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Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

The Best Android Music Player

December 9, 2016, 08:07(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

speaker

A music player for my Android smartphone. I’ve searched. For years I’ve searched. I gave up…
A few days ago I started searching again.
Google searches, articles, reviews. Downloaded, installed, and uninstalled 1/2 a dozen apps I hadn’t tried before. By now I’ve tried too many to remember.
None of them fit. [Read more…] about The Best Android Music Player

Tagged With: Android, This Site

Random Weekend Stuff…

December 4, 2016, 11:29(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

I Can’t Drive 55
Actually I guess I can drive Chrome 55. But, it’s cool song that is responsible for many a speeding ticket and I couldn’t resist.
Anywho, now blocks flash on most sites, uses less memory…
Download

Software
Wise Disk Cleaner 9.33

Off Topic
Stephen Hawking says technology will devastate the middle class
Well that’s just depressing.

Apple just sent the strongest hint yet that it’s working on a self-driving car
They will claim it runs like a Hennessey Venom GT, it will look like a Porsch 911, but it will have a 1970 AMC Gremlin engine.
icon_mrgreen

Tagged With: Computer News

Yeah, I’ve worked on a few PC’s…

December 2, 2016, 14:50(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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Cleaning and organizing my PC room.
I was staring down at this drawer and it just dawned on me the amount of computer work I’ve done over the years.
(click on image for a full-sized version)
geek_screws_2

Tagged With: This Site

Firefox and Tor Updated

November 30, 2016, 17:35(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

firefox_2013

Firefox and Tor have both been updated to patch the zero day flaw. Thanks Tim C. for the heads up.
Download Firefox:
Download 32-bit(en-US)
Download 64-bit (en-US)
All Downloads
Release Notes
Download Tor:
https://www.torproject.org/download/download.html.en

Tagged With: Security

Random Wednesday Stuff…

November 30, 2016, 14:14(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Are You Going Rogue?
Got my tix!

Your upcoming movie
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE
Thursday, December 15 at 7:00 PM

Quote Of The Day Week Month Year
“Saying an August release of Windows 10 is only now ready for businesses should be a warning sign to everyone who installed it back in August”

I Just Found It Hard To Believe
Last week “reports” surfaced around the net that Microsoft was giving customer telemetry data to a security company called FireEye.
I just couldn’t believe it was true even though I trust Microsoft about as far as I can throw an elephant.
The reports turned out to be bull squat.
Ed Bott takes aim at this fiasco: Fake news: It’s not just for politics anymore

Nvidia GeForce Game Ready Driver 376.09 WHQL

Software Updates
EMDB (Eric’s Movie Database) 2.60
Mp3tag 2.80

Tagged With: Computer News

Firefox 0 Day

November 30, 2016, 06:30(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

firefox_2013

This security vulnerability is being actively exploited. Stop using Firefox under Windows until patched.
“Currently it exploits Windows systems with a high success rate and affects Firefox versions 41 to 50 and the current version of the Tor Browser Bundle”
More info:
Emergency Bulletin: Firefox 0 day in the wild. What to do. – Wordfence blog
Firefox 0day in the wild is being used to attack Tor users – Arstechnica

Tagged With: Security

Samsung Magician 5.0

November 29, 2016, 12:59(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

samsung_ssd

The Samsung Magician SSD management utility has been updated. [Read more…] about Samsung Magician 5.0

Tagged With: Computer Hardware

Happy Thanksgiving

November 24, 2016, 11:19(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

I would like to wish each of you a happy and safe Thanksgiving.
I hope you all have something or someone to be thankful for.
cb_thanksgiving

Tagged With: Off Topic

Oh openSUSE…

November 17, 2016, 15:50(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

tux

Sorry for the lack of updates. I’ve spent all my free time the last 2 days trying to get openSUSE Leap 42.2 installed on my main computer to no avail.
My AMD Radeon RX 480 is unsupported and simply will not work with openSUSE Leap 42.2. AMD only has drivers for Red Hat and Ubuntu. I’ve tried every hack, every tip, every suggestion I could find and some I made up on my own.
I tried Kubuntu 16.10. My graphics card worked out of the box. But, Kubuntu 16.10 is quite probably the worst KDE implementation I have ever seen.
Fedora 25 gets released in a few days so I may give that a shot. Linux Mint 18.1 is out soon too.
I’ll keep my ears open to see if someone gets my card working under openSUSE Leap 42.2 but I’m not all that hopeful. Doesn’t seem anyone really cares.

Tagged With: openSUSE

Tuesday Random Stuff…

November 15, 2016, 15:31(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

firefox_2013

Firefox 50
Supposed to launch faster.
Download 32-bit(en-US)
Download 64-bit (en-US)
All Downloads
Release Notes

CCleaner 5.24
“Improved…Updated…bug fixes…”
Download

Nvidia GeForce Game Ready Driver 375.86
“Provides the optimal experience for Tom Clancy’s The Division Survival DLC, Battlefield 1, Steep: Open Beta, and Civilization VI”
Download
There has been controversy over Login Requirements and Nvidia sending telemetry.
Just choose custom install and don’t install GeForce Experience. You don’t need it.
*I’m wrong. More later…
And to all the websites out there that claim Nvidia isn’t spying, SHAME ON YOU. If Microsoft or the NSA were doing it you would lose your fracking minds.

*edit 1637hrs
AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition Hotfix 16.11.3
I missed this release. Thank to Kelly for the heads up!

Tagged With: Computer Hardware

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