The Puzzle…
I came across this puzzle on X (formally known as Twitter). It seems to be one of those things that get posted and re-posted on both Facebook and Twitter. I like this one because I think I know the answers. I say “think” because I […]
How To Launch Thunderbird At System Startup
I rarely turn off my desktop computer but sometimes I need a restart. Of all the programs that open automatically on startup, I would like my email program, Thunderbird, to be one of them. Thunderbird, at the time of this writing, does not support that
How To Fix Opera Bookmarks Missing Names
I discovered that some of my bookmarks in Opera are, shall we say, almost unclickable. I noticed a few with the names missing, the blank space is not clickable, but the icon is still there. Clicking on the icons will open them up. I went
How To KillFiles – Delete Locked Files
I wrote before about using the CMD prompt to delete files that are hard to delete because they might be locked by the system. In my case, I had a file with an extra-long name. I couldn’t rename, delete, or do anything else with it.
Printing Posters With PosteRazor
A long time ago my nephews wanted me to print up a large poster for them. A RuneScape world map. I used a program to do it but cannot remember what program I used. I received a comment in the previous post suggesting this program.
How To Delete A Problem File
I was trying to save some information from X. I saved it as a PDF file but couldn’t open it. I assumed it was corrupted or didn’t save properly so I tried to delete it and couldn’t even do that. I noticed when I saved
My Top 5 Short Horror Picks From YouTube
I blame the internet for my short attention span when watching movies. 🙂 I like horror/science fiction, mainly. And it’s nearly Halloween, so here are my Top 5 short horror video picks from YouTube. Descriptions are mostly from YouTube. Click on a title to watch
How To Print A Very Large Photo
I have three sources of inspiration for my articles: waiting for my computer to break, waiting for someone else’s computer to break, and waiting for my Uncle to want something done. And the winner is – my Uncle wanted me to print up a three-foot-wide
How To Change Your X (Twitter) Profile Photo
This topic was covered before but X (the artist formally known as Twitter) has changed its interface a bit since then. Read: How To Change Your Twitter Profile Photo by Jason Shuffield (2016) So, here is how to do it with a modern look. Go
How To Remove Search Bar From Thunderbird
Thunderbird updated and I noticed a search bar at the very top. I don’t like it. A bit of clicking around and I found out how to remove it. Right-click on the top bar, somewhere around the search bar, and click on “Customize…” Then right-click
Unable To Write To Mailbox – Thunderbird
Thunderbird updated and then on one of my Gmail accounts I kept getting an error message saying, “Unable to write the email to the mailbox. Make sure the system allows you write privileges, and you have enough disk space to copy the mailbox.” Then I
How To Use Speed Dials In Firefox
One of the main things I think I would really miss if I moved from Opera is the Speed Dials. Firefox is my second browser of choice and I was wondering if I could add Speed Dials to it through some extension. The answer is,
How To Use Simplified Printing In Firefox, Opera
When I print a web page, I don’t want the menus, ads, etc. I only want a clean simplified copy to print. Firefox, my second browser of choice, gives you such an option. I wrote about this before here: How To Clean Up Mashed Up
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Paste Text Without Formatting
I sometimes copy and paste some notes from websites into another document to print for personal use. When you do this with a website you can end up with the formatting of the website page as well – colours, bullet points, etc., which I don’t