Firefox Screen Tearing While Scrolling
Oct 20, 2025Web and Internet
If you're experiencing screen tearing while scrolling, it may be due to hardware acceleration either being on when it should be off, or off when it should be on. Here's how to check the setting and toggle it.
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ShipStation Underreports or Misleads About Their Outages
Oct 20, 2025Web and Internet
On ShipStation's Status page they give an overview of their services as well as historical uptime, summarized by day. They generally report a "Partial Outage" or a "Major Outage" when there is a problem, or note it as "Degraded Performance".
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Setting Up a Windows Sandbox
Oct 16, 2025Computer Hardware
Windows Sandbox is a built-in feature of Windows 10 and later, which allows you to quickly fire up an isolated desktop environment inside a window. This is great for testing software or running something from a non-trusted source. Each time you open the sandbox it is a fresh instance of Windows, and when you close it, it is wiped and gone.
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Using CSS env() Safe Area Inset for Mobile Fullscreen Camera Cutout or Notch
Oct 15, 2025Web Development
The env() CSS function allows you to access device environment variables and is commonly used to get Android and iPhone screen safe areas, so you can add appropriate padding or margin around the camera cutout or notch. This is most useful when making a fullscreen web app or a native app that uses a webview (such as Apache Cordova or Capacitor).
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Comcast Business (Xfinity) SecurityEdge Blocking Website Domain
Sep 18, 2025Web and Internet
Comcast has a security layer built into their Internet service called SecurityEdge. This monitors all requests coming from your network and blocks them if they're going to a website/domain that is on a Comcast block or filter list. This security layer is a part of your Comcast account and isn't on your physical modem.
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Replacing RPWFE Refrigerator Filter - Beware of NSF Ratings
Jun 10, 2025Energy
The RPWFE is a common water filter used in GE refrigerators. You're supposed to replace it every 6 months, which can get expensive at $50 each for genuine GE filters. This may lead you to purchase cheaper aftermarket filters, such as Waterdrop, Glacier Fresh, or Maxblue (to name just a few). The aftermarket filters all have the RFID chip, NSF certification, and great reviews, just like the GE filters, but I wanted to dig deeper and see if these were actually as good as the OEM filters.
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JavaScript Canvas getImageData Pixel Colors Slightly Off in Firefox
Dec 3, 2023Programming
Browser fingerprinting protection can cause the RGB values of image data returned by context.getImageData() to be randomly off by a little bit (usually -1 or 1). So instead of solid black being rgba(0, 0, 0, 255) as expected, it might be rgba(0, 1, 0, 255) or similar.
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How to Make Amazon SP-API Requests in PHP Without SDK
Mar 29, 2023Computer HardwareComments (39)
This post covers how to make requests to the Amazon Selling Partner API (SP-API). The examples used here will be for the getItemOffers operation of the Product Pricing API, but you should be able to adapt what you learn to any of the operations or Selling Partner APIs.
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Stop iPhone from Adding HTML Telephone Links to Numbers on Your Site
Mar 9, 2023Web DevelopmentComments (1)
At least on iOS Safari on iPhone, if it runs across text that looks like it might be a phone number, it may insert an HTML link to hotlink that bit of text. So something like this:
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How to use FedEx API with PHP Examples
Feb 16, 2023ProgrammingComments (5)
Here's a guide on how to get set up with the FedEx API and start making requests. I've included PHP code examples for retrieving tracking data using the Track API, but it can be adapted to any language and other FedEx APIs. This guide assumes you have decent knowledge on handling JSON objects and making HTTP requests.
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PHP Get US Holidays for Multiple Years
Feb 14, 2023Programming
Here is a simple PHP script that generates US holidays for multiple years in YYYY-MM-DD format, and stores them in a basic array. Note that due to timezone differences, this may create unexpected results within 24 hours of a new year for users that are in different timezones.
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Ark Survival Evolved Save Game and Settings Locations on Xbox PC Game Pass
Jan 6, 2022PC GamingComments (3)
Ark, when downloaded with PC Game Pass using the Windows 10/11 Xbox app (or Windows Store) has somewhat-obscure application, settings, and save locations. It can make backing up your save games or making settings tweaks more difficult than it would be with the Steam or Epic versions.
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How to Disable YouTube Try the YouTube Kids App Popup
Aug 20, 2019Web and InternetComments (5)
Here's a simple way to hide the YouTube "Try the YouTube Kids App" popup that shows up on the main screen. Please note that this may also block other types of popups that YouTube uses.
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Run a Minecraft Server on Your PC and Play with Friends over the Internet or a LAN
Nov 15, 2018PC GamingComments (461)
Setting up a Minecraft server on your home Windows computer is fairly easy. With basic knowledge of computers and networking, you can be playing with friends over a local area network (LAN) or the Internet in minutes.
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