The @NintendoAmerica Super NES Classic is a Great Idea! (I hope you make enough this time.) But were is *Super Mario All-Stars* ?? So sad...
— Jay Harrison (@twrj) July 5, 2017
from Twitter https://twitter.com/twrj
Wednesday, July 05, 2017
The @NintendoAmerica Super NES Classic is a Great Idea! (I hope you make enough this time.) But were is *Super Mario All-Stars* ?? So sad...
from Twitter https://twitter.com/twrj
Tuesday, July 04, 2017
Explanation of Bitcoin
Here is a good, simple, non-tech-jargon explanation of Bitcoin and Blockchain:
Hope that helps!
-J
Hope that helps!
-J
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Why @WinnDixie do I need to "Activate" any/all @PlentiRewards Offers manually?? Just make it automatic! +YES to ALL+ This is tedious & dumb.
Why @WinnDixie do I need to "Activate" any/all @PlentiRewards Offers manually?? Just make it automatic! +YES to ALL+ This is tedious & dumb.
— Jay Harrison (@twrj) June 28, 2017
from Twitter https://twitter.com/twrj
Monday, June 19, 2017
How To Delete Gmail Older Than X-number of Years
Recently I had the opportunity to help a friend that was approaching the space-limit for his Gmail account. He needed a quick way to delete all email older than three years old. Google has made this really easy. In the search bar, type older_than:3y
And this will display all email older than that date. You can simply check the [_] all box, and the link to select all conversations that match this and trash them.
This might take a few minutes if you have a LOT of mail that needs to be filtered through. But be patient and let it finish.
Then go to your Trash label, and check the [_] all box, and the link to select all conversations that match this and [Delete Forever] them.
UPDATE (20190513): You can also search based on file size, so for example "older_than:7y size:10m" would search Gmail for all emails that are older_than 7 years, and larger than 10MB.
And this will display all email older than that date. You can simply check the [_] all box, and the link to select all conversations that match this and trash them.
This might take a few minutes if you have a LOT of mail that needs to be filtered through. But be patient and let it finish.
Then go to your Trash label, and check the [_] all box, and the link to select all conversations that match this and [Delete Forever] them.
UPDATE (20190513): You can also search based on file size, so for example "older_than:7y size:10m" would search Gmail for all emails that are older_than 7 years, and larger than 10MB.
Thursday, June 01, 2017
Welcome to a New Era in Messaging -- Telegram
The single unified multi-platform open-source secure multimedia Instant Messenger I've been looking for!
Welcome to:
I am extremely impressed with the design and execution of this application:
- It truly does run on nearly every platform and is very consistent across multiple platforms.
- Cloud Based Device Synchronization: Telegram intelligently runs on multiple devices, and knows when you've viewed a message, and clears the "new message" badge from other devices.
- Chat on PC, Cell, Tablet, etc. and switch between them seamlessly.
- Can be used even on WiFi only devices (like kid's phone &/or tablet)
- Can make Voice Calls on WiFi or cell-data between Telegram clients.
- Group chats with up to 5000 simultaneous participants
- Voice memos in-chat.
- Send images, documents, and files of any type.
- There is no need to worry about disk space on your device. With Telegram’s cloud support and cache management options, Telegram can take up nearly zero space on your phone.
- There's no username/password to keep up with - simply sign up using a textable mobile phone and you can authenticate other devices from there.
- It uses the wonderfully good emoji set from iOS.
- Secure and Encrypted Communication.
- Fastest IM client available today.
- Telegram is FREE and Open-Source. And will stay free — no ads, no subscription fees, forever.
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Audio Ambiance Loops
Great site for music + ambiance loops!
http://tabletopaudio.com/
You can play them right from the site, or even download DRM-free MP3 files!
Example:
http://tabletopaudio.com/
You can play them right from the site, or even download DRM-free MP3 files!
Example:
Thursday, May 25, 2017
The Dismal and Depressing End to Deep Space Nine
/!\ SPOILERS WARNING
Don't read on, If you haven't watched Deep Space Nine (DS9), or haven't finished watching it...
Here goes...
3...
2...
1...
I admit, it's been a long time since I had watched DS9 -- probably at least 15 years ago. Long enough that I hardly remembered any of it. So it was time to watch it a second time. I started about a year ago, and we just finished the whole series last night.
