Category: Technology

This is a list of the articles filed under this category, in reverse chronological order.

• Switch from Windows to Linux Mint and Enjoy Stability for a Change (February 10, 2020)
• How I Stream Media from My Linux Mint Laptop to My Android Phone (January 16, 2020)
• A Web Form is Supposed to Make Banking and Banking Online Easy (January 14, 2020)
• Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer End of Life Dates (January 10, 2020)
• Digital Storage Media and External Data Storage Options (December 14, 2019)
• Using an MP3 Player for Playing Music Instead of My Cell Phone (November 8, 2019)
• Save Spotify Songs as Audio Files on Ubuntu and Linux Mint (November 6, 2019)
• I Hope My Next Computer will be a Raspberry Pi, or Something Like It (September 25, 2019)
• A Mini PC or a Micro Computer - More Laptop Computer Alternatives (September 22, 2019)
• USB4 and USB-C - I Predict a Hardware Revolution Like No Other (September 17, 2019)
• KeeWeb is My Latest Password Manager - I’m Sticking With This One (September 10, 2019)
• Buttercup is a Fantastic Password Manager, Much Better than Others (July 30, 2019)
• Working at Home - Can I Replace My Laptop Computer with a Tablet? (July 28, 2019)
• Bookmarking Services are Better than Browser Bookmarks or Favorites (June 21, 2019)
• Online Storage Drive Clients - Windows is Always Supported (May 20, 2019)
• File Sync Software - There are More Choices than Ever Before (May 16, 2019)
• What a Modern Workstation Might Look Like Today (May 10, 2019)
• The Brave Web Browser Instead of other Chromium Based Web Browsers (March 20, 2019)
• The Google Chromecast is Definitely the Media Player for Me (March 17, 2019)
• A Bluetooth Speaker instead of Another Kind of Boombox (March 10, 2019)
• 25 Years on the World Wide Web with Many More Years to Go (February 13, 2019)
• Chromium Based Web Browsers - What Sets Them Apart? (February 13, 2019)
• Phishing Expeditions and the Phish They Want to Catch (February 1, 2019)
• Find the Best Laptop Computer for Your Particular Situation (January 14, 2019)
• FOSS, Free and Open Source Software - Why Use Any Other Kind? (January 8, 2019)
• Password Manager - Pick the Best One for Your Specific Situation (January 6, 2019)
• Restore or Reinstall Windows 10 - You Should Always Be Prepared (December 27, 2018)
• Memory Module (RAM) Upgrades for Laptop Computers (December 20, 2018)
• Backup and Restore Windows For Free Using Windows or Linux Software (December 3, 2018)
• BlueStacks, an Android Emulator for the Windows and Macintosh Desktops (September 19, 2018)
• The Modern Television is so much more than a Simple Broadcast Receiver (July 18, 2018)
• Using a VPN for Privacy and Getting Around ISP and Country Blocks (July 8, 2018)
• Windows 10 - Keep it Running Fast and Keep the Registry Clean (May 2, 2018)
• Portable Applications on Windows and Linux Computers (April 26, 2018)
• It’s Almost Time to Replace All of My Aging Laptop Computers (April 24, 2018)
• FTP vs. Everything - Using PHP to Run FTP Scripts on My Laptop (February 26, 2018)
• E-books and E-readers are for People who Read a Lot of Books (February 9, 2018)
• Authentication and Encryption - Keys to the Kingdom (January 31, 2018)
• Is a Professional Email Domain Name Really Necessary? (January 30, 2018)
• Long Distance Phone Calls - Alternatives to Phone Company Rates (January 13, 2018)
• Inexpensive LCD TV Repair at My Home in Olongapo City (January 9, 2018)
• Do You Still Get Your News from Newspapers and Television? (December 30, 2017)
• Maps and GPS Services - What Do You Use the Most? (December 14, 2017)
• What Online Tool to Translate from One Language to Another? (December 13, 2017)
• Phone Numbers will Someday be as Extinct as Dinosaurs (November 11, 2017)
