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I prefer not to talk about a game that is not fully released, let alone a demo, but Fear the Timeloop seemed to have positioned itself in a different spot. The reason behind avoiding making a comment on a game before the full release often comes from the common practice amongst the developers not to…
One of the main reasons why I chose qBittorrent was its web UI. However, if you are using qBittorrent from SynoCommunity, chances are, each and every browsers are raising alarms about lack of secure (https) connection. While the risk is negligible if the web UI is correctly set to be accessible only by local users,…
Synology offers an official version of BitTorrent client, Download Station, but it lacks many features I would consider given in this day and age: a. it would need comprehensive web UI to manage BitTorrent traffic, and b. it would need VPN or proxy support natively. Neither were the case when I gave Download Station a…
Synology had a rough year in 2025 with its new policy — now retracted — on HDDs, but it didn’t outright kill the consumer NAS brand. In fact, when I did some research into what could be the possible alternatives to Synology as a platform, there weren’t many that offered community supports and different builds…
I have covered an iOS app with similar features named Tailor, but the app in question hasn’t received any updates recently; iOS 26 seems to have completely broken the app. It is frustrating when an app no longer receives an update, but it happens regardless. Picsew is yet another iOS app offered as a freemium…
Though many browsers already support exporting a webpage as a long screenshot (or a scroll screenshot), from my experience, it doesn’t help the fact that it is filled with non-essentials. It’s a fact of all media. If you are saving only certain part of the post, exporting the entire page into PDF or JPEG is…
I suppose it’s a playlist of cybersecurity for this week. This is yet another good usage of searching through known breaches covered yesterday’s post. If you are not using a password manager, like it or not, you are most likely guilty of reusing the same password. If you are not using a random password generator…
Since I just covered a website tracking app related security breaches, I thought to add the old-fashioned one — the one tracks by your email address. Traditionally, service providers and security researchers had released their findings separately, per case basis. If you were a customer of 100 different services, you had to look out for…
About a year ago, I wrote about the app spamming in the App Store. Though Apple has since updated the guidelines to block these copycats, it seems the damage has already been done. There are compromises after compromises, and fake AI assistants or LLMs make it particularly more vulnerable for the users as more data…
I’ve stopped using volume keys to control ringtone volumes — one of the few things smartphones have changed. I suppose, in my mind, on a feature phone I took the “phone” to be the default function of the device; whereas, on smartphones, ringtone is just another notification of an app called “phone”. It’s a minor…
I don’t know if this would come as a surprise, but Mittzon is not my first standing desk setup. I have actually owned a portable standing desk of sort that sits on top of an existing traditional desk. It also pulled double duty as a flat surface laptop stand, so that I may use it…
HDR is all the hype in current generation of displays. I am genuinely looking forward to see more manufacturers and operating systems take advantage of it. It’s quite the standard on the entertainment side of the business. Smart TVs, streaming apps, and consoles are already equipped to handle HDR. I don’t see why it’s not…
This is yet another post for safe keeping. I don’t intend to dig deep into what caused it, or let alone start combing through drivers. But I can say two things for certain: a. the same setup worked on macOS without any fixes, so it is an issue on Windows, and b. I’m not entirely…
I’m still in the process of rewiring a standing desk, and it’s giving me enough nightmares on the Windows side of the business. On macOS, there is a similar tool already included inside the System Information. The app prints the tree hierarchy of USB devices to troubleshoot where the bottleneck is. It is paramount to…
The legendary developer of Papers, Please returned with another retro style game, or had returned in 2018. Yes, I am writing for a game 6 years too late, despite it not getting a major update since. For 6 years the game is left with what I would call a breathing room for improvement, while having…