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A while back I wrote a post explaining how to use a WeMo Mini Smart Plug to remotely control most anything you can plug into an electrical outlet.
I received a lot of feedback from that post, and several readers asked if there’s a way to control a hard-wired light fixture with a smart phone as well. [Read more…]
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Question from Myron: I have a 4 year old Dell Inspiron desktop PC with Windows 10 that started giving me a problem a couple of days ago.
Now when I turn on the computer it will run fine for a few minutes and then the screen will go black and say “No Signal”. A few seconds after that it blanks out completely.
I hope you can help me figure out what’s going on. [Read more…]
Question from James: A couple of nights ago I downloaded a whitepaper to my Android phone from one of my favorite websites but I can’t find the downloaded file.
I believe it’s on my phone somewhere because it said is downloaded successfully.
Can you tell me where to look for it? [Read more…]
Do you run a blog or website that’s powered by WordPress?
If so, you’re probably aware that hackers are constantly trying to break into WordPress sites and take them over so they can use them for nefarious purposes.
As you know, using a strong password will help prevent hackers from breaking in to your site’s WordPress Dashboard, but enabling Two-Factor Authentication on your account will add an extra, even stronger layer of protection. [Read more…]
Apple’s Siri virtual assistant certainly makes using an iPhone a lot easier, but just like us humans Siri has a few quirks.
One Siri quirk that drives me up the wall is how she tends to mis-pronounce some names on the Contacts List. For some reason it just grates on my nerves.
The good news is you can train Siri to pronounce difficult names correctly, using one of the two methods listed below: [Read more…]