DreamServer and the Return of Owning Your AI
DreamServer shows the promise and the limits of local AI: more control, more privacy, and more ownership, but only as much power as your hardware can realistically provide.
Category: Software
Legcord: Discord, But Lighter, Tweakier, and a Bit More Yours
Legcord is an unofficial, open-source Discord client for people who want a lighter, more customisable experience, especially on Linux, ARM devices, and older hardware.
GTweak: The Windows Toolbox for People Who Want Their PC to Stop Annoying Them
A simple look at GTweak, an open-source Windows toolbox for cleaning, tweaking, and taking back control of your PC without digging through endless settings.
Floci: A Little Local Cloud for Developers Who Don’t Want the Drama
Floci is an open-source tool that lets developers test AWS-style cloud services locally, without accounts, tokens, or cloud drama. A simple way to build, test, break, and reset safely from your own machine.
MyIP: An Open Source Toolbox for Checking Your IP, VPN, DNS and WebRTC Leaks
MyIP isn’t just another “what’s my IP” page. It’s a clean, browser-based toolbox that shows your real IP, checks VPN & DNS leaks, runs speed tests, and reveals exactly what the outside world sees when you go online. Simple, powerful, and actually useful.
netboot.xyz: The USB Stick That Wants to Retire Your USB Sticks
There is a certain kind of drawer we all have somewhere. It contains old USB sticks, mystery adapters, a cable we are scared to throw away, and at least one bootable Linux installer from...
NeuralForecast: The AI Tool That Tries to Predict What Comes Next
We all try to predict the future. Will sales rise next month? Will demand drop? NeuralForecast by Nixtla uses advanced neural networks to turn historical data into accurate forecasts
The Tiny New Web Browser Bringing the Internet Back to Classic Amigas
ThIS brand-new native browser brings real HTTP/HTTPS, HTML, CSS, images, and cookies back to vintage 68k Amigas. No JavaScript bloat. Just pure retro internet. Time-traveling never looked this good.
Bring Your AI to Life as a Talking Desktop Avatar
Turn your AI chatbot into a lively animated character you can actually talk to.
fix-browsertamer 1.0 available on GitHub
Modern Windows versions introduced mechanisms such as UCPD and UserChoice protections that prevent programmatic changes to default browsers. This post introduces a script that restores Browser Tamer as the default browser and automates the entire workaround process
Related Posts (Nimble Builder and Hueman-Pro)
Broken related posts? Unable to disable them? Disable them anyway and use a different tool!
GOG Galaxy will now shutdown
Ideas to fix GOG Galaxy error “Connection to the Communication Services was lost and could not be restored! GOG Galaxy will now shutdown”
Unknown disconnecting device
How to identify a device that continuously connects and disconnects in a loop on Microsoft Windows?
VeraCrypt randomly Auto-Dismounting
Are your USB VeraCrypt mounted drives auto-dismounting randomly when you less expect it? Try this
macOS Ventura issues with multiple monitors
Having issues with Microsoft Remote Desktop on a Mac running macOS Ventura? It might be your Color Profile. A couple of things to try:
Remote desktop and PC names
Easily identify your Windows box by placing the computer name in the taskbar
Windows File Explorer Not Responding (Solved)
Windows File Explorer was freezing, stop responding and crashing. It drove me crazy for a while. Eventually I found out it was related to a mapped network share
Dexter Stardust on M1 MacBook
I learned how to do it stuff by trying to make games work on my Olivetti M24 (circa 1990). Fast forward to 2022 and I learn new stuff by trying playing games on an Apple M1
KeePass 2.50 on CrossOver on 21.1.0
A pretty strange error message I am not seeing on the current version of KeePass. However. if you landed here by searching, it still might be useful to you!
Black boxes and notifications on macOS Catalina
macOS Catalina on a Mac Mini from Mid-2011. Yes, that is possible, but then you (might) get black boxes. Read about some suggestions on how to get rid of them!
