My cat, Koi, is 19 years old. She is a grey/brown tabby with white markings. She was almost perfectly silent for most of her life, but she has recently starting yowling like a banshee and it is driving me insane. I decided to write this post to document what I...
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How to Remove Badges from Sony Xperia Phone
I get nagged enough in real life: I don’t need my phone to add to the problem. I, therefore, turn off ALL notifications except for those that have to do with actual phone calls (which are rare) or SMS messages. Apps should go silently about their business, in my opinion....
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I have a Canon printer and it starting having trouble feeding the paper in. I found this really odd thread (please follow the link, as you won’t believe me otherwise) that suggested, amongst other things, the following: turn the printer upside down and shake it shove a slightly thick piece...
Continue reading...Blank Screen on Dell Vostro After Windows 10 Upgrade
This is a problem with the graphics driver and the BIOS. 1. The problem is caused by the computer selecting an external monitor (which may or may not be present) as the main monitor for the laptop. If you have an extra monitor, attach it to the Vostro and the...
Continue reading...Touchscreen Not Working in Chrome After Windows 10 Upgrade
After I upgraded my computer to Windows 10, my touchscreen stopped working in Chrome. I actually didn’t notice it for quite some time, which tells me that maybe I don’t need a touchscreen. Anyway, here’s a workaround that can fix the problem. Type the following into the address bar in...
Continue reading...How To Turn Off Cursor Animations in Microsoft Office
I don’t know. Maybe some people like how the cursor flies around the screen in Office 2013 applications. I do not. Here’s how to stop the insanity. Open any Microsoft Office 2013 program. Click on the “?” thingy at the top right hand corner of the window. In the search...
Continue reading...How to Get Rid of that Stupid Black Bar on Top of Google Chrome
If you move your mouse up to the top of your screen in Chrome, does a black bar come down to obscure the tabs? Is it super, dooper annoying? Yeah, it is. The problem is that you are using Chrome in “Windows 8 mode”. There is no good reason to...
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I set up a YouTube account for teachers to use, but I was not able to upload a video until I set the username. However I couldn’t set the username at all. The interface would not work. I would enter my chosen username and click on “continue” and nothing would...
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Climate change denial is a politically-motivated opinion. It is basically the same as “science denial”. I try not to get into fights with people about stuff like this because it is awfully frustrating, but sometimes I can’t help myself. Here is how I responded to a conversation on Facebook that...
Continue reading...How to Get Rid of the “Something Went Wrong” Problem with Links in Facebook on your Phone
My cellphone (Android, HTC J-One) started giving me the following error every time I tried to follow a link to an external site from the official Facebook app. Something went wrong Sorry but there was a problem with this link [insert link here] You can now continue to this website...
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