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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Sunday, April 23, 2023
• How to choose parts for a home-built PC
• 10 tips for starting and writing a successful blog
• Q&A: Am I wrong to call a USB flash drive a ‘thumb drive’?
• Video: 15 of the world’s most beautiful remaining castles
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Saturday, April 15, 2023
• Q&A: Do Chromebooks have keyboard shortcuts?
• Scam alert: Beware this dangerous ‘DocuSign’ email scam
• How to force a Windows program to always ‘Run as Administrator’
• The power of the first step
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Thursday, April 6, 2023
• Q&A: Why do my solar batteries lose 2 volts every evening?
• How to delete your entire Google search history
• Q&A: How can I transfer videos from VHS tapes to DVDs?
• The precious gift of “Today”
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Question from Roland: I’m hoping you can answer some questions for me about portable power stations.
The power went off on my street and stayed off for over 7 hours. My almost new 1,000 watt UPS only kept my computer and monitor running for about an hour.
My cousin (who is also my neighbor) has a 500 watt Jackery portable power station and he said it kept his computer running for over 5 hours, and his computer has a bigger monitor.
Like I said before, I have three questions: [Read more…]
Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Thursday, March 16, 2023
• Quickly find the approximate location for a telephone area code
• How to remove the new ‘Discover’ button from Microsoft Edge
• Q&A: How can I get LinkedIn to show the latest version of a blog post?
• Q&A: Are the “Free Energy” devices you see on YouTube for real?