I didn't remember the end being so dismal and depressing! In fact, I vaguely thought Kira was going to be allowed to become a shape-shifter and join her love Odo in the Great Link. Nothing of the sort.
Let's review the outcomes for the cast of DS9 - and you tell me, does this seem depressing to you?!
• The great leader and protagonist of the entire show, Captain Benjamin Sisko, dies in the end.
• Newlywed Kasidy Yates Sisko is left alone as pregnant widow by the death of her husband.
• Jake Sisko is left deserted to roam the station as an orphan... (His mother died in the beginning of the series, and now his father has died at the end.)
• Odo deserts the Federation, defects to join [and cure] the enemy Founders; and in doing so, dumps his love Kira Nerys.
• Kira, abandoned by Odo, and pushed into command by the death of Sisko, now has to run the station alone.
• Miles O'Brien, still just an enlisted man (no officer promotion in the whole series?!) takes some teaching job at Starfleet on Earth, and in doing so abandons his best friend of many years, the doctor;
• Dr Julian Bashir remains to toil on at his same post indefinitely, and friendless now that Miles and Garak have both left... At least he has some nascent relationship with the perpetually confused Ezri Dax¿
• Jadzia Dax? Oh yeah, she was killed off last season.
• Quark - teased that he was going to become Grand Nagus of Ferenginar, gets usurped by his younger brother Rom.
• Worf leaves the station, abdicates his Starfleet comission, and becomes a bureaucrat on the Klingon home world.
• The Great Klingon Warrior, General Martok, gets to live the rest of his days as a politician on Qo'noS...
• Gowron, Chancellor of the Klingon High Council, is killed by Worf.
• Garak, finally makes it home to his beloved Cardassia - from where he has been exiled from for the entire series - only to be devastated by the near genocide of his entire race by the Dominion. Everyone he knew and loved is dead, his home is gone, the culture he knew is gone, and he's not even appointed to lead his people (so far as we know).
• The newly-heroic rebel leader, Leggett Damar, dies just inches away from regaining his former position as leader of his Cardassian people.
• Kai Winn is incenerated - burned alive by Dukat.
• Gul Dukat is killed by Sisko's kamikaze suicide plunge to death, and is forever damned to exist as a spirit with the Pah-wraiths of the Bajoran Fire Caves for eternity.
• Weyoun9, the last of his clones, also dies (killed by Garak).
• The Female Shapeshifter, Founder and leader of the Dominion, is forced to surrender. Tried and convicted as a galactic war criminal.
Seem pretty dark and dismal to me... I don't remember thinking that the last time I watched this...
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Kuddos to @Microsoft for Patching Windows XP & Server 2003 against WannaCrypt, even though those OSs are expired. 👍 https://t.co/iSzZbCrsO7
Kuddos to @Microsoft for Patching Windows XP & Server 2003 against WannaCrypt, even though those OSs are expired. 👍 https://t.co/iSzZbCrsO7
— Jay Harrison (@twrj) May 17, 2017
from Twitter https://twitter.com/twrj
Thursday, May 11, 2017
The ditching of GoogleTalk by @Google is a Bad Move on their part. Why drop a hugely successful IM client?! "Hangouts" is a poor substitute.
The ditching of GoogleTalk by @Google is a Bad Move on their part. Why drop a hugely successful IM client?! "Hangouts" is a poor substitute.
— Jay Harrison (@twrj) May 11, 2017
from Twitter https://twitter.com/twrj
My @yourKarma unit let me down this weekend. And their email support is terrible. Site says no phone support. Is there any way to get help?!
My @yourKarma unit let me down this weekend. And their email support is terrible. Site says no phone support. Is there any way to get help?!
— Jay Harrison (@twrj) May 11, 2017
from Twitter https://twitter.com/twrj
The information in @amazon's product questions is great! But is there any good way to SEARCH those Q&As? There has got to be a way!?!
The information in @amazon's product questions is great! But is there any good way to SEARCH those Q&As? There has got to be a way!?!
— Jay Harrison (@twrj) May 11, 2017
from Twitter https://twitter.com/twrj
Wednesday, May 03, 2017
Kuddos to @JoelGHodgson and all the staff at the New @MST3K on @netflix! You've done a Great Job on the reboot and kept it funny and clean!!
Kuddos to @JoelGHodgson and all the staff at the New @MST3K on @netflix! You've done a Great Job on the reboot and kept it funny and clean!!
