Fix missing icons in windows taskbar

I’ve found Mozilla app icons have disappeared when I open Thunderbird (email) and Firefox (web…

Groove music doesn’t read metadata

I’ve had a problem with Groove Music on my Windows 10 Surface Pro box.

Basically it mucked up the albums and artists. Everything but one album was marked “Unknown” and so everything was under the one name, with no order.

Adobe Stock Photos Dark Pattern

How “obligation free” turns into cash.

Fix my music library

Lockdown jobs

Mailfence with Thunderbird on Windows 10

I tried alternatives and this is the one that works

Edit: These steps will not work on Thunderbird 78 which has disabled certain types of plugin. The necessary plugins do install but can’t be…

Thunderbird on Windows 10 AKA old can be new again

I’ve recently upgraded to a Windows 10 computer, a lovely looking Surface Pro. It’s light, it’s full-functioned and everything I hoped iOS could be but never was.

Adobe Stock Photos part 2

How to get out of a contract you didn’t sign

Slack’s Dark Pattern

A friend of mine and I started a slack account so we could keep in contact during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Standing in a smoky room

Face masks for bushfires in Australia

Something I notice fairly regularly are declarations on “things to do” by scientists and governments which however fail to tell people HOW TO ACTUALLY DO THE THING!

VMWare Device/Credential Guard Error

Experienced this issue on Windows 10 trying to get a VMWare virtual machine to start. I’d already disabled Hyper-V in Windows Features, but the VM still wouldn’t start.