VLC is patently free
When I first (reluctantly) moved to the PC world I was in need of software to do the work I had in mind; viewing/editing images at the time. Support in Windows at the time (Win95) was atrocious and I ended up buying an image viewer.... and then a general file viewer... (...and I still want to write my own version of that concept...) then when audio became possible things had started changing. Winamp was kinda Freemium, and VLC is free. So why? Are they just crazy generous? Should Sinner (...)
The Bit Where You Unlock Your Bits in the Bitlocker Locker
Bitlocker has been around for almost 20 years. I've never chose to use it, but it's been on by default and my policy is generally to give something a go and not rock the boat unless it's seems to be required. It's never given me any issues; I've tended to print out recovery keys if they are thrust in my face but it's never given me a reason to look into it more or remove it.
Recently though I've had two issues. One with my new ASUS where on a start it asked for the recovery key, (...)
Blocking out Blocks made by Blocking company before I am Blocked
I'm pretty into "block" sets. Like LEGO. Used to just be LEGO, but over time I went from "It's LEGO or nothing" to "I wish TLG (The LEGO Group) did that" to "oh, that one looks OK, I'll buy it". To expand, it was mostly over lines like Halo Mega Bloks, and once the rule had been broken I just kept buying. Often there was a vague excuse; the theme, the price, but the end result was the same. I had learnt the key fact; LEGO isn't the only block in town, and some of the other brands are just as (...)
Switching It Up
