Category: Tech
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PSA: Check Your Connection Speed (and Cables)
This past weekend I made one one of the biggest upgrades to our home internet capability ever, so consider this article a brief PSA about regularly auditing your home (or business) Internet speed and a possible quick (and inexpensive) fix if you find it lacking. Brief ISP Backstory The poor state of Internet connectivity in…
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Solution: Incorrect CAPTCHA. Please Try Again
I just spent several hours chasing down an issue with GoDaddy and Google’s reCAPTCHA, and I wanted to post the solution just in case anyone else is having a similar issue and can’t find the solution. This issue was a client who uses GoDaddy Managed Hosting, I don’t know if a similar issue may happen…
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AI in 2025 – Facts, Not Hype
According to the AI industry in 2024, AI in 2025 would unlock trillions of dollars. Now, in 2026, we can look back and see if it did.
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Digital Music Readers (August 2025 Update)
It’s been few years since I last wrote up my thoughts about the best tablet device if you’re interested in moving away from paper music, so I thought I would update my recommendations for digital music tablets. Important Features to Consider Reading sheet music on a tablet is a relatively small niche for tablets, so…
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Meta Caught in the Cookie Jar
While it’s not a surprise when Meta/Facebook is found to be a little “loose” with users’ privacy and data, a discovery early last month represented a new low for violating users expectations and their explicit attempts to preserve their privacy.Meta is in “good” company with this clever trick, though. Another website that was discovered using…
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Extend Your iPhone’s Life with a New Battery
Getting your iPhone battery replaced can be a great way to improve your phone’s performance and save money instead of buying a new phone!
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Google’s Cookie Crumbles
Google has officially backed off from their planned elimination of cookies from Chrome.
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Spotify Stinks for Classical Music
Spotify may have popularized streaming music, but really doesn’t seem to work well for the entire genre of classical music.
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The Enshittification of…Everything
A few days ago I wrote about the enshittification of the music industry by apps like Spotify. But I neglected to mention what enshittification actually is. Enshittification is a term coined by writer Cory Doctorow in 2022 in this blog post titled “Social Quitting”, and expanded upon the idea in a blog post titled “Tiktok’s…
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Think Twice Before Downloading DeepSeek
If you’re at all into technology, you’ve been bombarded by the release of an incredible open-source AI chatbot by the company DeepSeek. The DeepSeek chatbot has (rightfully)put all the big American AI players (OpenAI, Google, Meta, Nvidia, etc.) on the back foot. The DeepSeek models (there are two primary models and six smaller ones) are…