Google Chrome has a feature called “Automatic Tab Discarding.” It is meant to conserve memory when it is running low on your computer, but in my experience it has been more of a hindrance than anything else. Basically, Chrome discards tabs from memory that it doesn’t think you’re using. When you get back to a tab […]
Weekend in Durham
This weekend I went to Durham, North Carolina to visit my cousin. She is a graduate student at Duke University. I went down for the weekend to visit her, see Durham, and geocache. I took the took the train, which is something that I have not done since about 2005 when I was on the […]
Disabling the Windows 10 Lock Screen
Since Windows 8 came out in 2012, Windows has had a lock screen prior to the login page. What this means is that the user must click, type, or swipe to unlock their device before entering their password or PIN. It is clear why Microsoft included this feature – most mobile operating systems work this way, […]
Funny Spam Email (and blog standards)
I’ve decided that in order to post more to my blog, I won’t hold myself to any standards. I am not going to be publishing an essay every week (or anything like that) because I don’t want to stress out over finding ideas for my blog posts. I will just post things on my blog […]
My 1,000th Geocache
As you may or may not know, my favorite hobby is Geocaching. See my geocaching page here or my geocaching profile here. This blog post is about my 1,000th geocache find. On Saturday, July 16th, 2016, My dad (called “Snerdwing” in the geocaching world; I’m “ari54321”) and I drove out to West Virginia to go spelunking in […]