Todo.txt stores your tasks in a simple text document, and I’ve been using it for a year now. I honestly wonder why I ever used anything else. To-do lists don’t have to be complicated: people literally use pen and paper to keep track of their tasks. And yet most modern to-do apps are bloated nightmares. Wunderlist, for example, takes up 127 MB of hard disk space on macOS, even though the app is basically a wrapper for a website....
Once a week we round up some great reader tips from the tips box and reader comments, and share the with the rest of you. This week we’re looking at an alternate way to control Xbox controller in Windows, how to keep your computer cool in the summer heat, and how to build a power DIY book scanner. Control Xbox Controllers with Joy2Key Srivatsan shared the following tip in the comments on our How to Use an Xbox 360 Controller On Your Windows PC guide:...
It’s time to delve into the tips box and share from the wealth of reader knowledge. Today we’re looking at an easy way to change letter case in MS Word, solving compatibility issues under Windows 7 64-bit, and controlling your torrents from your smart phone. Quickly Shift the Letter Case in MS Word How-To Geek reader Tony has a great little timesaving shortcut to share: If you’re doing a lot of heavy formatting you’ll save quite a bit of time thanks to that simple shortcut....
Running Docker inside Docker lets you build images and start containers within an already containerized environment. There are two possible approaches to achieve this depending on whether you want to start child or sibling containers. Access to Docker from inside a Docker container is most often desirable in the context of CI and CD systems. It’s common to host the agents that run your pipeline inside a Docker container. You’ll end up using a Docker-in-Docker strategy if one of your pipeline stages then builds an image or interacts with containers....
Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-drive grouping of Q&A web sites. The Question SuperUser reader NReilingh was curious how to the processor speed for a multi-core system is actually calculated: So what is the appropriate way to denote the total clock speed and, more importantly, is it even possible to use single-core speed nomenclature on a multi-core system?...
Finding a keyboard that has all the features you want can be a bit of a task at times, but what do you do when your chosen keyboard does not have a particular, yet useful key built in? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the solution to a reader’s keyboard dilemma. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites....
The Windows Firewall acts like a fence between your computer and the rest of the Internet world, keeping unwanted network traffic from coming in, and keeping apps on your computer from communicating with the outside world. But every fence needs a gate, and that’s where exceptions come in. When you allow an app to communicate through the firewall, it’s called adding an “exception”. For the most part, this all happens automatically....
If you’re trying to install an OS or are testing out boot disks, you might be wondering how to change the boot device. Here’s the quick and easy technique to change it. What we’re going to do is go into the virtual machine’s BIOS and tweak it there. Tweaking the Boot Device First, click on the Ctl+Alt+Del button in your virtual machine so it can reboot. When the POS comes up (as shown in the image below), you should press the Esc key until you bet into the BIOS menu....
Discord makes it easy to change your username, and you can even have the same username as your friend. Nitro subscribers can even change their username tag if they prefer. Here’s how to do that on your desktop and mobile. Since Discord adds a numerical tag at the end of each username, it’s possible for multiple users to have the same username but a different tag at the end. In Discord’s free version, you can only change your username, but with a Nitro subscription, you get the ability to change your numerical tag as well....
Migrating to another virtual machine program can be intimidating. if you already have your virtual machines set up they way you like them, you don’t necessarily have to install them from scratch – you can migrate your existing virtual machines. VirtualBox and VMware use different virtual machine formats, but each supports the standard Open Virtualization Format. Convert your existing virtual machine to OVF or OVA and you’ll be able to import it into another virtual machine program....
We have already shown you how to use the Refresh and Reset features in Windows 8, now we are back to show you how you can create a custom refresh image. This means next time you refresh your Windows 8 PC, you can use a custom image instead of the one that shipped with your PC. When you refresh your PC, all your files as well as Metro applications that you downloaded from the Windows store are kept....
Windows 8 includes an all new Task Manager, which brings a whole bunch of new features. One of my favorites is the App history tab, which allows geeks like us to monitor our applications resource usage. Sometimes you may wish to reset the counters though, so here’s how. Resetting Your Application’s Resource Usage Counters Right-click on the Taskbar and select Task Manager from the context menu. This will launch the new “simplified” Task Manager....
If you’re ever having some issues with your Google WiFi system, or are just planning on selling it, here’s how to factory reset it and start from scratch. RELATED: How to Set Up the Google WiFi System Obviously, keep in mind that factory resetting Google WiFi will delete your Wi-Fi network and you won’t be able to connect to it, so make sure you’re ready to set up a new network immediately after....
Windows 10 includes a pretty neat feature that automatically generates a detailed report of all your wireless network connection history. The report includes details about networks to which you’ve connected, session duration, errors, network adapters, and even displays the output from a few Command Prompt commands. This report is great for anyone who is having a problem connecting to the internet, as it allows you to diagnose problems associated with each Wi-Fi session....
Encryption tools exist to protect your privacy… and also to make you feel like you’re an awesome spy. Today we’ll use a portable USB drive to hold all of your passwords encrypted in a virtual disk hidden inside a file. Certain kinds of cryptography were once called “weapons of mass destruction” because certain people thought it was so dangerous. Although clever people are making it good security more and more difficult, encryption tools like the one we’ll be using today are readily available, free, and provide a high level of security that is nearly impossible to break into if done properly....
We’ve already covered installing Tomato on your router and how to connect to your home network with OpenVPN and Tomato. Now we are going to cover installing OpenVPN on your DD-WRT enabled router for easy access to your home network from anywhere in the world! What is OpenVPN? A virtual private network (VPN) is a trusted, secure connection between one local area network (LAN) and another. Think of your router as the middle man between the networks that you’re connecting to....
When you want to display three data series on a type of scatter plot, then a bubble chart is the ideal choice. We’ll show you how to organize your data and create a bubble chart in Microsoft Excel. As a variation of the scatter chart, a bubble chart is often used to show financial data. However, you can use this style of chart for other types of data where you want to emphasize certain values as bubbles....
Want to put your Linux PC into sleep or hibernate mode and have it automatically wake at a specific time? You can easily do this with the rtcwake command, included by default with most Linux systems. This can be useful if you want your computer to do something at a specific time, but don’t want it running 24/7. For example, you could put your computer to sleep at night and have it wake up before you do to perform some downloads....
Caching is term used a lot when it comes to technology, here’s a brief introduction to the subject as well as some tips on how to view and edit cached file settings in Internet Explorer. What is Caching? Caching is used in a wide variety of technology, both hardware and software. At the most basic level it is all the same thing, you have an area of memory or space where you can store data that you use regularly....
DigitalOcean’s Container Registry gives you a private space in the cloud to store and distribute your Docker images. As well as offering an image repository, the service also integrates into DigitalOcean’s other services. You can deploy stored images to App Platform and use them with your Managed Kubernetes clusters. Benefits and Features Container Registry is a Docker Hub competitor which lets you keep your Docker images within your DigitalOcean account....
