A lot of you have probably been hearing quite a bit of buzz about Virtual Private Networks lately. I’m here to tell you why you probably should be using one. First and foremost, let’s talk about Wi-Fi Hotspots for a moment. While there are certainly a few connections out there where you’ve nothing to worry ...…
Before beginning this one, when I say “throw out”, that’s obviously optional. You can consider “throw out” to be the same as “sell on Craigslist or eBay”. Here’s a recent experience that shows just how far some people will go to save a laptop. I had a friend come over, and he said he was ...…
It’s most likely true that for some web sites you login to, you’re prompted to “log in securely”, or it’s done automatically where you see this little lock symbol appear in your browser. But is this secure, and moreover does this really work? Well, before I answer that, here’s a basic primer on secure logins ...…
We’ve been focused mostly on device modification for the past few weeks. Today, however, we’re going to do something a little different. Rather than showing you how to set up your own server, or put Linux on a smartphone, or turn a tablet into a media server, we’re going to focus on something new: decorating. ...…
To this day in the US (as well as other countries), you have the option of using a modem of your choosing for your ISP subscription if you wish to do so. For example, you could if you wanted to purchase a Motorola SURFboard SB5101U, or maybe the more expensive SURFboard SB6121, or maybe a ...…
Printers like any other technology are subject to Murphy’s Law (whatever can go wrong will go wrong and at the most inconvenient possible time), and there are times it seems no matter how little or how much you spend on a printer, you always end up with the same crap. The reason printers break is ...…
For those of you who don’t already know about it, Raspberry Pi is awesome, and if you’ve ever been a Linux enthusiast (or a tech geek), you’re doing yourself a grave injustice if you don’t check it out. To put it simply, it’s a credit-card sized, fully-functional computer – camera and media ports included. The specs of ...…
If you’ve ever found it difficult to read certain things on web sites, you can in fact force the font you want and its minimum size fairly easily with the Mozilla Firefox web browser. Getting a good set of fonts Note before continuing: You may already have these fonts installed. Head to your Control Panel ...…
It’s a fair bet that every single one of you who reads this has used a Dell PC or laptop many times, and you may have even owned a few of their computers over the years. I don’t claim for a second that Dell makes the best computers (I consider them “slightly-above-average”), nor do I ...…
