GE XL44 Oven Will Not Turn Off-How To Replace Oven Thermostat Assembly
byThe other day I noticed that the oven was very hot even after my wife had finished baking for a while. I looked…
Slow Amazon Prime Streaming via Vizio E320i-A0 When Hardwired to Apple Airport
byOur main home TV is a 32-Inch Vizio E320i-A0. One thing I like about it is that it is very Amazon Prime friendly– i.e…
Email Phishing Scheme: You have new document Attached to view from Google docs
byHave you received an email like the one above from one of your known contacts? Attached is a file called LETTER.htm. If you open…
How to Prolong the Life of Your Toyota Sienna Sliding Door Cables
byThe sliding door cables on the right door of our 2004 Toyota Sienna broke last winter, as seen in the image below, and I…
How to Block Ads on Websites
byI’ve written a handful of tutorials on how to install software on your PC in order to block advertisements from the websites you visit….
How to Automatically Tweet Your Blog Posts
byI like to write about the stuff I fix of course and I get a kick out of interacting with others about these repairs….
How to Scan Files to Dropbox
byI like to digitize everything and therefore I am scanning a lot of documents. There’s plenty of room to automate the process so I’m…
How to Keep Sparrows Off Your Birdfeeder
byI live in Chicago but grew up as a farm-boy so that leaves me wanting for wildlife. I like to get my kids thinking…
How to Cut a Micro Sim into a Nano Sim
byI finally upgraded from a iPhone 4S to an iPhone 5 and didn’t realize that the iPhone 5 takes a smaller sized SIM card…
How to Upgrade the Hard Drive on Your Mac, Install Mavericks, and Copy Your Data Over
byThis post isn’t about how to physically upgrade the Hard Drive on your Mac (ifixit.com gives a great tutorial here) I wanted to give an…