I recently installed a Samsung 960 Evo SSD hard drive in ThinkPad T470 laptop (after having already purchased and received the laptop with a standard hard drive in it), and it was much more diffi...
https://www.theblog.ca/how-to-install-samsung-960-evo-thinkpad-t470
In my search for a standing desk, I found the Ikea Bekant sit/stand desk in the showroom. It looks great, has a large desk surface, and has a motorized up/down mechanism. Thus, you can move it to...
With mod_headers, you can set, unset, and modify HTTP headers in Apache. To conditionally set / unset a header, you have to do a bit of a roundabout process and make use of environment variables....
https://www.theblog.ca/apache-rewrite-rule-conditionally-strip-http-header
When I upgraded my standard “spinning disk” hard drive to an SSD, I didn’t want to have to re-install the operating systems and all of the applications. The particular SSD I bought (Samsung...
https://www.theblog.ca/transferring-dual-boot-hard-drive-to-ssd
I recently upgraded a Sony VAIO Y Series laptop’s RAM from 4GB (2 sticks of 2GB) to 8GB (2 sticks of 4GB). (For those who have the VPCY216FD model, 8GB is the maximum supported amount of RAM.) ...
For quite a while I couldn’t figure out why my keyboard would suddenly switch to French mode. The question mark would turn into a capital, accented É; the “#” symbol would turn into a forw...
https://www.theblog.ca/ctrl-shift-keyboard-language-change-windows7
I needed to set up a connection whereby multiple users in different locations could simultaneously connect to a VPN with a single static IP. We needed to access a third-party network through a si...
https://www.theblog.ca/multiple-user-vpn-behind-single-static-ip
The Lenovo ThinkPad T430s is a light, sturdy, 14-inch Windows laptop that is a great blend of performance, usability, and portability. I had previously never owned a ThinkPad but now, having used...
I’d previously written about Connectify as a way to: Share my home wired-only network to a smart phone / iPad / tablet (since those devices can only connect wirelessly) Share one Internet conne...
https://www.theblog.ca/connectify-alternative-windows7-wireless-network-sharing
I’m used to laptops and other computers having two sound plugs: one for the microphone and one for the headphones / speakers. Unfortunately, when I got a Lenovo T430s laptop, it came with a uni...
https://www.theblog.ca/headset-adapter-double-single-headphone-microphone