Daniel @da@mastodon.technology

Improving the New York Times’ line wrap balancer
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/text-wrap-balance.html#src=mastodon

It’s just wonderful how websites “forget” my login, opt-out, and preference cookies after a few days; yet their ad cookies last for centuries without any problems.

Misbehaving Microsoft Teams ad brings down the entire Windows 11 desktop
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/09/misbehaving-microsoft-teams-ad-brings-down-the-entire-windows-11-desktop/

Windows Tip: Use EdgeDeflector to Enforce Your Default Browser Choice when Microsoft Ignores It
https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-11/255844/windows-11-tip-use-edgedeflector-to-enforce-your-browser-choice

Why can an ad break the Windows 11 desktop and taskbar?
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/windows11-empty-taskbar.html#src=mastodon

Windows 11 gets new and less stressful notification sounds 🔊
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/windows-alert-sounds.html#src=mastodon

A privacy review of Tribler, the onion-routed #BitTorrent app. P2P meets Tor.
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/tribler-onion-routed-bittorrent.html#src=mastodon

What domain name to use for your home network
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/homenet-domain-name.html#src=mastodon

How Private Is My VPN? A review of VPN apps and privacy policies. #vpn
https://themarkup.org/ask-the-markup/2021/08/12/how-private-is-my-vpn

Review of MikroTik hEX (RB750Gr3) as a home network router.
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/review-mikrotik-rb750gr3.html#src=mastodon

How to make Windows Update prioritize Delivery Optimization downloads #P2P
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/windows-delivery-optimization.html#src=mastodon

https://peppertop.com/elvie/comic/elvie-076/

Samsung's Bedtime mode doesn't make it clear whether you can override it with priority alerts. #Android #sleep
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/android-bedtime-mode-priority-alerts.html#src=mastodon

My PC runs dead slow on the latest Windows 10 release. The Windows 11 beta is much faster! Unfortunately, it’s a 7th generation Intel processor, so it probably wont get the final release.

Windows 10 and 11 to get two new monospace system fonts: Cascadia Code and Cascadia Mono to be installed by default alongside the new Windows Terminal app.
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/cascadia-system-font.html#src=mastodon

At least I’m not a completionist. 🏆 #googledoodle
https://www.google.com/doodles/doodle-champion-island-games-july-27

I set up one of those newfangled Bio links for myself. It’s neat-looking, but I think I prefer having my own website in the bio. But is a link-wall to my other presences on the web more useful?
https://aleksandersen.bio.link/

Don’t preorder ebooks from Packt Publishing.
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/packtpub-preorder.html#src=mastodon

I’ve had nothing bad experiences with Realtek NICs going back over a decade. The NICs will randomly stop working and require manual intervention to recover.
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/realtek-nic.html#src=mastodon

Google Search has an unfair network performance advantage in Chrome #webperf
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/chrome-google-dse-preconnect.html#src=mastodon