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state of Windows email clients in 2025, alternatives to Outlook (crap) 1

Feb

4

2025

If you’re anything like me, and you’re a Windows 11 user… Microsoft has shoved the ad-filled Outlook client in place of the formerly usable mail client. Not only is seeing unnecessary ads is annoying, but the Outlook client is very very sluggish on all but the newest generation of machines. It looks Microsoft is using ...

Exploring LoRa, Meshtastic, and the Radios Powering off-grid communications 2

Jan

23

2025

In a world dominated by smartphones, Wi-Fi, and 5G, there’s a quiet revolution happening in the realm of off-grid communication. Enter LoRa (Long Range) and Meshtastic—a dynamic duo that’s empowering hobbyists, preppers, and tech enthusiasts to build their own decentralized communication networks. Whether you’re planning a weekend hike, preparing for the apocalypse, or just love ...

Expanding Your UGREEN NAS Drive Experience with Third-Party Apps 6

Jan

8

2025

UGREEN DX4800 – 4 bay NAS For UGREEN NAS users looking to enhance their system with functionality similar to QNAP or Synology’s mature ecosystems, there’s a wealth of open source solutions available. This guide explores alternatives to popular proprietary NAS software apps and features, helping you build a comprehensive storage solution. Because UGREEN is a ...

Building a WordPress Weather Widget Plugin with OpenWeatherMap API 4

Jan

7

2025

Today, I’ll break down a WordPress plugin that I created (with a little help from Claude.ai), this is a simple yet attractive weather widget using the OpenWeatherMap API and animated weather icons Meteocons . This plugin allows WordPress site owners to display current weather conditions for any location with a clean, modern display, just enough ...

Fetch your Reddit posts,comments to a file using Go 2

Jan

19

2024

I have posted lots of content on Reddit and I would like to make a copy of of these locally, just to have a local record and make it easier to search my posts. There’s a couple of ways to do this, one method is simply Ask Reddit [email protected]., they provide an official Data Request ...

Create longer music tracks by appending same track with crossfade

Dec

12

2023

A common thing I usually do with my video files is background music, sometimes I find a track that I like but its too short usually under two minutes, so what I wind up having to do is exented the track by composiiting the track onto itself but doing in such a was as to ...

Best modern 2024 HTML (free) website templates and designs 6

Mar

19

2023

Designing a modern (responsive) HTML web page is not a trivial task, not only do you need to have a good sense of design and an artistic flare, but there’s a wide assortment of technical items (fonts, css styling, javascript components, etc.) that need to be implemented to meet your or your clients demand for ...

Creating a digital “death / afterlife” file , passing along your important information 1

Feb

6

2023

While many of us probably don’t think much of our demise (or incapacitation) , inevitably it will happen, what’s worse particularly for our loved ones is when it happens unexpectedly , and with so much of our modern life lived online , there’s often a bunch of accounts and files the hold important financial , ...

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