Yep, I started this site 16 years ago. Whois says Creation Date: 2002-05-13T18:12:23Z but I think “May 2002” is close enough.
The average life span of a website is 2.7 years so this site is ancient by internet standards.
The purpose of this site was and is to inform and help in matters computer related. You know, “computer stuff…”
I hope I can still be doing this in another 16 years. I don’t know though. Will we still be using PC’s then?
There was a time when this site sometimes saw +35k unique hits a day. Today it is a fraction of that. I’ve have heard from every one of the world regions except maybe the 2 poles. You’ve no idea how humbling and special that is to me.
To the millions who have stopped by through the years, Thank You!
I hope I was able to help you in some small way.
About TweakHound.com | About Me
(original logo)
You can browse through this sites past at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine:
https://web.archive.org/web/*/tweakhound.com
https://web.archive.org/web/20021127182517/http://www.tweakhound.com:80/
Years ago sites used “affiliates” to pass on their news. The use of affiliates was twofold: 1 to bring visitors directly to your site, and 2 to increase your Google page rank. AFAIK Google stopped using such things and sadly few website operators are friendly anymore.
At any rate, here is a list of affiliates from TweakHound.com’s past. Most of them are no longer around or have been bought out and changed:
3dXtreme
BlargOC
BlynkNet
DarksidePC
Dark][Tweaker
Flickerdown
Furioustech
HardCoreMods
[H]ardOCP
HardwareGeeks
OCIA
OverclockerCafe
PCeXtremist
PChardware UK
PCReviewSpot
PcTechTalk
SubZeroTech
TechSeekers
XtReMoDs
Warp2Search
Friday Random Stuff…
GeForce Hotfix Driver Version 397.55
– After driver installation, Device Manager may report Code 43 error on a few GTX 1060 cards models.
– Netflix playback may occasionally stutter.
– Added support for Microsoft Surface Book notebooks.
– Windows 10: Driver may get removed after PC has been left idle for an extended period of time.
Download
Spectre Next Generation
“A total of eight new security flaws in Intel CPUs have already been reported to the manufacturer by several teams of researchers. For now, details on the flaws are being kept secret. All eight are essentially caused by the same design problem – you could say that they are Spectre Next Generation.”
[H] Victorious
Nvidia is canceling their GPP Program.
Chalk one up for the good guys!
Macrium Reflect v7.1.3196
“Incremental and Differential images created since 17th April using Macrium Reflect v7.1.3147, 3159 or 3169 could be corrupt if the Changed Block Tracker (CBT) driver was involved in the Image creation. This has been resolved.”
Download
LMAO OMG WTF SMH
If you think the H in IMHO stands for honest you should be banned from the internet and instant messaging for life.
Off Topic
GUNS N’ ROSES: Remastered And Expanded Edition Of ‘Appetite For Destruction’ Due In June
3 White Lions Cubs Born At Metro Richmond Zoo (pics and video, they are awesome)
Ron Howard Gets A New ‘Solo’ Trailer For May The 4th
May The 4th Be With You
It’s Star Wars Day! (deals)
Solo: A Star Wars Story tickets went on sale this morning. I got mine, first showing 1900hrs on Thursday, May 24th.
Wednesday Random Stuff…
***UPDATED – Windows 10 April Update Benchmark
Samsung NVMe Driver v3.0
“This driver supports Samsung NVMe SSD 970 PRO, 970 EVO, 960 PRO, 960 EVO and 950 PRO.”
Download | Alternative download at MajorGeeks
O&O Shutup10
Version 1.6.1396 – released May 2, 2018
-Adapted for the Windows 10 Spring Creators Update 1804 (Build 17134)
-Fixed issue with finding High Contrast mode on user-defined schemes
-User interface adapted
-Bug Fixes: Various small bug fixes
-Available in English, German, French, Italian and Russian
Download
Win10 April Update Freezing Chrome
Source: Neowin. It happened to me too.
Tuesday Random Stuff…
Win10 Benchmark Continued
I’m no nearer figuring out why my benchmark scores are lower. I thought maybe my NVMe SSD had an even bigger performance hit but my AS SSD Benchmark and CrystalDiskMark scores are similar to the results I had before.
Features removed or planned for replacement starting with Windows 10, version 1803
Thanks JO!
7-Zip 18.05
Download | Release Announcment
Linux Releases
Kali Linux 2018.2
“This Kali release is the first to include the Linux 4.15 kernel, which includes the x86 and x64 fixes for the much-hyped Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. It also includes much better support for AMD GPUs”
Download | Release Announcment
Fedora 28
“For the first time, we’re making it easy for users to enable certain third-party software sources, including proprietary Nvidia drivers.”
Has kernel 4.16.
Download | Release Announcement
Meanwhile at openSUSE…
At the end of May they will release openSUSE Leap 15 which follows version 42.3. Yes you read that right. Oh, and it will use kernel 4.12 that was released last July.
