Author Archives: Neil

About Neil

Happy husband. Proud father. Systems engineering consultant, and former U.S. Air Force officer. A music fan, science fiction nut, geek, and die-hard Mac user who grudgingly deals with Windows at work only because his employer and clients aren’t enlightened enough to move to Mac OS X.

A $350 Mac Killer? describes the parts required to build a low-end Hackintosh. Might make an interesting computer for the kids…

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Neil | Leave a comment

Brandwares has some Office Best Practices that seem pretty helpful. Lots of XML approaches to tweaking Office app behaviors, for instance…

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Neil | Leave a comment

This site was pretty useful to me in figuring out how to replace the stereo and speakers in my 2005 Toyota Highlander. Ultimately the stereo was replaced by a shop, but I might do a future speaker upgrade myself…

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Neil | Leave a comment

Want to get yourself off of a lot of Internet-based personal info search services? Check this out: Thwart my OSINT Efforts while Binging TV! | tisiphone.net

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Neil | Leave a comment

You can use a USB-C cable and a Apple developer account to take screenshots from a fourth-generation Apple TV. Here’s how.

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Neil | Comments Off on Screenshots from Apple TV

Auto-play videos suck. Here’s how you can turn them off. Source: Stop Auto-Play Videos from Annoying You in Your Browser on macOS

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Neil | Leave a comment

This is a nice tool I just learned about to check your domain name’s current IP address and DNS record information against multiple name servers located in different parts of the world. Source: Global DNS Propagation Checker – What’s My … Continue reading →

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Neil | Leave a comment

Ben Dodson built a cool iTunes Artwork Finder to download high-resolution cover art for music, movies, TV shows, and other media straight from Apple.

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Neil | Leave a comment

Wookieepedia has a great list of Star Wars novels by release date, including a link to a list of upcoming novels.

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Neil | Leave a comment

A complete guide to stopping video autoplay on Chrome and Firefox, both in Flash and HTML 5. Source: Stop Video Autoplay on Chrome and Firefox

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Neil | Leave a comment