Everything You Need to Know About Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi

Did You Know? In the candy industry, the process of coating candies with very sour surface flavor (like the tart sugar coating on Sour Patch Kids candy) is called “sour sanding” and is done by dusting the surface with either citric or tartaric acid (two food safe and very sour compounds) and sugar. Geek Trivia Which Animal Has The Best Sense Of Taste? Humans → Catfish → Snakes → Dogs → Advertisement Download Windows 10 Tutorials - 120 of the most popular functions (a $19.95 value) FREE for a limited time You'll learn 120 of the most common features and functions of this hugely popular (and powerful) operating system. The vivid, color, step-by-step screenshots make it easy for you to follow along in this 350 page illustrated guide.Click here to download Want to Change Your Email Preferences? At some point in the past you subscribed to the How-To Geek newsletter, but if you'd like to change the frequency or unsubscribe, you can do so by clicking the button. 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How to Get Your House Ready for the Winter Three New, Lesser-Known Window Management Features in macOS Sierra How to Change the Voice Volume on Apple Maps How to Create a Collage, Animation, or Movie with Google Photos on Android How to Hide the Search/Cortana Box and Task View Button on the Windows 10 Taskbar Windows 10 Compresses Your Wallpaper, But You Can Make Them High Quality Again How to Fix Windows Update When It Gets Stuck Geek Comic Today's Tech Term Duplication Bug A Duplication Bug (a.k.a. Dupe Bug and Duping) is a video game bug that allows a player to illegitimately create duplicate game elements of value, unique game items, and/or game currency. What We're Reading This section contains what we're reading from around the web, along with commentary from our editors. Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. Google Fiber division cuts staff by 9%, "pauses" fiber plans in 10 cities Alphabet ISP shifting to wireless tech, but not giving up entirely on fiber. [ArsTechnica] Apple's annual profits fall for first time in 15 years as iPhone sales decline Company has sold 45.5m iPhones in current quarter, down 5% from last year as analysts worry that the world has reached 'peak Apple' [The Guardian] Why The Golden Ratio Is Better Than The Rule Of Thirds A simple change in the way you frame your photographs will yield much more interesting photos. [Petapixel] A History of Mechanical Keyboards Andrew Lekashman offers a brief pictorial a history of mechanical keyboards, from adding machines to dumb terminals to Symbolics monstrosities to modern blank-key hacker totems. [Boing Boing] How to Password Protect OneNote Notebooks and Sections OneNote 2016 is a great program for taking, storing, and syncing notes, but how do you protect private information you store in those notebooks? No worries–you can keep them safe with a password. Read This Article → How to Add Gadgets Back to Windows 8 and 10 (and Why You Probably Shouldn’t) Desktop gadgets and the Windows Sidebar were a big hallmark feature in Windows Vista and Windows 7. But Microsoft removed desktop gadgets, and you won’t find them in Windows 8 or 10. Read This Article → What Is ASLR, and How Does It Keep Your Computer Secure? Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) is a security technique used in operating systems, first implemented in 2001. The current versions of all major operating systems (iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux) feature ASLR protection. But in the past week, a new method of bypassing ASLR has been found. So, should you be worried? Read This Article → Everything You Need to Know About Getting Started with the Raspberry Pi Now over four years old, the Raspberry Pi, a cheap credit-card sized computer, has taken the computing and DIY world by storm. Read on as we guide you through everything from buying to powering to running the tiny dynamo. Read This Article → How Do You Find Out If Windows Was Running at a Given Time? There may be times when you wonder if something is being done with, or to your computer without your knowledge, but is there an easy way to find out what is happening while you are gone? With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post shows a reader how to monitor his computer’s activity. Read This Article → How to Get Your House Ready for the Winter Winter is coming. In some regions of the US, it’s already starting to get noticeably colder, which means it’s about that time to prepare for the freezing months ahead. Here are some things you should do to get your house ready. Read This Article → Three New, Lesser-Known Window Management Features in macOS Sierra At this point, you probably think you know all about the new features in macOS Sierra. So did I, but it turns out there are a few new things that didn’t get much press–especially when it comes to managing all your windows. Read This Article → How to Change the Voice Volume on Apple Maps If you have ever followed Apple Maps’ voice navigation while listening to music, then you probably know what it’s like when Siri cuts in loudly to give you the next prompt. It can be startling, but luckily there’s an easy fix. Read This Article → How to Create a Collage, Animation, or Movie with Google Photos on Android Google Photos is a huge improvement over Android’s old "Gallery" app, but it does a lot more than just keep your stuff organized and synced. You can easily manipulate your photos into some very cool, shareable collages, animations, and even movies. Read This Article → How to Hide the Search/Cortana Box and Task View Button on the Windows 10 Taskbar Windows 10 adds a bit more to the taskbar: now, you can search (or use Cortana) without pressing the Start button, and you can click a “Task View” button to see all your windows. Don’t want these taking up space? Here’s how to hide them. Read This Article → Windows 10 Compresses Your Wallpaper, But You Can Make Them High Quality Again By default, Windows 10 compresses JPEG pictures you use as your background, reducing it to around 85% of the original quality. If you’re bothered by the compression artifacts this often introduces, here’s how use high quality images instead. Read This Article → How to Fix Windows Update When It Gets Stuck Windows Update is supposed to work silently in the background, but it may refuse to continue if it can’t install an individual update. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Windows 10 Tutorials - 120 of the most popular functions (a $19.95 value) FREE for a limited time You'll learn 120 of the most common features and functions of this hugely popular (and powerful) operating system. The vivid, color, step-by-step screenshots make it easy for you to follow along in this 350 page illustrated guide.Click here to download