Category Archives: tips and tricks

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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PS3 Media Server — a free tool for streaming from PC to PS3

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Kip

Well, I was up all hours last night messing around with the media sharing capabilities of Windows Media Player. Eventually I got frustrated with trying to make WMP work correctly, and during a marathon search session, I found a much … Continue reading →

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iDevices (iPad, iPhone, iPod) not showing up in wi-fi sync in iTunes — FIX

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Kip

Okay, I ran into this problem a couple of times, so I’m posting the solution — because it’s really easy. Here’s the problem: Despite having all your iDevices set to sync wirelessly with iTunes, they don’t show up in iTunes … Continue reading →

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VLC — the best media player for Windows (or any computer)

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Kip

Okay, I don’t know if I’ve ever mentioned this, but I stopped using Windows Media Player a loooonnng time ago. I switched over to something called VLC — VideoLAN Player. The C comes from “client”, but since it’s no longer … Continue reading →

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