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A decade ago, building a home theater meant hiring a specialist, running conduit through your walls, and writing a check that made your eyes water. That era is over.
Today’s equipment is designed for regular people. Speakers connect wirelessly. Projectors auto-correct their own image. AV receivers walk you through setup with on-screen guides. If you can mount a shelf and plug in a few cables, you can build a home theater that sounds and looks incredible. [Read more…]
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Question from Brandie: I recently started embedding YouTube videos in some of my blog posts and I have a question about it.
Sometimes I want a video to start playing at a specific place instead of at the beginning. I know you can do this because I’ve seen it.
How do I choose where the video starts playing? [Read more…]
I used to love my apartment. Great location, reasonable rent, solid layout. Then my upstairs neighbor got a subwoofer. And a girlfriend who apparently wore heels indoors at midnight. Within two weeks, I was sleeping with earplugs and losing my mind. So I did what any desperate person does. I went straight to Amazon and started throwing money at the problem.
My first purchase was a 12-pack of those egg-crate foam panels. You know the ones. They come in black or charcoal gray, cost about $25, and promise “professional studio quality.” I stuck them on my bedroom wall with command strips, stood back, and waited for silence. [Read more…]
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Question from Andreas: Hello, Rick. I hope you can help me.
I recently replaced my ancient Windows 10 computer with a new Dell with Windows 11 on it. It came with a 24 inch flat panel monitor and I love the enhanced sharpness and clarity.
The problem is I’m used to using an older monitor that had large icons (I know, I’m WAY behind the times) and at 72 years of age my eyes aren’t what they once were.
Thanks to one of your tips I found out how to increase the font size in Google Chrome which was a tremendous help, but I really need to know how to make the Desktop icons bigger. Windows 11 is an enigma.
Can you help me with this? [Read more…]
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This should come as a surprise to no one but another dangerous recurring scam is making the rounds yet again.
It’s being spread via both email and SMS test messages, and unfortunately lots of innocent people are falling for it.
As usual, there are several variations of this scam, but luckily they’re all very easy to detect and avoid once you know what to look for.