| The slang term “the clink”, used to refer to prison or jail, can be directly traced back to an actual prison, located in Southwark, England, named The Clink which served the Liberty of the Clink, a large local manor area, between the 12th and 18th centuries.  | |
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How to Completely Remove a Book From Your Kindle Library 
You’ve probably been happily reading ebooks on your Kindle (or the Kindle app) for years, accruing a nice digital library full of interesting titles. But what if, for some reason, someone else needs to see that library of yours…and there are some items within that you’d rather they didn’t? Say, perhaps, one of those steamy romance novels that makes up a massive 34% of fiction sales in US? | |
How to Avoid Toll Roads in Google Maps 
No one likes to pay to be able to drive on a specific road, especially if you’re just passing through. Thankfully, Google Maps has an easy way to bypass toll roads when using navigation. | |
What Is “Bulb Mode” on My Camera? 
If you've turned the shutter speed dial on your camera past 30 seconds, you might have noticed the strangely named "Bulb" mode. This is a throwback from the first film cameras, but it's still useful today. | |
How to Remotely Troubleshoot a Friend’s Windows PC Without Any Extra Software 
Windows offers a few built-in tools for performing remote assistance over the Internet. These tools allow you to take remote control of another person’s computer so you can help them troubleshoot it while you’re on the phone with them. They work similarly to Remote Desktop, but are available on all editions of Windows and are easy to set up. | |
How to Activate Third Party Game Codes in Steam 
Unbeknownst to many people, it’s not a requirement that you purchase a game directly from Valve in order to use it with their Steam gaming platform—and, in fact, it’s often advantageous to purchase your game from a third party retailer. Let’s take a look at how to get your third party games into your Steam account. | |
How to Catch Legendary Pokémon in Pokémon Go 
Since the game went online over a year ago, players of Niantic’s massively popular (and often frustrating) AR monster-catcher have wondered where all the legendary creatures are hiding in Pokémon Go. The original Game Boy title had massively powerful, interesting, and unique legendary Pokémon way back in the 90s, but the smartphone game launched without access to Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, and Mewtwo, despite a heavy feature in the original trailer. | |
How to Get Android’s System UI Tuner on Non-Stock Devices 
One benefit users of stock Android devices have had for the past few iterations of the OS is the System UI Tuner—a hidden menu that allows for extra customization of simple things like which icons are shown in the status bar, powerful notification controls, and more. Now, thanks to a new app (and a short workaround), you can have this menu on any Android device—not just ones running stock Android. | |
What Is a “Fast” Camera Lens? 
Photography has a lot of confusing terminology, and often there are several ways to describe the same idea. One of the more annoying ones is when lenses are called "fast". How can a lens have a speed? If you drop two lenses, they'll both hit the ground (and break) at the same time. It's an old term, so let's find out. | |
What's the Best Antivirus for Windows 10? (Is Windows Defender Good Enough?) 
Windows 10 won’t hassle you to install an antivirus like Windows 7 did. Since Windows 8, Windows now includes a built-in antivirus called Windows Defender (which used to be available separately as Microsoft Security Essentials). But is it really the best for protecting your PC–or even just good enough? | |
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