Set default music player in Windows 10
Perform these steps if you can’t select the default music player you want.
Perform these steps if you can’t select the default music player you want.
AKA Let’s ignore the browser settings and force a video to play unless explicitly disabled.
Or how to lose work because of proprietary file formats.
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A huge proportion of consumer items are high-tech solutions looking for a problem.
My personal Paypal account has encountered an unexpected problem. I received a warning that I need to confirm my identity with them.
Over the past week I’ve found whenever I use the Microsoft Teams app, the audio is blasting out of the monitor speakers instead of the default speakers.
Some applications are actually helpful. Others try and fail. This week, Microsoft Edge browser is in the latter category.
Today I received a long copywriting letter which made me want to wash my head in a bucket of water.
For every clever idea there’s what’s called an “edge case”, a situation no-one thought about and which is assumed to be a rare event.
Explaining the difference between throwing words at a page and clear communication…
How hard can it be to find a simple to use Video Player for Windows 10?
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The client needed a brochure template that made it quick and easy to update and sent out…
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I’ve been putting off a big job to consolidate websites from two Dreamhost accounts…
Firefox account reverts to very old username and password…
I own a cat, not a panther…
A checkbox that does nothing, a message that doesn’t look like a link? Sounds like a Dark Pattern to me…
Manufacturers are changing the name of a pretty ordinary cheese…
An article written and distributed to teachers and parents using the uEducateUs product…
I’m writing end-to-end tutorials for the Mamori.io database security product…
I’m writing copy online help and have setup a new corporate websites for Linked Success…
If you play the man during an argument, you’re making things personal rather than arguing the facts…
…or why my can’t isn’t going to make me a banana milkshake for breakfast…
How to avoid losing your client’s private data, and then your business…
There’s a few websites I visit for news and other stuff that have embedded video on some pages. And the video starts playing regardless of how hard I try to ...
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How overengineering can hobble user experience
I wrote film and TV reviews for Filmblerg for about three years…
The movie that proved spectacle is no substitute for a coherent story…
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The dark winter’s night that informed the book…
This is my big project, a novel that’s been through more rewrites than I can remember…
Follow these simple instructions to create the best Christmas Dinner ever.
Boris Johnson is Jack’s smirking alter-ego, Marla is Domenic Cummings. It all makes sense now.