— Jay Harrison (@twrj) May 3, 2017
from Twitter https://twitter.com/twrj
Monday, April 17, 2017
I will buy a new iPhone @Apple when you add Qi-style wireless charging ability natively into the phone!
I will buy a new iPhone @Apple when you add Qi-style wireless charging ability natively into the phone!
— Jay Harrison (@twrj) April 17, 2017
from Twitter https://twitter.com/twrj
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
I usually listen to SN podcasts with my kids in the car - but Ep. #604 had to be cut off. @SGgrc and @leolaporte you should know better...
I usually listen to SN podcasts with my kids in the car - but Ep. #604 had to be cut off. @SGgrc and @leolaporte you should know better...
— Jay Harrison (@twrj) March 29, 2017
from Twitter https://twitter.com/twrj
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Come on @Google can't you add FAXing ability to @googlevoice service? This seems like an obvious instant software improvement to GoogleVoice
Come on @Google can't you add FAXing ability to @googlevoice service? This seems like an obvious instant software improvement to GoogleVoice
— Jay Harrison (@twrj) February 16, 2017
from Twitter https://twitter.com/twrj
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
VirusTotal Multi-AV File Scanning
Recently, a colleague of mine had a website that was being blocked by both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox for having "potentially unwanted software":
He was quite sure that the EXE download that he was hosting was indeed safe, and had tested it with several desktop AntiVirus (AV) programs that had all passed his file as OK.
As it turns out, his file was good, but the wrapping software (to make a 30-day trial out of the program) was old, out of date, and had been hacked by others, on other sites (but apparently not his).
The only way we were made aware of this was by running the file through VirusTotal's website:
They have the ability to upload a file, recognize it uniquely by it's SHA256 hash, and run it against around 60 AV programs, and give you an output:
And even a link that you can share with others so they can view the same results.
I've been looking for something like this for a while, and am glad to see that VirusTotal is making this happen.
Since it's news to me, I'm sharing it with you!
-J
He was quite sure that the EXE download that he was hosting was indeed safe, and had tested it with several desktop AntiVirus (AV) programs that had all passed his file as OK.
As it turns out, his file was good, but the wrapping software (to make a 30-day trial out of the program) was old, out of date, and had been hacked by others, on other sites (but apparently not his).
The only way we were made aware of this was by running the file through VirusTotal's website:
VirusTotal is a free service that analyzes suspicious files and URLs and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware.
They have the ability to upload a file, recognize it uniquely by it's SHA256 hash, and run it against around 60 AV programs, and give you an output:
And even a link that you can share with others so they can view the same results.
I've been looking for something like this for a while, and am glad to see that VirusTotal is making this happen.
Since it's news to me, I'm sharing it with you!
-J
Wednesday, February 08, 2017
In your Printer article https://t.co/E6OxSKfE1p, @DougOlenick, why didn't you get a copy of an actual Print and include it?? We want to see!
In your Printer article https://t.co/E6OxSKfE1p, @DougOlenick, why didn't you get a copy of an actual Print and include it?? We want to see!
— Jay Harrison (@twrj) February 8, 2017
from Twitter https://twitter.com/twrj
Sunday, January 15, 2017
How to Save a YouTube video...
The easiest way is to try:
www.clipconverter.cc
If that doesn't work, try (for Firefox) this:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/video-downloadhelper/
Or, (also for Firefox) this:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flash-video-downloader/
Happy snipping!
Saturday, January 14, 2017
Kill the Tabs in Notepad++
Friday, November 11, 2016
Create a New folder in Windows 10 with a keyboard shortcut
New Windows10 shortcut!
In previous versions of Windows Explorer, to get a new folder made, I would use:
[Alt]+[F] --> [W] --> [Enter]
Now there's an official keyboard shortcut:
[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[N]
-J
In previous versions of Windows Explorer, to get a new folder made, I would use:
[Alt]+[F] --> [W] --> [Enter]
Now there's an official keyboard shortcut:
[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[N]
-J
Tuesday, November 08, 2016
How about more GIMP tutorials, to balance out all your Photoshop tutorials @howtogeek? Let's support open-source options we can all afford!
How about more GIMP tutorials, to balance out all your Photoshop tutorials @howtogeek? Let's support open-source options we can all afford!
— Jay Harrison (@twrj) November 8, 2016
from Twitter https://twitter.com/twrj
Monday, November 07, 2016
Is YOUR Network Listed in Shodan?
http://iotscanner.bullguard.com/
To see if you have IOT devices (or others) that are being publicly listed in the Shodan search network (not good!).
