Bob's Bytes: Hardware & Software

 5 June 2025

"Hardware & Software"

Topics of the Day

• Jared Isaacman’s nomination to be NASA administrator pulled by the WH
• SpaceX's Starship Flight #9 flew, until it didn't.  Boom.
• Mint is offering Home Internet over the T-Mobile Cell Network starting at $35/month <link>
• Microsoft Publisher is being *deleted* from Microsoft365 users, not just "out of support"
• The Xreal One AR glasses look like large sun glasses, give a 150" inch screen <link>
• The Ryobi RM300e electric riding mower gets a 'Do Not Buy" from Bob <link> 
• Our Wolverine MovieMaker-Pro no long spins the take-up reel all of the time, now it doesn't spin at any time.  <link>
• The WinXvideo v3 promo (free lifetime license) <link> good till June 22.  {Update: now showing as "Temporarily unavailable."  My guess: max number of free license claimed.
• Bob has gotten lots of free books from "How-to-Geek" newsletter. <link>
• Detwiler’s Farm Market, <link> - great place to get flowers & other stuff.
• PatchMyPC now has a portable version of their Home Updater.  <link>
• Bob prefers the Sumatra PDF viewer over all others.  <link>  Simple and fast!
• How to change file defaults, with details.
• No, you should not try to edit a PDF.  (But if you must: MS Word or LibreOffice Writer)
• Use Windows Snipping Tools to copy anything from your screen
• Use Calibre for managing your eBook collection; up & load to & from Kindle and other eReader devices. <link>

 Presentation link: https://1drv.ms/p/c/86b915ace9c0d278/ERVr237kg-tHoRpchS0B9tYBSOCZ2bXP4mhlQDoS5Qu_vA?e=IUcBhZ

(For unknown reasons, Microsoft won't let me login to our account where the presentation is stored.  One has to do that to 'embed' the presentation so that you can just see it. At least it can be shared through OneDrive without logging in through a browser.)