Buying Gadgets and Tech

Review and Information Sites
Buzzing From Keyboard Piano
This pertains at least to me with the Yamaha P155.
Capture Card Latency in OBS
CD and DVD Burning
What discs to buy, how to best burn them, how to print on them, how to store them.
Those with interest in video editing will undoubtedly find interest in burning their works to DVD. General knowledge in burning DVDs can often be applicable to CDs and vice-versa.
Disc Brands
In general, the only two brands I trust are Taiyo Yuden and Verbatim. The two are most highly recommended, and unlike many other brands, they can be played in most DVD players. Get the DVD-R for even higher compatibility (this is because -R has been around longer).
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Chrome as a Spider
Helping Google find pages not necessarily linked anywhere...
Interesting discussion at Webmaster World on how Google might be indexing pages that are otherwise private or hidden from the rest of the world. Ran into this a few times myself when trying to set up a few heavy-load test scripts, only for it to get indexed and get outside hits as well. <_<Some of the discussion floating around has been centered on the parsing of URLs in gmail messages, as well as indexing pages someone using Chrome or Google toolbar visits.
Chrome Tabs CPU
https://www.socmedsean.com/butchering-the-google-chrome-cpu-hog/
Despite having a quad-core CPU, Chrome somehow still uses up 100% of my resources especially if any tabs open are Google Drive / Sheets.
Click Race
The object of the game is to click the Click Me! links to go to the next page. If you aren't quick enough, you get sent back to the previous page. Each page gives you less and less time to click the link. There are 10 pages; the page number is displayed in the page name.
Very basic and html pages. Just something I made way back in 2006... when I didn't know any web design... and when I didn't know any better.

College Admission Tips
Things to check when applying to colleges…
Seems kind of late for me to be talking about college admissions since most of the people I know online have already attended or are in college. Nevertheless, it’s now my turn, and yes I’m only just now applying.
The general rule of thumb I’ve found is to simply be honest and real - don’t overemphasize things that aren’t really that important but don’t sell yourself short either. However, I would presume most people who do come online are in search of more concrete tips and advice.
The below…[More]
Comparing Options Contracts
Bitcoin Options Price Feed Data and Analysis on LedgerX
This is a spreadsheet I created to compare what call or put options are best to buy, specifically using this for Bitcoin options on LedgerX but can be used with any options really. You can essentially use this as an API for LedgerX options price data into your own scripts as well by using the ImportRange function.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dZbFjCrr2FykdPvE4UVLp8kOO5Iox9lmctSmfqSTq1I/edit#gid=0
Sometimes the...[More]
CSharp Notes and Pitfalls
Things not to do and things to remember about C#...
Just notes and things I want to remember when I'm coding C#. Sometimes these things take hours to catch when the fix is simple, if you knew about them in advance.
RichTextBox.Text - do not update in a background thread even if each thread has its own RichTextBox (building multiple control objects in parallel, for example). This will cause a memory corruption error and either cause your program to crash or hang every so often (which makes it even harder to notice).
File Management
Tools to sort, rename, and organize your files...
Seems like the operating system would be best for managing your files, but this isn't always the case. Several times, I'd want to rename a whole batch of files, or maybe I'd want to fix the creation times of my pictures. As usual, the free stuff is always best - there's no reason to buy bloated software for essential needs as these. Below are the best I've found. Feel free to suggest more.
Programs and Tools
Fixing a Mac White Screen or Not Booting
Failure to Boot on a Mac, White Screen of Death...
Had a few friends who have run into a white screen on bootup for their Macs after dropping it or having a power failure. Rather than have to send in for repair (time + money), a much easier fix is detailed at The Pabster's Notebook.
The basic idea is that the Hard Drive boot sector got corrupted, but the Mac continues to try to boot from it. The system disc doesn't help because the OS doesn't try to boot from anything else unless the hard drive is first disconnected.
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Free Fax Online
https://faxzero.com/
FTP Tutorial
A guide and tutorial to using an FTP for Windows
Several people who I lend webspace to have had trouble using the FTP connection. Therefore, I've written a hopefully easy-to-understand tutorial and guide to using the FTP. Different hosts/servers may vary, but it is generally about the same. Just change the address to whatever your ftp would be. Using the FTP is simple.
1) First open your windows explorer browser (open a folder such as My Computer or My Documents) and enter your address.
Gmail Constant Password Change
The workaround it seems is to actually ignore the change password request if you get it and clear cookies in your browser based on the support thread here:
https://support.google.com/accounts/thread/73279572/my-gmail-account-kept-asking-me-to-change-my-password-every-time?hl=en
Google Hangouts Timeout Extension
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/131680
Google Maps Missing Starred Places
https://www.reddit.com/r/GoogleMaps/comments/97inxv/saved_places_stars_not_showing_up_on_desktop_when/
Basically the saved place is not being saved correctly with proper date. To fix, you need to go to Bookmarks and resave each that has a Nan date.
Image Resources
Resources and tools for creating images, video, and more...
Below are some useful sites to look at if you make any visual form of multimedia. Usually, I will try to list only free sources rather than those that require a subscription.Interesting Photoshop Tutorials
Ring...[More]
Instrument Tutorials
Tutorials for playing various instruments...
Musical Saw - An actual saw used as an instrument. Sounds like a ghostly synth. More information also in this PDF by sawplayers.org