Tech
indulgences into my geek side
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Saving My Entire Site as a PDF ebook
How hard would it be to use Power Automate to fetch every post I’ve published and save it as a single PDF ebook file? Let’s find out.
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Reason to use Edge: Open or Run Downloads Without Saving First
Bold claim: Edge has better download experience than Chrome. My case for Edge is simple: files downloaded from websites can be opened without being saved. Allow me to explain why the practical benefit to this is not an edge case.
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Trusting an Office Document For Good
Tired of security warnings in Office files that have data connections or macros? Ignoring them is safest if they are not relevant to you, but for files you trust and use regularly, marking them as Trusted Documents avoids repeated warnings.
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More Assorted Windows Tips, in GIF Form
Some lesser known Windows tips to save you some time.
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Merging Excel Data to Email Messages
This post explores some of my solutions for sending personalized emails by iterating through an Excel table and sending an email for each row.
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Redirecting Special Shell Folders (or: Save New Screenshots to Desktop)
On a Mac, taking a screenshot instantly places a picture file on your desktop. Can Windows do this? Let’s look at this as an example case for redirecting special Windows shell folders.
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Weather Radar on Android Auto
Finally, real-time weather radar graces my car’s dashboard—sparking joy with its vital, zoomable layers and current location temperature updates!
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PowerToys Crop & Lock App
PowerToys has a new tool to crop other windows, but to use it effectively, there’s a few things to know about it and how Windows handles your windows.
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Right-dragging in Windows
Sometimes it’s better to be sure of what will happen when you’re dragging files around, plus there’s a nice shortcut for extracting files that engages when you use the lesser known right drag. Check this out.
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Turn Off News Feed in Windows Widgets
The news feed in Windows widgets is full of clickbait tabloid junk at best, or dangerous malware at worst. Thankfully it can finally be disabled.