SOME NOTES ON SONY XPERIA XZ1 COMPACT

SOME NOTES ON SONY XPERIA XZ1 COMPACT

UPDATED ON: 2023-02-16 I’m not a big fan of Sony smartphones. Yeah, their products almost always packed with technology, but in terms of engineering ideas and realization things they suck pretty badly. Same point of view regarding their photography division. But nevertheless I’m using Sony XZ1 Compact as my main portable web gateway on daily basis. Using it due to ultra-compact size and no alternatives available. It’s a 2017 flagship, based upon Snapdragon 835 CPU and paired with 4Gb of RAM.
HOW TO OPEN LINKS IN A NEW TAB IN MAINROAD HUGO THEME

HOW TO OPEN LINKS IN A NEW TAB IN MAINROAD HUGO THEME

I bet that many of you would like to open site links not in the same window, but in a background tab. Such behavior is restricted by default settings of most Hugo themes. Mainroad is restricting it also. Here is a solution on how to overcome weird limitation. Create file render-link.html in _default folder of the theme. Name_of_your_site\themes\mainroad\layouts\_default\_markup\render-link.html Contents of render-link.html should be like this: <a href="{{ .Destination | safeURL }}"{{ with .
SELECTING YOUR WINDOWS & ANDROID BROWSER

SELECTING YOUR WINDOWS & ANDROID BROWSER

UPDATED ON: 2023-02-20 Note is totally rewritten to match 2023 reality. Today it is not an easy task to do. There are plenty browsers out there. “So, what is the problem?” you may ask. Most of them are based upon google chrome. This means that all of them are dialing back to google to share your private data. That’s the main problem. Here is my personal list of browsers that I use in a daily workflow on Windows machine: Main surfer: [Iceweasel 110] ► replaced IceCat For visiting geo-restricted sites: [TorBrowser 12.
I OFTEN GET ASKED WHY I HAVE SUCH CRAPPY BLOG IMAGES

I OFTEN GET ASKED WHY I HAVE SUCH CRAPPY BLOG IMAGES


UPDATED ON: 2023-10-01

Answer is very plain’n’simple. I like look of png compression especially with Floyd–Steinberg dither filter applied.
Image aesthetics become soooo 80s’ish and this is so, cool! And yeah, I’m saving space of [Codeberg project] on which my blog is hosting.
Thanks to all of them. They even helped me out to setup initial repository of the project. Very neat guys, to say the least.

REMOVE TELEMETRY & SPYING UPDATES ON WINDOWS 7

REMOVE TELEMETRY & SPYING UPDATES ON WINDOWS 7

UPDATED ON: 2023-08-12 Added microsoft hosts, fixed errors. If you have any suggestions or I’ve missed something [please drop me a line] . ► SOME PREFACE WORDS THE MOST COMPLETE LIST OF MALWARE UPDATES FROM MICROSOFT GROUPED BY CATEGORIES. List of updates without links to original ms site due to deletion. KB prefix removed. 454826 971033 2922324 2976987 3012973 3014460 3015249 3022345 3068707 3074677 3090045 3102812 4012218 UNINFORMED ABOUT PRIVACY STARTER PACK FUN FACT: microsoft already not only hiding, but deleting important information regarding “bad updates” from search engines like google.
WWF ARCADE ▀ BEST FIGHTING GAME EVER

WWF ARCADE ▀ BEST FIGHTING GAME EVER

Everybody count Mortal Kombat on PC or King of the Fighters on NeoGeo as best fighting games ever. I have another opinion on that. The most dynamic and neck-breaking fighting game is WWF. World Wrestling Federation. Fluid VGA animations and cool atmosphere, spiced-up with best combo system in the world, that’s the key to neat fighting game. It is extremely underrated! In my childhood i’ve managed to do 32-hit combo by Shawn Michaels.
LIST OF THE MOST CRUCIAL WINDOWS 7 SP1+ SERVICES

LIST OF THE MOST CRUCIAL WINDOWS 7 SP1+ SERVICES


Just a simple list of the most important services of Windows 7.
Whatever happens - don’t disable them.
Services are programs, which are automatically loading into memory of your computer during start-up time.
Services are always hanging around in computer’s RAM in background mode. Alternative name: resident programs.
That is why it is so important to cut most of them to free valuable memory up for your personal applications.

CLICKMONITORDDC ▀ ELEGANT SOLUTION TO BLACK SCREEN AFTER WAKE UP FROM SLEEP ON AMD VIDEO CARDS

CLICKMONITORDDC ▀ ELEGANT SOLUTION TO BLACK SCREEN AFTER WAKE UP FROM SLEEP ON AMD VIDEO CARDS

Described issue related to Windows 7 and modern AMD-based GPU’s. Some users on Reddit [have reported] ,that there is a problem with modern Radeon cards. Core of the problem: sometimes monitor can’t wake up from sleep state and shows up no signal message, despite the fact that computer continues to operate. Keyboard input, sound output are working normally though. Of course you can set Windows power management not to turn off monitor completely, but this will be quite a waste of energy.
THE END OF WINDOWS 7 TIMELINE

THE END OF WINDOWS 7 TIMELINE

UPDATED ON: 2024-09-12 For those of you, who are wondering about the future of Windows 7 operating system here is a brief chart showing precise timings. END OF …. Windows 7 SP1 Mainstream Support 2015/1/13 Windows 7 SP1 Extended Support 2020/01/14 Windows Embedded POSReady 7 Support 2021/10/12 Windows 7 SP1 ESU Support 2023/01/10 ► WE ARE APPROXIMATEL1Y HERE ◄ Windows Embedded POSReady 7 ESU Support 2024/10/08 Premium Server Assurance Support 2026/01/13
MY ANTI-SOCIAL LIFE AND LACK OF COMMENTS

