Category: Tech Tips

In 2023, it is probably unlikely that you still have a local music library. The majority of people have moved onto streaming services such as Spotify, Deezer and Apple Music. Streaming music from a platform is generally more convenient, so that’s why people do it. However, if you are someone who has a local music… Continue reading This Android application can download synchronised lyrics for music

Windows 7. An operating system loved by many after the failure of Windows Vista in 2007. About 2 weeks ago, Mozilla cut off support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 operating systems, meaning that there’s no option right? The short answer: basically nothing if you don’t want to sacrifice a few things. But let’s actually… Continue reading What can I switch to on Windows 7 now that Firefox is unsupported?

Amazon, the online marketplace founded by Jeff Bezos is basically the biggest online shopping site. But, there’s quite a few scams, and I’ve seen two laptop scams recently, and I want to put into perspective how crappy these laptops are if they weren’t on sale (to be honest, I wouldn’t be surprised if they were… Continue reading Amazon laptops are a joke

I think that we have to be careful more than ever to the places we go to online. Like seriously. Threats are constantly evolving, and I want to show you all how to use NextDNS, a free DNS service which you can put on all your devices (bearing in mind that you’ll be limited to… Continue reading Using a custom DNS for better security and privacy

Physical media is slowly becoming obsolete. No modern computer really comes with a CD or DVD drive. That sucks, especially when you might have a lot of audio CDs, or some old software. Today, I’ll show you a quick and easy way that will allow you to use an older computer to share your DVD… Continue reading Share your DVD drive with other computers

I signed up for Mastodon in late November last year. I didn’t use Twitter or anything prior. It was purely just a new experience, after my last experiences with text-based social media, was ermmm Miiverse. I like Nintendo alright. Today, I wanted to give you some beginners advice to Mastodon and the fediverse, and hopefully… Continue reading Tech Tips / Beginner’s Advice to the Fediverse (Mastodon)

I probably sound like a psychopath by telling you that I don’t use a cloud-based music platform. In fact, I only use it to play my music more easily on my Google Nest Mini, and even then, it’s content that I have uploaded from my library. One thing that sucks half of the time with… Continue reading Tech Tips / Start making synchronised lyrics for your music

Hey there. I’ve known about this for a while, but Gmail has an aliases feature. Basically, for any ‘@gmail.com‘ domain, you can add any alias, and it’ll still appear in your email. But with some filters, we can organise it into some labels, which is what we’re going to do today. Part 1: How do… Continue reading Tech Tips / Use aliases to organise your emails in Gmail

Are you fed up of WiFi that’s underdelivering your expectations? What if you could bring out your old laptop for example, hook it up to Ethernet, and allow it to broadcast a WiFi network? Today, I’m going to show you exactly that. Please note: you need to have a device that is able to find… Continue reading Tech Tips / Making an old Windows computer a WiFi extender