Monday, October 17, 2016
Stealth Health
This seems like a good idea:
-J
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-J
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Why does @Dropbox software still run on Windows XP *and* ask for credentials, when "Dropbox doesn't support XP anymore"?? @DropboxSupport
Why does @Dropbox software still run on Windows XP *and* ask for credentials, when "Dropbox doesn't support XP anymore"?? @DropboxSupport
— Jay Harrison (@twrj) October 13, 2016
from Twitter https://twitter.com/twrj
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
We need @HowToGeek to find us a way to fake @Dropbox into not knowing, or not caring, if it's running on WinXP or Server2003. Can you do it?
We need @HowToGeek to find us a way to fake @Dropbox into not knowing, or not caring, if it's running on WinXP or Server2003. Can you do it?
— Jay Harrison (@twrj) August 30, 2016
from Twitter https://twitter.com/twrj
Now @Dropbox has abandoned customers with WinXP and Server2003. Can't you get a more specific message than "An unexpected error occurred."??
Now @Dropbox has abandoned customers with WinXP and Server2003. Can't you get a more specific message than "An unexpected error occurred."??
— Jay Harrison (@twrj) August 30, 2016
from Twitter https://twitter.com/twrj
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Well @PanasonicUSA I looked at your FL421: 'meh' reviews. Switching to Brother FAX-2840 - @amazon's #1 Best Seller https://t.co/o94Ne39Vdt
Well @PanasonicUSA I looked at your FL421: 'meh' reviews. Switching to Brother FAX-2840 - @amazon's #1 Best Seller https://t.co/o94Ne39Vdt
— Jay Harrison (@twrj) August 17, 2016
from Twitter https://twitter.com/twrj
@PanasonicUSA Have you discontinued your KX-FL511 Fax Machine? Why?? It was my Standard Go-To Fax! Sad. https://t.co/QqBbmtbCGS
@PanasonicUSA Have you discontinued your KX-FL511 Fax Machine? Why?? It was my Standard Go-To Fax! Sad. https://t.co/QqBbmtbCGS
— Jay Harrison (@twrj) August 17, 2016
from Twitter https://twitter.com/twrj
Why doesn't @Amazon make product manuals available right from the sales page? I shouldn't have to go off-site for a fax machine's manual.
Why doesn't @Amazon make product manuals available right from the sales page? I shouldn't have to go off-site for a fax machine's manual.
— Jay Harrison (@twrj) August 17, 2016
from Twitter https://twitter.com/twrj
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Best [Current] Deal on a Laptop PC
20160810:
20160212:
UPDATED 20160127:
UPDATED 2015030:
Lenovo Laptop ThinkPad T410 Core i5 2.4GHz - 4GB DDR3 - 320GB - WEBCAM - DVD - Windows 7 Pro 64bit - Refurbished
http://www.rakuten.com/prod/lenovo-laptop-thinkpad-t410-core-i5-2-4ghz-4gb-ddr3-320gb-webcam-dvd/q/sellerid/19322344/258034236.html
$260
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Lenovo ThinkPad T420 Intel i5 2500MHz 320Gig HDD 8192mb DVD ROM 14.0” WideScreen LCD Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit Laptop Notebook - T420-2.5i5-8-320-DVD-7P64 - Reconditioned
Link:
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20160212:
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UPDATED 20160127:
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| HP 3115M AMD E-450 Dual Core-1.65GHz, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD, W7P64, 1 YR WRT - Refurbished |
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| HP 8440P Core i5-2.4GHz, 8192MB, 128GB SSD, W7P64, 1YR WRT - Refurbished |
UPDATED 2015030:
Lenovo Laptop ThinkPad T410 Core i5 2.4GHz - 4GB DDR3 - 320GB - WEBCAM - DVD - Windows 7 Pro 64bit - Refurbished
$260
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20141006:
Lenovo ThinkPad T420 Intel i5 2500MHz 320Gig HDD 8192mb DVD ROM 14.0” WideScreen LCD Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit Laptop Notebook - T420-2.5i5-8-320-DVD-7P64 - Reconditioned
Link:
http://us-micro-corp.shop.rakuten.com/p/lenovo-thinkpad-t420-intel-i5-2500mhz-320gig-hdd-8192mb-dvd-rom-14-0/246599692.html
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