Pi Day
Overview March 14, 3/14, or 3.14 is Pi Day. Those who live in countries that write the date backward may disagree and claim that Pi Day is 22 July (22 divided by 7). When I was young, I found the history of pi interesting, and […]
Geek Facts
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Play More Than One Video At A Time VLC
Have you ever wanted to play more than one video at a time? Neither have I. But maybe you need to, like comparing two videos for editing. To play more than one video at a time, simply open VLC. Go to Tools -> Preferences or
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Remote Page Turner Tip
Reading While Relaxing Just Got Easier If you are like the millions of people that read e-books on a kindle, kindle fire, or just about any mobile device then this little trick might be the ticket to easy reading while relaxing in a lounge chair
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Enable Or Disable Santa Hat On VLC Logo
Every December around the 20th, the day I write this, the VLC logo on the player gets a Christmas decoration. A Santa hat. Apparently, some people don’t like this. It doesn’t bother me but if you are one of those who don’t want to see
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Your Home Network Maintenance
Many electronic hardware devices need some form of maintenance, from physical maintenance like cleaning cooling fans to electrical maintenance like rebooting. This article is about electrical maintenance of the electronic devices on your home computer network. Reboot Your Computer The way I like to think
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The Truth About Startup Files
Window’s Tools Are Not Enough? Startup Files are more than the automatic startup of just Programs or Apps. In fact, a startup file can be a system-driven file that Windows uses to make Windows work. It can be user-installed programs or apps; it can be
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How To Set Different Wallpaper On Dual Monitors
When I place a picture in the background on my computer, I either use one image that gets mirrored on both monitors or use one large picture and span it across both monitors. Read here: How To Span Pictures Over Multiple Monitors But I discovered
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DDR5 SDRAM And My Dream
The newest evolution in RAM has recently been released to the public. Like any new electronic component release, the prices will stay high for a while but for an initial release, they are more affordable than I would have guessed. With memory manufacturers like Crucial
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What Is A Pilcrow?
I read an article this morning from a pretty prominent purveyor of Microsoft Office “how-to” articles. The title of the article caught my eye and so I read it. I am sad to say that articles like this one are why it is so difficult
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File Extensions Revisited
A file extension consists of the characters after the dot in a file name. It designates which application was used to create the file. By default, file extensions are not displayed in File Manager. In Windows 10, extensions are also referred to as file types.
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What Are File Extensions, Associations?
Every file stored on the computer is named. That name consists of two parts. The left portion is the actual file name. It ends with a dot or period and is followed by what is called an extension. [Almost] every file has one. That extension
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Let’s Learn Proper Terms In Word
One of the biggest problems Help Desks complain of is people describing their problems using incorrect terms. You cannot fix something if someone is telling you it is one thing and that thing is not broken! I remember when I taught Microsoft Word to adults
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How To Read CBZ Or CBR Comic Book Files
CBZ means a Comic Book Zip Archive. It’s just a bunch of pictures (usually comic pages) put into numeric order, like the pages in a comic book. Most compression programs can extract the individual images from an archive. The last letter of an archive usually
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Windows 10 – Lifecycle And Death
Death is a fact of life. This is not only true for flora and fauna but also for software and operating systems. Even the almighty Windows is not immune to this immutable end. Over the decades we have seen many variants of Windows come and
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