A Neat Firefox for Android Trick
Google Chrome, the desktop web browser, is known for its vast library of extensions, small browser add-ons that fix minor (or major) annoyances. One of the most popular types of extensions are ad...
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Outlook and PST “Corruption”
Microsoft Outlook is still a popular email app, used by companies across the world, and home users like myself. But it seems like Microsoft 365 editions of Outlook have an annoying habit of complaining...
View ArticleWhy I Love This Song
I screwed around a lot in high school. I was one of those kids who wouldn’t shut up in classes he liked, like history and English. Believe me, few Duluth High students held stronger opinions about the...
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The Mystery of Douglas Edgar
This is James Douglas Edgar. He was a golfer, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England in 1884. He won the French Open in 1914, and after WWI he moved to Atlanta, where he became the professional at Druid...
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A Warning About Ordering Records From Europe
So, if you don’t know me, I collected records in middle and high school… back in the 80s when dinosaurs roamed the earth. In fact, I recently got a new storage solution for my records and went through...
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Clearing Individual Jump Lists in Windows 10
Jump Lists are one of the coolest features of Windows 10. If you pin an app to the taskbar, you can right-click on the app’s taskbar icon and see a list of your most recent documents (items), and even...
View ArticleMy Top Albums Of 2023
2023 was an… unusual year for music. As far as individual tracks go, 2023 was a bumper crop! My Fall 2023 Spotify playlist had to be split in two because there were just SO MANY great songs showing up...
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An Odd Tale of Digital Assistants
Mention “digital assistants” these days and most people will think of Alexa or Siri. But they’re way older than that. When banks were designing the first ATMs in the early 1970s, they weren’t sure...
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A Bunch of Crap!
You may be under the impression that an Englishman named Thomas Crapper invented the toilet. Sorry – that’s an urban legend. Flushing toilets go back to Elizabeth I’s time, and for centuries before...
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Dishes Newer Than You Think – It’s TRUE!
Every so often, this photo makes the rounds of Facebook and Reddit, claiming that many beloved “authentic” dishes are much, much younger than you may imagine: Well, I did some research and yes… this...
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