For some stupid reason Microsoft decided to remove the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) CODEC from recent Windows 10 builds. The H.265 CODEC used to be included free with Windows 10, but to add insult to injury, Microsoft now wants to charge you $0.99 for…
Motorola Moto G5s Oreo 8.1 Update Stops Touch Screen Working
A few months ago I dropped my Motorola Moto G5s about 50cm onto tiles. Despite having a screen protector the “Gorilla Glass” shattered, making the screen pretty unusable… I was quoted about $140 to get the broken Moto G5s screen fixed, which seemed a bit…
Graphing Calculators Still? Comparing 1990 vs 2018 Technology
When I was going into high-school back in 1990 a graphing calculator was an advanced piece of technology. Some of my friends managed to program small games into it, and the ability to produce graphs in something “so small” was impressive. The calculator that I…
Why Are There Still Graphing Calculators?
One of the things that I really thought would be replaced by the time my own kids got into high school were Graphing Calculators. In the age of Smart Phones, Tablets, and laptops, Graphing Calculators should have gone the way of the Dodo, right? NOPE!…
Google Chrome Crashes Because of iChrome Browser Plugin
Since upgrading to Windows 10 my Google Chrome was constantly crashing about half the time I would open a new browser tab or window. Through a lot of trial and error with the various plugins I have loaded in Chrome I have found that as…
Easily and Quickly Resize Images in Windows
When I want to quickly email or upload images in Windows I would rather not have to load a full software package. The easiest way that I have found resize images in Windows is Image Resizer for Windows. You really can’t get any easier than…