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How to read the Digital Roof Report a commercial roofing company sends you

Posted on September 18, 2026

Not that long ago, a roof inspection meant a guy with a clipboard, a tape measure and maybe a few blurry snapshots. These days the inspection often ends with a file packed with aerial photos, measurements, heat maps and color-coded markup. It’s useful stuff, but only if you know how to read it.

If you own or manage a business building, the next report you get from a commercial roofing company will probably look more like a tech dossier than a handwritten estimate. That’s good news for you, because data is much harder to fudge than a verbal “yeah, it’s pretty bad up there.” [Read more…]

How (and when) to disable the ‘Autocorrect’ feature in Windows 11

Posted on September 17, 2026

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Like it’s predecessor, Windows 11 has a popular feature called Autocorrect that monitors your typing and makes changes when it determines that you’ve made one or more spelling errors.

That sounds awesome, and most of the time it is. However, Autocorrect doesn’t always do the best job at fixing your typos. [Read more…]

How AI is changing the way people approach video editing

Posted on September 17, 2026

Let’s be honest — editing video has never been easy. It takes real technical skill, a good creative instinct, and more time than most people expect.

You’re going through footage, picking out the scenes that actually work, piecing clips together, sorting transitions, fixing the audio, writing captions, and then somehow squeezing it all into whatever format the platform wants.

AI is starting to take a bite out of that workload, handling a lot of the repetitive, planning-heavy parts just from plain-language instructions. [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I make Windows 11 open things with one click?

Posted on September 16, 2026

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Question from Frank: Rick, I have a computer running Windows 11 and I have a question about it.

I’m 73 years old and have terribly arthritic fingers which makes it extremely difficult for me to “double-click” on things to open them.

I read somewhere that you can change a setting that’ll make Windows open things with a single click, but I can’t find it.

I’ll be much in your debt if you’d be so kind as to tell me how to set it up. Can you tell me how? [Read more…]

Why you really need to protect your phone with a PIN

Posted on September 15, 2026

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Smartphones are everywhere these days.

In fact, you probably have one in your pocket or purse right this very minute.

Have you ever stopped to think about what could happen if your phone ever gets lost or stolen?

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