Tech Tips, Reviews, and How To Guides

From time to time, I post tech tips, reviews, and how to guides. Everything reviewed has been purchased outright by me but if you have a product you want me to review, you can always contact me. All paid or compensated reviews will always be fully disclosed.

Useful Sites

• Links to Useful Sites and General Tips

Reviews

Books

• Time Twister by Ged Maybury

Technology

• Verizon G3100 WiFi Mesh Router Review 
• Verizon E3200 WiFi Mesh Extender Review and Setup

How To Guides

Apple iPad

• How to change / customize the mouse buttons on an iPad

Chrome

• How to fix Chrome is Managed by your Organization

Computing

• ASUS TUF 17″ (FX706HEB) Upgrade Advice (RAM, SSD, etc)
• Fix for Dell G7 Over Heating – Dell G7 Cooling Advice
• How to Factory Reset the J5 Create ScreenCast
• Setup Kensington VeriMark USB FingerPrint Reader on Windows 11 

DNS

• List of Public DNS Servers (and general advice)

Fun

• a sampling of my favorite fun comics

Google Photos

• How to Download your entire Google Photos Library

iOS

• How to sign out of the AppStore on iOS 14
• Customize Mouse Buttons and Scroll Wheel on an iPad

macOS

• all my macOS tips, reviews, and guides can be found on this page.

Microsoft Edge (Chromium)

• How to import Chrome Extensions into Microsoft Edge
• Edge Chromium not showing Bing Image of the Day

Misc

• Making your Traditional Watch a Smart Watch
• How to Recover LIFX HomeKit Code

play.date

• General tips and guides for play.date console owners

Privacy

• How to Remove Your Website from the Internet Archive
• Review of AnonAddy a Private Email Relay Service for your own domain

Raspberry Pi

• Setup Raspberry Pi with PiVPN, WireGuard and NoIP.com
• List of PiVPN commands

Remarkable 2

• Remarkable 2 Compatible Pens / Remarkable Marker Alternatives
• How to hack the Remarkable to use the LAMY Button as an Eraser
• How to access the Remarkable webUI

Retro Computing

• Wolfenstein C64 Instructions / Keyboard Controls

USB C Cables & Charging

• Tips: Replacement USB C Laptop Charger (Dell, Lenovo, HP)

Verizon G3100

• Verizon G3100 Review
• How to Set a Static IP Address on the Verizon G3100
• How to Change the Default DNS Gateway on the Verizon G3100
• How to Setup Dynamic DNS and Port Forwarding on Verizon G3100
• Verizon G3100 compatible Network Switch (add more Ethernet Ports)
• How to update the firmware on the Verizon G3100
• Verizon G3100/E3200 Replacement Power Supply
• List of Verizon G3100/Verizon E3200 Compatible Smart Home Devices

Verizon E3200

• Verizon E3200 Review

Windows

• How to Restore Microsoft Edge (Chromium) Missing Desktop Icon
• How To: Paste website address links (URLs) as Plain Text in Windows 10