know this is slightly off topic but I’ve been struggling to find any new and interesting freeware items of late, plus articles covering Windows 8 and browsers have been done to death and are beginning to wear a tad thin. Besides, I’ve just bought
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As 2025 has now come to a close, I’m reminded of the tech I acquired during that year, along with PC upgrades and mods I carried out. For me, it was both a challenging and exciting year in tech, so here’s how it turned out.
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