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I recently purchased a Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6 laptop and installed Ubuntu 24.04 on it. I use an Anker USB-C hub for easily connecting PD (Power Delivery), a wired …
Ubuntu 24.04 USB-C hub PD charging & HDMI stopped working Read More
The best use that I’ve ever made of a Raspberry Pi micro computer was to install Pi-hole to create a Network-wide Ad Blocker and DNS Blackhole for my local network. …
Pi-hole Network Ad Blocker and DNS Blackhole Read More
My Raspberry Pi 3B recently died… again. The file system on the microSD card became corrupted, which is a common occurrence when the Pi abruptly loses power. I had been …
Restoring a Raspberry Pi with DietPi OS Read More
After struggling with the suspend feature not working well on my new HP EliteBook 845 G9 running on Ubuntu 22.04, I decided to take drastic measures and switch over to …
Fedora 37 install & recommended tweaks Read More
Back in 2019, my Microsoft user account was somehow enrolled in a Microsoft 365 family trial. I don’t know how this happened. This could’ve been due to a Minecraft login …
Microsoft admits unauthorized charges, refuses Microsoft 365 family refund Read More
I’ve been using and writing about photo postcard apps for a long time! Back in 2011, I wrote about “Shoot it!” for Android (now defunct). Then in 2014, I compared …
2020’s best priced photo postcard app: SnapShot Postcard Read More
Back in May, Amazon targeted me with a special pre-release offer on an Amazon Echo Auto for $25, which is supposedly half price from their target retail price of $50. …
Amazon Echo Auto review Read More
After years with Verizon Wireless as my mobile provider, I finally had to jump ship. The massive degradation of their service at my new home, combined with Verizon’s refusal to …
Project Fi: Google’s own mobile phone service Read More