by Shane Grantham | Dec 14, 2024
I bought a corded AC hand massager which cost around $30 last year. After a year it ran intermittently and I determined the cord had an open in it. The plastic case was difficult to take apart and I never could get it completely separated even after removal of all...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 18, 2024
During my computer reading yesterday I found a “new to me” search engine based on AI. The computer site I was reading was Ask Woody tech. The search engine is perplexity.ai and works like any other search engine. The thing the writer liked about it over...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 17, 2024
I’ve been hearing about Windows 10 and its end of life for a month or so. It may be Oct 2025 from tech podcasts and articles that I see. This could change because it’s Microsoft’s decision and it usually does as users complain. Windows 10 is on...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 13, 2024
My garage Linux desktop computer froze today when I was running a video off the internet. This computer is pretty old and was probably given to me 10 years ago. It was playing the video and all of a sudden, the screen froze and then lines started flashing on the...
by Shane Grantham | Nov 3, 2024
This week I found an email from Gibson Research which is a technology company. They have a hard drive diagnostic and repair program I purchased about 20 years ago. I used it for testing hard drives and sometimes it would repair problems. The email message...
