I installed a catalytic converter shield on my 2022 Honda Ridgeline. In this article I explain in detail the full process from choosing the shield to installation, and how the shield is holding up seven months later.
Technology
Why Hurricanes Cannot Be Manipulated
There is a fever movement currently, brought on by recent high-profile events in the American Southeast, that weather can be manipulated at hurricane levels on intensity, be it in creation, modification, or both. Is this truly possible? All of my experience and knowledge, combined with my understanding of the scientific method, tells me no. I explain my reasoning in this article.
Landing Back on WordPress.com, Compliments of Jetpack
I have been wandering in the virtual desert for the past three years with my self-hosted blog. Silly me did not realize you can connect into the WordPress.com community via Jetpack.
Someone Had to Blab to the World About AI and Now We All Pay the Price
In today’s article, I pause and reflect on what AI has been over the past year and a half since the introduction of ChatGPT. Has this “new” AI improved your life? Do you see the benefits to yourself and to society? And I look back at my own attempt to build an AI interface for my website.
Synology Active Backup for Business: How to Create Encrypted Backups
Synology’s Active Backup for Business is an amazing tool to backup your devices. But if you want to encrypt and compress your backups, you must take a few steps on your own, which I explain in this article.
How to Remove “Ask Copilot” Button from Windows 11 Search
If you want to remove the “Ask Copilot” button from your Windows 11 search area, read this article for how I did it in the latest Windows 11 build.
My Warning About Lenovo – Do NOT Buy From Them!
I do not take pleasure in writing an article like this, but feel I have a moral obligation to warn others thinking of purchasing from Lenovo. After this event, I will never do business with Lenovo again.
Updating Steam Across Multiple PCs Is Easy
If you have multiple computers in your home running Valve’s Steam, you only need to download game updates to one, and the Steam clients can take care of updating themselves locally across your home network. In this article I explain my observations and compare Steam’s local updates to the similar Xbox process.
Backups to the Next Level; A Second Synology NAS
My personal file backup scheme is almost a decade old. I think it is time for a change, and plan to use a second Synology NAS to make my backup processes much more robust. In this article, I explain my approach.
“Who is Lizzo?” and Other Questions I Don’t Want My Website’s Chat Bot to Answer
In this article, I share examples that I leveraged in attempts to focus my chat bot near-exclusively on content that I write about at my blog, computerlookingup.com.