XKCD: What If and How-To First, xkcd is a Cloudeight Site Pick. It takes a lot of work to stumble on a site like this—not really. The key word in that sentence is “stumble.” This morning, I stumbled on this site and wasted two hours chortling, scratching my head, and wondering why people ask such questions. Our… Read More »
PassMark Disk Checkup: The SMART Way to Monitor Your Hard Drive As your computer gets older, the chances of its hard drive failing increases. So it’s always good to check your hard drive occasionally to make sure it’s in good working order. There are several ways to do this but not many of them are better… Read More »
uBlock Origin Lite – An Excellent Adblocker That Works with Google Chrome Late this summer, uBlock Origin announced that due to changes in the Google Chrome browser, its flagship ad blocker (and our #1 recommendation) would no longer work with Chrome. At that time we started looking for an alternative to uBlock Origin and in September 2024,… Read More »
The More You Know About Scams, the Less Likely it Is You’ll Be a Victim The holiday season is fast approaching and that means scammers will be out in full force trying to trick you into giving them your money. But you can stay one step ahead of the scammers by learning all you can about the… Read More »
Windows Cleanup Tools: Our Top Two Freeware Picks A few years ago, Microsoft warned Windows 10 users not to install CCleaner. CCleaner was once a highly regarded Windows system cleaner that Avast purchased. That has led to many controversies as Avast (which now owns AVG too) started using CCleaner to spy on its users, as an advertising… Read More »
Halloween is almost here, and the ghosts and goblins will soon be at your door. Or perhaps you’ll be luckier than me and you’ll be invited to EB’s annual Halloween party this year. Anyway, no matter what your plans are this Halloween season, we’ve got some great free and spooky Halloween fonts for you. 1001 Fonts has… Read More »