I had mentioned this 10 days ago. The whole concert is on YouTube and it’s great.
And no, I’m not a Texan.
Go to the YouTube page and donate via the blue Donate button on the right.
See the 3rd comment on this video for the time on your favorite artist(s).
There will be no even remotely political comments allowed on this post. Not the time or place.
Happy 90th Birthday William Shatner
You’ve provided a lifetime of positive entertainment and inspiration to multiple generations worldwide.
HaPpY BiRtHdAy sir!
Somewhere back in middle school days, in some forgotten class, we had one of those “Weekly Reader” magazines. There was a play in there of the Star Trek episode Trouble With Tribbles. I had the good fortune to play the role of Captain James Tiberius Kirk.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shatner
90 Facts About William Shatner for His 90th Birthday
The mag could have been this?
September 20. 1978
The Martian Boogie
If you’re a Rock-N-Roll fan you’ve heard of Smokin’ in the Boys Room by Brownsville Station. It was famously covered by Mötley Crüe.
I thought I would share my favorite song from Brownsville Station. I’m not sure what made me remember it this morning but it just started running through my head. It is both funny and a serious bluesy rock jam.
Detroit Rock N Roll Magazine – The Making of The Martian Boogie: Brownsville Station
O&O Shutup10 Issue?
On March 10th a reader contacted me over an issue with O&O Shutup10. He pointed to this thread:
[Read more…] about O&O Shutup10 Issue?
Wednesday Random Stuff…
Aucadity 3.0
“Audacity 3.0.0 is a major update on our previous Audacity 2.4.2. We’ve changed the format in which we save Audacity projects…We did have time to improve our ‘Noise Gate’ effect and add a new analyzer, ‘Label Sounds’, that can label sounds and silences. We also made a few small tweaks elsewhere…We also fixed over 160 bugs that had been accumulating over the years. This is quite a staggering amount of work.”
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Nvidia Geforce Game Ready Drivers 461.92 WHQL
Some fixes and “optimizations and enhancements for NVIDIA Reflex in Overwatch.”
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Happy Irish Cultural Appropriation Day!
Naw, we don’t care. Wear the green, have a drink, be happy, kiss an Irish person!
No shenanigans for me today, just a wee bit of Jameson Caskmates Stout Edition.
Tuesday Morning Random Stuff…
Win10 Printer Blue Screen Fix
“Addresses an issue that might cause a blue screen when attempting to print to certain printers using some apps and might generate the error, APC_INDEX_MISMATCH.”
20H2 & 2004 – March 15, 2021—KB5001567 (OS Builds 19041.868 and 19042.868) Out-of-band
1909 – March 15, 2021—KB5001566 (OS Build 18363.1441) Out-of-band
Stuff I bookmarked recently. Some off topic, some not:
I Didn’t Know Ducks Tweeted
“After months of stalling, Google finally revealed how much personal data they collect in Chrome and the Google app. No wonder they wanted to hide it.”
Royals
Here in America we fought 2 wars to get rid of the royals. WTH have I spent the last week avoiding news coverage of this garbage?
Two for Tuesday
Metallica: The Star-Spangled Banner (Golden State vs. Los Angeles – March 15, 2021)
Sammy Hagar & The Circle- “Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor)” (Circle @Home Sessions No. 13)
Samsung Magician 6.3
As usual the initial downloads are “limited” which means mostly unavailable.
I found it over at TechPowerUp.
Official link now live: Samsung SSD Software Page. Thanks Tim!
Workaround For Another Botched Update
I’ve said from the beginning of Win10 that the “stable releases” of Win10 are beta quality software and that Windows Insiders are actually alpha testers.
This past weeks updates prove me right yet again. With printers causing blue screens, Microsoft has posted a “workaround” until they fix the issue.
If you have this issue, do yourself a favor and just uninstall the update. Microsoft’s workarounds tend not to be completely effective and sometimes cause other issues.
To uninstall KB5000802:
Elevated Command Prompt: wusa /uninstall /kb:5000802
or
Press the Windows + S keys > type Control Panel > click on Programs and Features > click on View installed updates >
find Security Update for Microsoft Windows (KB5000802) and double-click to uninstall.
Weekend Random Stuff…
Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable channel has been updated to 89.0.4389.90 for Windows, Mac and Linux…This update includes 5 security fixes.”
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Chrome for Android updated too.
GPU-Z v2.38.0
Support for new video cards, a fix, a new feature.
“GPU-Z is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU.”
Download & Info
EMDB 4.0
Movie database freeware. My movies here: TweakHound’s Movie Database
Download | What’s New
Stuff I bookmarked recently. Some off topic, some not:
The Best Password Managers to Secure Your Digital Life
Wired magazine finally decided to jump into the password manager kerfuffle nearly a month after everyone else did. Not surprisingly they reached to same conclusion as most of us did back then.
“Updated March 2021: We’ve stopped recommending Lastpass as it effectively isn’t free anymore, and doesn’t offer much of a reason to use it…Best Overall 1Password…Best Free Option Bitwarden”
https://www.tweakhound.com/?s=bitwarden
Google and Microsoft’s public squabble over who’s the worst is giving us life right now, not gonna lie
“Weapons-grade hypocrisy on one side, opportunistic hand-wringing about the press on the other”
Fitness Bike
FYI – There wasn’t much interest when I asked about it but I got the Echelon EX-5S. It only took 7 days to arrive.
Musings
When did it come OK for us to have to assemble most of what we purchase?
Why are the directions for said assembly often incoherent, incomplete, or just plain wrong?
Why is it I need a knife and scissors to open up things I buy? I wonder how many trips to the emergency room this accounts for? I Googled it. There is actually a term for this frustration. It’s called “Wrap Rage“.
Miranda Lambert, George Strait, Willie Nelson among lineup for McConaughey concert
“Actor Matthew McConaughey has announced the date and lineup for his ‘We’re Texas’ event. Proceeds from the online concert will be used to help Texans who were affected by the recent winter storm.
The concert is scheduled for March 21 at 7 p.m., CST. The concert will be on McConaughey’s YouTube channel.
Currently, the lineup includes Don Henley, Gary Clark Jr., George Strait, Kelly Clarkson, Khalid, Kirk Franklin, Leon Bridges, Lucas Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Miranda Lambert, Parker McCollum, Post Malone, Randy Rogers, Willie Nelson, and more.”
I like McConaughey as an actor. He seems like a decent guy and younger folks seem to think he is the epitome of cool. This concert has a great lineup and it’s for a good cause. I’ll be stopping by and donating. If you can spare it please consider helping out.
Matthew McConaughey YouTube
We’re Texas | Matthew McConaughey
My Favorite McConaughey movie is Reign of Fire:
Friday Morning Random Stuff…
WACUP Preview v1.0.21.7236
Some new features, some improvements, some fixes.
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See also: WACUP, Winamp Lives On
Firefox 86.0.1
5 fixes.
Download | All New Downloads | Release Notes
Lou Ottens, Inventor Of The Cassette Tape, Has Died
““Cassettes taught us how to use our voice, even when the message came from someone else’s songs, compiled painstakingly on a mixtape,” Taylor said. Describing how little things have changed, he added, “So next time you make that perfect playlist on Spotify or send a link to share a song, you can thank Lou Ottens.””
Transferring that new LP to tape, mixtapes, songs for the road, songs for dark nights in the back seat… Thank you sir.