• The Venerable Telephone Booth is Almost Obsolete (November 10, 2017)
• The Shortcut and the Path of Least Resistance in User Interface Design (October 15, 2017)
• Digital Media Evolution - CD, DVD, Blu-ray and Beyond (September 18, 2017)
• Laptop or Desktop Computer - Which One Do You Prefer and Why? (July 29, 2017)
• Wi-Fi Data with Cable, DSL, or Fiber Internet vs. Cellular Data (July 28, 2017)
• Tablets vs. Everything Else for Viewing Websites and Everyday Use (July 27, 2017)
• Fiber Internet isn’t in My Immediate Future - Too Many Issues (July 9, 2017)
• DigitalOcean now has Firewalls at the Network Layer - This is Important (June 6, 2017)
• Fiber Internet should be My Primary Connection Next Month (June 2, 2017)
• Vivaldi - The Best Web Browser I’ve Found So Far (May 22, 2017)
• Internet Service Disconnection - Who’s to Blame this Time? (May 21, 2017)
• Inventory Management - Is it Really Too Difficult to Plan Ahead? (May 7, 2017)
• Reduced Port Scan Blocking on My Hardened Virtual Server (April 11, 2017)
• Clean a Laptop or Desktop Computer without doing more Harm than Good (February 28, 2017)
• Save any Web Page for Offline Reading on any Device (February 24, 2017)
• Computer Skills to Pay the Bills - I Learned without any Technical Training (January 16, 2017)
• The High-Capacity USB Flash Drive Scam Takes Advantage of Consumers (November 15, 2016)
• The Deep Web isn’t only a Bunch of Hidden Websites and it isn’t Scary (November 6, 2016)
• Commodore 64 and 128 Computers - Real Time Reminiscing (October 26, 2016)
• Xtra-PC: A Scam for People with Little or No Computer Experience (October 11, 2016)
• My Next Computer will be a Traditional Desktop Computer (September 15, 2016)
• Using an SSH Tunnel on Windows, Linux Mint and Android (August 11, 2016)
• Hardening My Virtual Private Server, My DigitalOcean Droplet (August 10, 2016)
• Just Because You’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean They Aren’t After You (August 7, 2016)
• Desktop Computers vs. Smartphones vs. Tablets (June 22, 2016)
• Broadband Internet in Olongapo City, Philippines (May 15, 2016)
• My Wi-Fi Powerline Extender Kit is now a Useless Pair of Bricks (May 14, 2016)
• Download YouTube Videos as Files to your Hard Drive (April 8, 2016)
• IrfanView on Windows and Linux Mint (March 19, 2016)
• Is PLDT doing an Unannounced Upgrade to their DSL lines? (February 5, 2016)
• Spilling Coffee on My Computer Desk but not on My Computer (January 17, 2016)
• Old Computers - What can you do with an Old Laptop or Desktop PC? (January 15, 2016)
• Computer Parts Cost More in the Philippines than in the United States (November 3, 2015)
• A New USB Flash Drive and a New Micro SD Card for Storing Music (October 6, 2015)
• Technology Today and the Lack of It in the Past (October 4, 2015)
• Hard Disk Repair on My Windows 10 Laptop Computer (September 11, 2015)
• Me and My DSL - I’m Not Your Average DSL Subscriber (April 12, 2015)
• What You Say Online Can Cause More Trouble than it’s Worth (April 7, 2015)
• Personal Computers and Battles with My Wife (October 28, 2014)
• I’m not a Laptop Touchpad or Trackpad Commando (August 29, 2014)
• My 2005 Dell Laptop Computer is Almost as Good as New (May 22, 2014)
• The Dell Inspiron 6000 Laptop Computer I’m Fixing (April 29, 2014)
• Text Messages, Chat Speak and Internet Slang (April 7, 2014)
• The Google Chromecast and Roku Streaming Sticks (March 28, 2014)
• Buy or Build a New Desktop Computer? I Recommend Buying (January 16, 2014)
• Wireless Internet vs. Wired Internet (Cable, DSL, Dial-up) (January 6, 2014)
• Cable TV and Cable Internet in Olongapo City (December 1, 2013)
• Torrent Privacy Services for Internet Security (August 30, 2013)