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Wednesday Random Stuff…

August 3, 2022, 16:16(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) 4 Comments

PowerToys v0.61.1
Bugfixes. Download & Info.

Linux News
There are a few sites that are constantly posting about the all latest Linux distro releases. If you are into more than one distro there is only one place you need to go. Distrowatch. All the news, the official links, reviews, popularity rankings…

Off Topic
Has anyone seen Jif Extra Crunchy Peanut Butter on the shelf? I know it was recalled but that was months ago.

Vin Scully, iconic former Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster, dies at age 94
“I am proud that Vin was synonymous with Baseball because he embodied the very best of our National Pastime. As great as he was as a broadcaster, he was equally great as a person.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Scully
A clip on Vin from one of my favorite baseball movies. Bonus because the movie shows the Yankees getting blanked by my Tigers 😛

Tagged With: Computer News

Tuesday News

August 2, 2022, 15:25(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) Leave a Comment

Google Chrome Updated
“The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 104 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux…Chrome 104.0.5112.79 ( Mac/linux) and 104.0.5112.79/80/81 ( Windows) contains a number of fixes and improvements…This update includes 27 security fixes.”
Download | Release Notes | What’s New
Chrome for Android updated too.

New Realtek Ethernet Drivers
See the main download page.
Older Realtek drivers HERE.

Electronics are built with death dates. Let’s not keep them a secret.
“Our analysis of 14 popular consumer devices found most could stop working in 3 to 4 years because of irreplaceable batteries…It’s a good thing that technology is now more accessible. But if you can’t simply replace the battery in something you own, does it really even belong to you?”
Gadget graveyard: We found the hidden death dates on popular devices
Related: Samsung and iFixit now offer self-repair parts and tools for Galaxy devices

Tagged With: Computer News

Monday News

August 1, 2022, 16:34(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) 1 Comment

Firefox 103.0.1
“Enabled hardware acceleration on newer AMD cards…Fixed a crash on Firefox shutdown caused by a bug in the audio manager.”
Download | Release Notes

Linux Mint 21
“Linux Mint 21 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2027. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop experience more comfortable.”
I use Linux Mint in a virtual machine for the majority of my web activities. I installed v21 and it was buggy to the point of being unusable. I’ll try again in a month.
Download | Release Info

Godspeed Nichelle Nichols
“Last night, my mother, Nichelle Nichols, succumbed to natural causes and passed away. Her light, however, like the ancient galaxies now being seen for the first time, will remain for us and future generations to enjoy, learn from, and draw inspiration.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichelle_Nichols
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Nyota_Uhura

Tagged With: Computer News

My O&O Shutup10 Settings 31JULY2022

July 31, 2022, 11:26(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) 2 Comments

My O&O Shutup10 Settings as requested.
[Read more…] about My O&O Shutup10 Settings 31JULY2022

Tagged With: This Site, Windows 10

Friday Random Stuff…

July 29, 2022, 16:51(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) Leave a Comment

Intel Graphics Windows DCH Drivers
First, “Intel will be moving 6th – 10th Gen Intel Processor Graphics and related Intel Atom, Pentium, and Celeron processor graphics to a legacy software support model.”
Graphics Driver Support Update for 10th Generation and Older Intel Processor Graphics
A single download contains the new and legacy drivers and will install the appropriate one.
Download & Info

Mp3tag 3.17
“new configuration options… better accessibility for cover-related operations, and many other improvements and fixes.”
Download | Release Notes

Winamp 5.9 RC1 Released
This looks to be a buggy update that is 4 years late.
Download & Info
I highly recommend WACUP (WinAmp Community Update Project). I’ve been using it for 3 or 4 years and I’m a Beta tester.
Here is an article I wrote in February, 2021: WACUP, Winamp Lives On

Off Topic

Wil Wheaton Turns 50
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wil_Wheaton
https://wilwheaton.net/
6 Best Wesley Crusher Moments

Geddy Lee Turns 69
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geddy_Lee
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_(band)
My fav Rush albums are the eponymous Rush and Moving Pictures. How about you?

Tagged With: Computer News

Hump Day News

July 27, 2022, 13:37(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) Leave a Comment

Firefox 103
Improved features, optimizations, fixes, security fixes.
Download | Release Notes

AMD Software Adrenalin 22.7.1 OPTIONAL Drivers
Support for Win11 22H2 and new games.
Download | Release Notes

Justin Verlander Just Won’t Stop Dominating
“It makes me sad as someone who is such a huge fan of starting pitching, but there will never be another pitcher like Justin Verlander. We live in the age of the five-inning start. We live in an era where starting pictures get pulled when they have perfect games going. The age of the 200+ inning starter is slowly dying out. And then you have Justin Verlander, who at the age of 39, is showing no signs of slowing down. You have to appreciate the greatness.“

Tagged With: Computer News

Playlist: Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye

July 23, 2022, 11:38(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) 2 Comments

Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye on YouTube Music
[Read more…] about Playlist: Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye

Tagged With: Playlists

Friday Random Stuff…

July 22, 2022, 12:43(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) 2 Comments

VMware Workstation 16.2.4 Player
“This release contains bug fixes.”
Download & Info

FileZilla Updated
Client 3.60.2 and Server 1.5.0 released. “Bugfixes and minor changes.”
Download: Client | Server

EMDB 5.11
Freeware movie database software. My collection HERE.
Download | What’s New

Stuff I bookmarked recently. Some off topic, some not:

The U.S. is sweltering. The heat wave of 1936 was far deadlier.
“The killer U.S. heat wave of 1936 spread as far north as Canada, led to the heat-related deaths of an estimated 5,000 people, sent thermometers to a record 121 degrees Fahrenheit in Steele, N.D., and made that July the warmest month ever recorded in the United States.”

CEOs average pay in 2021 was 324 times higher than employees
“While the report found that real worker wages fell 2.4 percent in 2021 after adjusting for inflation, the average compensation for the top CEOs in the nation last year was $18.3 million, a more than $5 million increase over the past decade.”

America’s favorite family outings are increasingly out of reach
“We found that these family outings have increased in cost at 2-3x the rate of inflation — and that, in order to afford them, today’s American families have to work up to 2x as many hours as they did 60 years ago.”

Tagged With: Computer News

Wednesday Morning News

July 20, 2022, 10:05(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) Leave a Comment

Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable channel has been updated to 103.0.5060.134 for Windows, Mac and Linux…This update includes 11 security fixes.”
Download | Release Info

VirtualBox 6.1.36
“maintenance release which improves stability and fixes regressions.”
Download | Changelog

Intel Killer Performance Suite v3.1222.614
“Wi-Fi, Ethernet drivers and Killer Software for the Intel Killer products.”
Download & Info

Tagged With: Computer News

Sysinternals Freeware Updated

July 19, 2022, 15:00(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound) 3 Comments

ZoomIt v6.0, BgInfo v4.30, PsExec v2.40, ProcMon v3.90 and Sigcheck v2.90 all updated.
Download & Info

Wall Outlet Extender:
6 Outlet + 3 USB Ports
$11.86 with coupon code SNXCMKSJ (Enter code in cart)

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware

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