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Friday, December 10, 2021

Android Screen Dims while Watching YouTube Fullscreen

 Problem: The screen on your Android keeps dimming while watching YouTube (in fullscreen)

Solution: Turn off Adaptive Brightness

Thursday, March 17, 2016

VLC App isn't Detecting Videos

Problem: You've switched SD cards, or you've transferred videos onto your phone and VLC isn't finding/displaying them even after you refresh.

Solution:
Settings → Directories → Plus Sign (lower R corner) → /mnt → OK → Plus Sign (lower R corner) → /storage → OK → go back to your video library → Refresh

Thursday, October 8, 2015

TorGuard: How to Submit a Port Forwarding Request

Problem: You need to get a TorGuard port fowarded so that your bittorrent software will work properly.

Solution:
Go here (& log in): https://torguard.net/submitticket.php?step=2&deptid=2

Copy and paste the following info into the "Message" section → fill in the info specific to your bittorrent program & VPN:

Programs: 
Port: 
Server Location: 
Local IP:

Get the information from your TorGuard & Bittorrent programs (click to enlarge picture):


Submit ticket, then play the waiting game.








Thursday, October 1, 2015

Prevent your mouse from waking Windows PC from Sleep Mode

Problem: Any slight movement from your mouse causes your computer to wake up from Sleep Mode.

Solution:






Gmail Filters: Apply 1 Filter to Multiple Email Addresses/Senders

Problem: You don't want to create the same filter multiple times.  You want a set of actions to be applied to multiple email addresses AAA@gmail.com, BBB@gmail.com & CCC@gmail.com

Solution:
Enter {AAA@gmail.com BBB@gmail.com CCC@gmail.com} using squiggly brackets

Monday, September 28, 2015

Measuring Your Flow Using the Lunette Menstrual Cup

Problem: You own a Lunette menstrual cup and you want to know approximately how much fluid you're losing during your period, OR you've noticed there

Solution:
Model 1 (Smaller Capacity)
Lower Line = 5 ml (.17 oz)
Upper Line = 13.5 ml (.46 oz)

Model 2 (Larger Capacity):
Lower Line = 7.5 ml (.25 oz)
Upper Line = 15 ml (.5 oz)

Your Lunette has 2 very faint (1 cm long) raised lines on the side of the cup.  These lines indicate the volume of fluid in the cup.

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Prevent Chrome's Google Search from defaulting to the local language / Make English Chrome's Default Langauge

Problem: You're in another country and every time you search for something in Chrome, your Google results are shown in another language (and you want them in English).

Solution:
Settings → Manage Search Engines 
Make ANY other search engine the Default
Click on it to edit the address and insert http://www.google.com/search?q=%s
Click "Done"