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How to view Google Home history

Google stores all the questions and requests you’ve made to your Google Home speaker. You can see your requests in your Google “My Activity” page. Here’s how to see all your Google Home history 1. Go to myactivity.google.com 2. Click on “Filter by date & product” 3. Check ON “Assistant” “Assistant” is the name of …

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Can’t do thinking work while listening to podcasts? How to solve it.

I used to never be able to have podcasts playing while doing thought-intensive work. If I’m doing monotonous monkey-work, then yeah, I can listen to podcasts. But the moment when I need to think through things, the podcasts just get in the way. To get my mind to focus, I pause the audio. Most times …

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How to force MacOS Spotlight to re-index a specific folder

Ever do a search on your hard drive, and some you know the results are missing some files? Today I was searching a folder that has over 100 movies. Yet, the MacOS Spotlight was showing zero results. Here’s how you can force the MacOS to re-index a specific folder. Watch the video. This tip comes …

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How to keep track of books you’d like to borrow from your local library

You might have a list of books piling up that you’d like to read from your local library. Especially given these times of stay-at-home, your list might be growing longer. How do you keep track of these books? Sure, a simple written list would work. Or maybe a digital note saved on your computer. I …

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How to make your numbered lists look normal in Microsoft Word

If your numbered list goes past nine items in Microsoft Word, you’ll need this trick to get your list to look professional.  By default, Microsoft Word will align your numbered list by the first digit in the number. You’ll end up with an ugly list like this one: Notice how the periods after the number …

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Take control of your Facebook

How to cut the noise out of Facebook (use a friends list sorted by most recent)

Spend less time on Facebook, and enjoy it more. Tired of all the junk on Facebook? Do you find yourself scrolling and scrolling forever? Only a couple items out of hundreds look interesting? Cut down all the garbage you see on Facebook and take control of your timeline. The method is simple and employs two …

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How to make the Facebook like button reappear after upgrading to https SSL

Did you update your WordPress website from http to https, and now your Facebook like button disappear? Chances are you are using WooTheme’s shortcode, woo-fblike, for the Facebook like button in your template. (Actually Woothemes is now WooCommerce, so let’s call them by their correct new name). When you update your site to https, the …

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How to upgrade Google Play from individual plan to family plan

Everyone loves Spotify for its unlimited music. But imagine if you could have unlimited music and no ads on Youtube videos–for the same price as Spotify. That would be Google Play. The Spotify individual plan is $9.99/month. You get music. The Google Play individual plan is $9.99/month. You get music and no ads on Youtube. …

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How to force Facebook to show posts from certain Pages

Tired of how Facebook doesn’t show you posts from your friend’s Facebook Pages? Crazy, right? You are friends with someone, yet you never see what’s on their Facebook Page in your news stream. Here’s how to fix it so Facebook will show you posts from Facebook Pages that YOU specify. Use lists in Facebook–wait–Facebook has lists? …

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How to handle content overload

With overloads of content being produced, it makes you wonder who’s reading all this content. One of the solutions is to have better curators. People picking interesting content and packaging it together to make it more relevant to each reader’s interests. Another solution would be for us to be willing to learn more. I hope …

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How to archive all your Kindle notes and highlights

Would you like to be able to download all your notes and highlights from your Kindle books? Amazon doesn’t make it easy, but here’s the workaround way to get your notes and highlights. 1) Sign into your online kindle account. Go to: https://kindle.amazon.com and sign in. 2) Find the book you want to copy your …

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How to be collaborative on Pinterest

Things are more fun when you do it with a group. Over on my art blog, I cover 8 ideas for using collaborative boards on Pinterest. Here’s a teaser with one of the ideas: start a love board with your girlfriend.