2025 – My Year In Tech
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.
Turn A Video Into A Puzzle With VLC
If you get bored watching your videos, why not turn them into puzzles? Go to “Tools -> Effects and Filters.” Click the “Video Effects” tab. Then “Geometry”. Down in the corner, you should see “Puzzle game”. Check it. You can change the “Rows” and “Columns”
3 Reasons Users Are Unhappy With Windows 11
User dissatisfaction with Windows 11 first manifested when Microsoft, in its infinite wisdom, decided to introduce the strict requirements that only served to eliminate millions of Windows 10 PCs from the upgrade path. However, ignoring that initial faux pas by Microsoft, let’s take a look
How To Use The Sleep Feature On Your Apple Watch
Were you aware that you could track your sleep habits using your watch? I know! Crazy huh?? Yes, it may seem crazy, but it is true, you can actually do this! I was gobsmacked when I found out about this. What’s next? Geez, I’m kind
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Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra (2025) – A Mini Review
In March 2016, DCT author Daniel Banks asked Are Smartwatches Just A Fad? Then, in September 2021, I wrote, I Just Bought My First Smart Watch!, followed by my most recent opinion in I Underestimated The Power Of Smart Watches, where I made mention of
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Giveaways & Contests Reminder (Week 0726)
Check out our DCT Forum. There, you can get answers to your computer questions, or just hang out and chat with other Forum members. It will also allow you to help others, which is always a nice thing to do. Try it out! Dave’s Computer
ASCOMP Secure Eraser Overview & Giveaway
ASCOMP Secure Eraser Winners Announced! This contest has now expired. Winners will be notified by email. Congratulations to the Winners and Thank You to everyone who participated! ASCOMP has kindly offered our DCT readers a chance to win one of five licenses for its Secure
How To Change Appearance Of ChatGPT
If you were here last week, you would have learned How To Change ChatGPT Personality. If you missed that one, you can find it here: How To Change ChatGPT Personality Since I have been teaching on this for the last few weeks, let’s continue our
Zoom In Or Crop A Video OBS
If you ever find yourself in a situation where you want to crop or zoom in on a video, as I sometimes do, here is how to do it in OBS. There may be more than one way to do this, including using plugins, but
Enhance Your Privacy With DoNotSpy11
DoNotSpy11 is a free application to enhance privacy in both Windows 11 and Windows 10. It was first released as DoNotSpy10 and the developer has updated the software so that it now also reflects Windows 11’s settings. DoNotSpy11 Explained DoNotSpy11 is a typical tweaking tool
I Finally Installed Linux On A Gaming PC
In my recent article Why Thousands Of Gamers Are Leaving Windows For Linux, I said I would install Linux on a spare gaming machine, and I completed the mission over the weekend. I’m fortunate to have plenty of hardware to play with, and since I
4 Best DNS Servers For Privacy & Security
DNS (Domain Name System) translates domain names into numerical IP addresses, and it plays an integral role in how we connect to the Internet. Most users would likely be using the DNS server provided by their ISP, but that is far from ideal. Not only
Giveaways & Contests Reminder (Week 0626)
Check out our DCT Forum. There, you can get answers to your computer questions, or just hang out and chat with other Forum members. It will also allow you to help others, which is always a nice thing to do. Try it out! Dave’s Computer
How To Change ChatGPT Personality
Last week, we talked about ChatGPT and how you can stop notifications. If you missed that one, you can find it here: How To Stop ChatGPT Notifications I would like to stay on this subject and teach you something new. That is right, I’m going