The fonts that come installed on your Kindle are good, if a little bland. Should your typographical tastes run a little differently, though, you can install almost any font you like on your Kindle. Here’s how. Finding Font Files Fonts come in a couple of different formats. Kindles only support TrueType (TTF), OpenType (OTF), and TrueType Collection (TTC), so whatever font you add has to be in one of those formats....
By default, Ubuntu 11.10 uses the Unity desktop. If you don’t like Unity, you can go back to the Classic Gnome Desktop from previous versions of Ubuntu, but it’s not included by default and has to be installed. To install the Classic Gnome Desktop, press Ctrl + Alt + T to open a Terminal window. Type the following command at the prompt and press Enter. Enter your password when prompted....
When Docker terminates, all your containers are stopped. The default installation doesn’t let containers run unless the daemon is also up. Here’s how to minimize workload downtime by keeping containers alive during a daemon outage. Why Does This Matter? Docker has proven to be a reliable system that’s capable of supporting solutions in production. That’s not to say it’s infallible. You could still encounter a crash that knocks the daemon out of action, taking your containers offline....
Windows Defender doesn’t scan removable drives by default, like USB drives or SD cards, but you can quickly change a setting to make that happen automatically. How to Make Windows 8’s Built In Anti-Virus Scan Removable Drives To enable the scanning of removable media you need to open Windows Defender, which can be easily accomplished by typing “Windows Defender” into the Start Screen to search for the application. Once you’ve opened Windows Defender, switch over to the settings tab....
Along with manually copying songs from one playlist to another, you can also use third-party tools like Spotify Playlist Merger to organize your Spotify library and bring two or more playlists together into one. Here’s how. RELATED: How to Organize Your Spotify Library Manually Copying Songs to a New or Existing Playlist The easiest method to merge Spotify playlists is to copy songs from one or more playlists into a new (or existing) playlist....
Every so often, you might want to remove the background from an image in your Word document, leaving a transparent area instead. You could turn to a full-featured image editor, but you can also do this right within Microsoft Word. Here’s how. There are many reasons why you may want to remove the background from an image. Perhaps you want to focus on one particular person or object without the background getting in the way....
If you don’t keep your home machines running all the time, you can power them on remotely with Wake-on-LAN. Doing things manually is a pain, but you can schedule computers to wake up automatically everyday using DD-WRT. Being energy-conscious is a great thing. Why leave your computers on when you’re not home to use them? This situation is especially true with home theater PCs – you only really need them on when you’re home to watch stuff....
Today we are going to show you how to use one of our favorite tools, Proc Mon, to see which registry keys are edited when you change a Group Policy setting on your PC. Using Proc Mon to See Which Registry Settings a Group Policy Object Modifies The first thing you will want to do is go and get yourself a copy of Proc Mon from the Sys Internals website....
Have you ever sent private information to someone, maybe a family member needed your credit card number, and then regretted that you had ever done it. This can all be solved with a self-destructing link. Note: We are not advising that you send private information via email or necessarily endorsing this service as a safe way to transfer any information. It’s a novelty and a fun geeky trick. Creating The Self-Destructing Link To get started head over to this website and click on the Create One Now button....
Maybe you want to turn off your Philips Hue lights after a certain amount of time has passed, or have them blink as a reminder. Whatever your needs, here’s how to set a timer for your Philips Hue lights to have them automatically turn on or off after a specified amount of time. RELATED: How to Set Up Your Philips Hue Lights Why Set a Timer? There are many reasons why you might want to set a timer for your lights....
Once upon a time, Chromebooks had built-in parental controls. Google removed them but added support for Family Link—its parental control software for Android phones and tablets. Here’s how it works on Chromebooks. A Word of Warning Before Setting This Up Before you spend a lot of time getting Family Link rolling, you should know that Family Link on Chrome OS is still a work in progress. As such, it’s missing some key features:...
Sometimes apps can misbehave due to missing or corrupt files. Windows makes it easy to repair a program installation when this happens or even to uninstall the program from your system entirely if you’re no longer using it. Repairing a Program Repairing a program works by checking all the files in the program’s folder, replaces any that need fixing, and may even check/fix entries in the Registry. It runs through the program’s installation again but tries to preserve any settings you’ve made....
The power supply or “PSU” is the electrical heart of your PC. And if yours has recently stopped beating, or you’re upgrading your computer with more powerful components, you need a new one. Choosing a new power supply can be tricky, since you’ll need to determine the required power draw, or wattage, of the rest of your components. You’ll also have to select a model that fits in your PC, and one that has the correct cables (rails) to fit your components....
Microsoft Team’s Whiteboard feature is a very intuitive way of presenting information to colleagues. Using a digital pen and sketchpad, you can explain concepts of all types in an easy-to-understand format. What Is the Microsoft Team’s Whiteboard? Similar to the Microsoft Whiteboard app, Microsoft Team’s Whiteboard feature allows users to sketch and brainstorm ideas onto a freeform digital canvas during conferences. It uses a standard classroom whiteboard format, stored in the cloud and accessible by anyone you invite to a Microsoft Teams meeting....
Sentry is a popular error-tracking platform that gives you real-time visibility into issues in your production environments. GitLab’s Error Reporting feature lets you bring Sentry reports into your source control platform, offering a centralized view that unifies Sentry errors and GitLab issues. The feature originally relied on an integration with an existing Sentry service, either the official Sentry.io or your own self-hosted server. This changed with GitLab 14.4 which added a lightweight Sentry-compatible backend to GitLab itself....
The unit has a slim profile, scarcely longer than the Chromecast and about the same size as the Roku Streaming Stick. Like its competitors you plug it directly into your HDMI port and power it with a micro USB cable attached to a properly powered USB port on your media center or television (or the included power adapter if you want always on availability). It has no external switches or LED indicators....
How to Check if Google Is Really Down While it can happen, Google being genuinely unavailable is a very rare occurrence. The first thing to do would be to double-check using a tool like DownForEveryoneOrJustMe, Down.com, or IsItDownOrJustMe. Keep in mind that an outage could be localized to your region, so these websites may show differing or incorrect results. If you suspect that there really is an outage, you can always check on social media websites like Twitter and Reddit....
The Event Viewer allows you to diagnose system and application problems in Windows. It has been enhanced in Windows 7; however, it still does not provide much information about the events in the interface. You can find out more information about an event by looking up its Event ID in a database containing a list of Event IDs and their descriptions. When using the default Windows Event Viewer, you would have to search for the Event ID on the internet to try to find more information about it....
Almost anyone knows how to make a “hidden” folder in Windows, but then again almost anyone knows how to make explorer show hidden folders. Let’s take a look at how to make a folder so hidden, only you will know its there. Anyone that has used Windows for a while knows that they can right-click on a file or folder and edit its properties, more so its attributes to make it a so called “hidden” file or folder....
Even though Microsoft Teams is the company’s favorite messaging service right now, Skype is still alive and receiving occasional updates. Today, Microsoft revealed an all-new look for the mobile version. Skype is Microsoft’s long-running messaging service for personal use (read: not large companies), with support for audio and video calls, meetings with links, group and single text chats, and apps on all major platforms. However, it hasn’t received much attention over the past few years, outside of a partial redesign in August 2021....