MY ANTI-SOCIAL LIFE AND LACK OF COMMENTS

UPDATED ON: 2021-11-04 As you may already noticed i’m not presented in any generic social network, maybe except of [abandoned instagram] . But I can’t login into it because mail, which was used for recovery is not exists anymore and I can’t recover my lost password. No worries, coz I don’t care about instagram service anymore. My most frequent stream of news [located at Mastodon] . If i would like to say something it will appear [on Codeberg pages] in the first place and after that will be linked to Mastodon feed.
BENEFITS OF VERTICAL TASKBAR ON WIDE SCREEN MONITORS

BENEFITS OF VERTICAL TASKBAR ON WIDE SCREEN MONITORS

I don’t quite understand why people are using horizontal top [MacOS] or horizontal bottom [Windows] taskbars and not vertical one. Most of us are exploiting 16:9, 16:10 or even 21:9 displays. So basic logic confirms that we have more pixels in horizontal plane and less in vertical. So it’s better to save vertical space [pixels], but not horizontal ones. GUI of complex programs like to “eat” vertical space soooo much.
HOW TO REPAIR BROKEN WINDOWS 7

HOW TO REPAIR BROKEN WINDOWS 7

To check system hard drive and fix errors: chkdsk c: /f To check system hard drive, fix errors, locate and mark bad sectors: chkdsk c: /r Very basic command to check integrity of system files: sfc /scannow If sfc can’t help you try DISM. Check system health for any corruption presence: Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth Check system health for store corruption presence: Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth Finally, repair command:
WANTED RETRO COMPUTER PARTS FOR SOCKET A [462]

WANTED RETRO COMPUTER PARTS FOR SOCKET A [462]

Just a list of items i’m currently seeking for my Windows DOS/98 SE project. It will be primarily focused on simultaneous AGP and ISA availability. Build is almost complete: ETA time -> 1-2 month! 1. CPU: AMD Athlon Barton 3200+ 2. Mobo: Epox EP-8KTA3 or Abit KT7A [motherboard should have AGP and ISA buses] 3. RAM: PC133, 3 x 128Mb 4. Video card: ATI Radeon X850XT PE / X850XT / 9800XT or 3DFX Voodoo 5500
MY DAILY DRIVER RIG BASED UPON RYZEN 5950X RUNNING WINDOWS 7

MY DAILY DRIVER RIG BASED UPON RYZEN 5950X RUNNING WINDOWS 7

UPDATED ON: 2022-05-17 Added latest AIDA64 FPU benchmark to show supremacy over 12900K UPDATED ON: 2022-05-04 This is the most powerful configuration, which runs Windows 7 without any issues or side effects. Threadripper 3XXX is possible, but micro freezes and stuttering are present, so it is not a viable option for smooth experience. UPDATED ON: 2021-08-19 Added some benchmarks for more clearness. Internet is swarming with [amateurish articles about “incompatibility”] of modern hardware with legacy Windows 7 operating system.
GOOD BROWSERS FOR VINTAGE SYSTEMS LIKE WINDOWS 98 SE AND WINDOWS XP

GOOD BROWSERS FOR VINTAGE SYSTEMS LIKE WINDOWS 98 SE AND WINDOWS XP

Just want to make a super quick note on neat browsers for legacy operating systems. There is not so much choice for such vintage OS these days. There are two of last Mohicans. K-Meleon & MyPal.     K-Meleon is way more lightweight and will be good for slow puters. There is even a Windows 98 version. While MyPal will bring up more modern web compatibility, but of course it is tad slower than K-Meleon.
HOW TO CREATE NEAT PICTURES WITH NOKIA PUREVIEW 808

HOW TO CREATE NEAT PICTURES WITH NOKIA PUREVIEW 808

2022-12-05 Fixed some errors and added misc info 2021-12-08 Final cleanup, brought some glitter to the post 2021-08-14 Fixed errors, added some additional stuff. If you found mistakes please [report me back] . Some useful information accumulated during last three years of Nokia 808 usage. Most of the advises mentioned here could be easily applied to any camera or smartphone. ░ CAMERA MOD [MODIFICATION OF CAMERA APP] At the very beginning you need to make sure that you have installed [Osenok & Timoxa_ resolution patch] .
WHY NOKIA 808 SMARTPHONE STILL RELEVANT IN 2021

WHY NOKIA 808 SMARTPHONE STILL RELEVANT IN 2021

UPDATE: 2021-12-08 Updated CameraMod to the latest version, fixed some links. UPDATE: 2021-08-10 Added links and additional info. Warning some links are missing, please be patient. Some solid facts about this stunning photo-communication device. ░ WHY NOKIA 808 IS SO COOL Best camera resolution ever: giant sensor 1/1.2", max.resolution: 7728 x 5368pix, ND filter, xenon flash, ability to take pictures up to 41.5Mpix ► [Samsung S20 Ultra] can’t provide more detail.
WINDOWS XP ON DELL M4700 [UPGRADED TO THE MAX]

WINDOWS XP ON DELL M4700 [UPGRADED TO THE MAX]

Today, I finally fixed my laptop workstation from 2012. Model [Dell M4700] to be precise. Replaced old 2.4Ghz Dell 1504 WiFi module and installed brand new 1540 model with 5Ghz support ordered on eBay. Web speedtest shows around 200 Mbit/s. I’m satisfied with the result. High performance quad-core cpu i7-3740QM (4c/8t) in conjunction with 8Gb of RAM and paired with 2Gb Quadro K1000M workstation video chip can do wonders (of course only within Windows XP abilities).