I’ve been using MailChimp for my Riddles and Brain Teasers site for the past five years. When I first started, it was free. Then it bumped up and leveled out at $50/month. I was okay with that. The price began another ascent when the list reached 5,000 subscribers. It leveled off at $75/month and I […]

Ever since Windows 10 came out, my Windows 7 updates have gotten really slow. It started taking days instead of minutes or hours to run, with no end in sight. And the whole time it was cranking my CPU fan and still stuck at 0%. My first solution was to disable Windows Updates and use […]

I don’t do this every year, but in past years I’ve picked a few of my favorite free products or services and donated to them. This Year’s Donations Let’s Encrypt – Free SSL certificates. This is game changing when you manage a lot of web sites, including numerous subdomains. HeidiSQL – An easy to use, […]

You know when you need to focus but your mind keeps coming up with reasons not to? If you’re anything like me, you could use help getting in the zone every now and then (more like daily). I’ve been using Brain.fm for the past few weeks and it’s like the mythical Focusyn on the Simpsons […]