An Unkindess of Ravens October crept in while I slept. It painted the sky a sad winter gray as if to warn me, or taunt me, that winter is approaching fast. I look out my kitchen window, this cold, gray October morning, and see a flock of birds – ravens actually – circling around above the woods behind… Read More »
Are you color blind? We are not sure if you can file this under “U” for Useful or “T” for Time-wasting…but we know one thing, we can file this under “I” (or should that be ‘eye’?) for Interesting. I’m not sure about EB, looking at her desktop, I swear she’s color blind. Anyone who thinks pink and green… Read More »
What caused that crash? This freeware program is one of those we categorize as “any-port-in-the-storm” software. We’re not sure of its value as far as determining the causes of system crashes and boot failures – however it may help if the answer is just a faulty driver or something easy. Don’t count on software to do complex analysis… Read More »
Add custom toolbars to Windows 7, 8x or 10 One trick we’ve been using for a number of years is turning our most-often-used folders into toolbars that can be accessed quickly and easily from the system tray (Notification area). This is one of the most useful tips ever and we should have shared this with you long ago… Read More »
VeraCrypt: The best TrueCrypt replacement TrueCrypt lived a long life. It was the most commonly used Windows encryption tool until TrueCrypt, with no warning, closed up shop. Since then many other have tried, none ever attained TrueCrypt’s popularity or ease of use, until VeraCrypt came along. VeraCrypt is a powerful encryption tool and for most of us not… Read More »
Use Cortana as your go-to dictionary Here’s a quick tip for those of you using the North American version of Windows 10. You may have mixed feelings about Cortana but, she’s useful and can save you time I tells ya! Like if you want to know the weather you can ask her: “What’s the weather (today)?” You can… Read More »