Category Archives: tips and tricks

Dying Light debuts on PC with a myriad of faults; my fixes

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Kip

Well, Dying Light is here, and from what I’ve been seeing around the Internet, this game suffers from the usual “meant for console, ported to PC” problems. The first thing I noticed was that in SLI mode I would get a … Continue reading →

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Civilization: Beyond Earth patch finally releases, fixes 1920×1080 issue

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Kip

After quite a long wait, Civilization: Beyond Earth has got its first patch out. It fixes several issues, but most notably, it takes care of the 1920×1080 “only windowed” 1080p prolbem. You can now play fullscreen in 1920×1080 (1080p). Here’s a … Continue reading →

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Fix for Assassin’s Creed Unity framerate stuttering and low framerate problems

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Kip

It’s pretty simple. Play the game in offline mode and it all goes away and you’re playing with no framerate hiccups, even in large crowd. I first found the thread about it on reddit here, then immediately tested it tonight … Continue reading →

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Why Samsung Tech Support is worthless (and LG and Apple aren’t)

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Kip

What an Orwellian few days I have had dealing with Samsung. Let me bring you up to speed — I have a TV that’s less than two months old, and it has a dead pixel smack dab in the middle … Continue reading →

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How to Disable the Annoying New Right-Click Menus in Chrome (now that they’re hardcoded)

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Kip

Okay. You may have noticed that the old fix for disabling the annoying new extra-white menus on Google Chrome no longer works (adding –disable-new-menu-style to the shortcut), as in build 28 they have hardcoded it and removed the option to … Continue reading →

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Electronic Cigarettes For Dummies: A Brief Beginner’s Guide

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Kip

Electronic cigarettes, known as e-cigs, are really coming on strong now. You finally have a product that replicates the sensation of smoking and delivers a dose of nicotine to your lungs — with none of the nasty tar stuff or … Continue reading →

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How to get Google Maps (with Street View) back on your iPad/iPhone

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Kip

Okay, a little while ago I posted a piece on how to fix some of the lost features in the iOS 6 “update”. I recommended a free app that would let you use Street View. However, there’s a better way … Continue reading →

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Latest on the jailbreak for iOS 6…

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Kip

I’m sure a lot of you are itching to get a jailbreak for iOS 6 so you can fix some of the lost features with style. I’ll try to keep you updated. Here’s the deal: There are a lot of … Continue reading →

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How to restore some of the lost features in iOS 6

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Kip

Okay. After the “upgrade” a few days ago, to iOS 6, I was just as disappointed as the rest of you that I had lost some nice features. The two I missed the most were Google Maps Street View and … Continue reading →

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Mouse not showing up in Borderlands 2 — fix

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Kip

Okay, I had the same problem some of you were having in Borderlands 2 — my mouse wasn’t showing up in the in-game menus and the starting menu. What’s going on, at least for me, is that it sees I … Continue reading →

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