Monday Random Stuff…
AMD Radeon Adrenalin Edition 18.4.1 Optional Drivers
“Initial support for Windows®10 April 2018 Update” plus a few bugfixes.
Download | Release Notes
Firefox 59.0.3
“Fix for compatibility with Windows 10 April 2018 update”
Download | Release Notes
Related: How to Stop Mozilla From Sticking Ads in Your Firefox Browser
Off Topic
Stuff I bookmarked today:
Google boss warns over evil ‘sci-fi style’ robots that could ‘manipulate people’ and steal your job
Danger! Danger Will Robinson!
China is now monitoring employees’ brainwaves and emotions
“The Orwellian-as-all-get-out practice”
Everything coming to Netflix, Amazon Prime, and HBO Now in May
Not real excited about the list.
AP Explains: A look at DNA-sharing services and privacy
No. No way. Uh uh. Not gonna do it.
Multiple fire crews battle blaze at Amazon center
That is my local center…
Windows 10 April Update Benchmark
I benchmarked my machine before and after the Win10 April Update.
I want to stress this is a single benchmark on a single computer. The benchmark I ran was PCMark10.
I would appreciate any benchmark results anyone can share.
***edit May 2, 2018, 13:57(EDT)
***2 MAJOR UPDATES TO THIS ARTICLE
see the end of this post…
[Read more…] about Windows 10 April Update Benchmark
Win10 April Update Download Is Live
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
*edit 14:00hrs
Folks are reporting this is available via Windows Update. Hasn’t showed up on my laptop.
*edit 14:04hrs
Windows Blog
What’s new in the Windows 10 April 2018 Update
How to get the Windows 10 April 2018 Update
“The April 2018 Update is available today if you go to Windows Update and manually check for updates. We will begin the global rollout out via Windows Update on May 8. As with previous rollouts, we will use real-time quality feedback to smartly update your device when we have data that shows your device is ready and will have a great experience. You don’t have to do anything to get the update; it will roll out automatically to you through Windows Update if you’ve chosen to have updates installed automatically on your device. Once the download is complete and the update is ready to install, we’ll notify you, so you can pick the right time to finish the installation and reboot, so the update does not disrupt you.”
I am currently running the 2 available methods:
Update now button (IMHO if you are doing one machine use this)
&
Create Windows 10 installation media
(IMHO if you are upgrading more than one machine use this, download iso, extract with 7-zip, run setup.exe)
*edit 13:31hrs
Done (click pic for larger version)
Monday Morning Random Stuff…
Win10 Update Stuff
Review: Windows 10 April 2018 Update shows promise, but ultimately disappoints
https://changewindows.org/build/redstone4/17134/pc
Most folks will be watching here for the download: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO
We will know today if that is the only way to get it for now. If so, you DO NOT need to make a disc or usb image from the ISO. Download the image to somewhere other than your OS (C:) drive, extract the image using 7-zip, and then click on setup.exe. That’s it.
Off Topic
Digital and analog audio’s curious coexistence
Related: Myths (Vinyl)
GMO Corn
An article on my local paper’s website said GMO corn is OK. Nobody seems to source their information anymore so I Googled “gmo corn” and found another article that lead to the study:
Impact of genetically engineered maize on agronomic, environmental and toxicological traits: a meta-analysis of 21 years of field data
So yeah, the study pretty much says that.
Tu Quoque
Recent political events had one sides defenders saying, “Well, your guy does/did it too.”
This is a Logical Fallacy also known as Appeal to Hypocrisy.
By making this counter-argument people hope to discredit the initial argument:
A – She ate too much.
CA – Well he ate too much last week.
The fact that “He” ate too much does not excuse someone else eating too much.
I think of it like this: Pointing out my bad behavior does not excuse yours.
When you use a logical fallacy I just tune you out.
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Tu_quoque
Ride The Wild Surf
World record: 80 foot wave!
Ride The Wild Surf – Jan and Dean
Weekend Random Stuff…
The Week Ahead
The Win10 WhatEverItsCalled update is “available for download” tomorrow. AFAIK that means what it says and you can download it but it will not be on Windows Update until Patch Tuesday which is May, 8th. If you want to delay this update my guide is here.
Star Wars Day (May The 4th be with you) is Wednesday. Rumor has it that Solo: A Star Wars Story advanced tickets will go on sale then. I always do the first showing of Star Wars and Star Trek so I’m watching out for an announcement. BTW, there is a new Solo trailer and I’ve embedded it at the bottom of this post.
Off Topic
Interesting Links
Stuff I’ve bookmarked in the last few days.
Took an ancestry DNA test? You might be a ‘genetic informant’ unleashing secrets about your relatives
I trust those tests and the companies that do them about as far as I can throw an elephant.
New Star Map Could Change Everything We Know About the Milky Way
Very Interesting.
‘Dare to Be Different’: See New Doc on Radio Station That Broke U2, Cure in U.S.
I watched this. Good stuff.
Kiss frontman Paul Stanley reveals plans for ‘major’ tour to start next year
