I bought the HP USB-C to RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter G2 (part number 4Z527AA) without any confirmation of A.) the chipset, or B.) the compatibility on Linux. Great news on both accounts, the adapter uses a Realtek RTL8153 chipset, and had immediate plug n play functionality on my Ubuntu box. This isn t groundbreaking in any sense (wow, an ethernet adapter Read more
While itemizing my wins and losses for my taxes, I needed a way to pull down all my individual bets, with info on the win/loss total and if a free bet was used (as to properly calculate the net win/loss). I ended up using the below JavaScript snippet to get all my bet history output in a CSV format I Read more
There s no good way to get a nice clean output of your bets via the betMGM site when you need itemized wins and losses per bet. I ended up filtering the Settled section of the My Bets sidebar to a range and using this JavaScript helped me generate a CSV of my bets. I figured this might be helpful to Read more
Gamestop.com recently had a crazy sale on a 1TB external NVME for $50. It s hard to get a 1TB SSD for that price, let alone an NVMe one with an enclosure. But what kind of drive is inside? Is it shuckable? Turns out the internal drive is much more Blue than Black. Here s what Hard Disk Sentinel told me: Turns Read more
This website is old, and uses a long unsupported theme called Arcade Basic. This means it, like many other prehistoric themes, often breaks in fun and varying ways when I upgrade to a newer WordPress version. The latest snafu my website ran into upon a recent WordPress upgrade was all my posts were missing comments! Users could still comment and Read more
So far, the only winners of the Xbox Series X/S launch are those with bots instantly draining inventory from retailers as soon as they go in stock. But it turns out the arguably most reputable seller of the Xbox makes it pretty darn easy to snag one if you know how to insert JavaScript into Chrome and have a little Read more
2021 Update: Based on post and Reddit comments, the approach to unlock undervolting works for a number of models, including the XPS, Inspiron, G5, 11th Generation Intel processors, and 2021 Dell models and other lines. If it works for you, please leave a comment below so others may know! Disclaimer: Changing voltages or editing BIOS settings not surfaced by your Read more
2020 was a terrible year for people, but a pretty good one for monitor manufacturers. I got an ASUS PB277Q monitor for working from home, which features a nice 1440p (2560 1440) resolution and HDMI, DVI, VGA, and DisplayPort inputs. I found the DVI port was able to handle the max 1440p resolution at the max refresh rate most of the time. Read more
If you Google steps for how to troubleshoot an iPhone 6s or iPhone 6s Plus, you ll get plenty of suggestions: let it charge for 30 minutes, try different power chargers, perform a hard reset (holding the sleep/wake and home buttons at the same time for 10+ seconds), and more. But if you, like me, try all these steps and still Read more
On July 16, 2018, pricing changes for Google s Map and Places APIs went into effect that priced out many developers, including myself, from using them anymore. (My API usage used to fall within their free tier usage, but would now cost me about a grand a month with their new pricing structure. Goodbye, Google!) And so began the hunt for Read more