October 2024
Macs Are Basically Big iPhones
For teens…and most adults really A small but dedicated minority of teens, at least in high school, use MacBooks over the more popular Windows and Chrome OS-based alternatives. Most of the users that have a MacBook have an iPhone. In media, we see Macs used as the computer of choice by the […]
How to Enable Gallery Labs on a Samsung Device.
Gallery Labs is a feature in Samsung’s Gallery app that allows you to access hidden features in the application. To enable it, follow these steps: 1. Open the Gallery app and tap the three dots in the top-right corner of the screen. 2. Scroll down and tap “Settings.” 3. Tap “About Gallery” and […]
I Don’t Get Internet Culture
I don’t “get” Internet culture. As teens allegedly scroll through Insta, TikTok, Pinterest, and Reddit, follow their favorite Youtubers and Twitch streamers, they all have one thing in common: Internet culture. You will hear how famous Instagrammers and TikTokers are caught in some scandal that the Twitchers react to, some new […]
How to Download Motion Photos on Samsung
Hello, this is TheTechBoy with a special review. When you take a picture on Samsung phones with Motion Photos turned on, you may want to download the video. Maybe you missed a key moment that your shutter lag missed, like Ethan Shay did in the SSALTW story “The […]
How to Make Widgets Stack on Samsung One UI.
How to make widgets stack on Samsung One UI. If you want multiple widgets but have limited homescreen space, this is how you add them to a homescreen. 1. Pinch the homescreen inward to pull up the widgets bar. Then click the widgets icon on the bottom right. 2. Select your first widget and slide […]
The DOJ Gets Testy With Google
When I first heard about the Department of Justice (DOJ) attempting to break up Google, my immediate reaction was disbelief. “Are they serious?” I thought. I mean, why would anyone think splitting off Chrome and Android from Google would benefit anyone? To me, it just seemed like a bunch of out-of-touch politicians […]
I Imported SSALTW Into Google Notebook LLM: A-Maze-ING
Hello, this is TheTechBoy with a special review. Google’s Notebook LLM is a great tool. I attempted to get ChatGPT and Claude to summarize and answer questions about the esteemed SSALTW.blogspot.com series but the filesize was too big for Claude and ChatGPT’s answers were horrific. So, although some commentary was lost (Claude is really […]
Grok vs Meta Ai: Who Is Better
I expected this to be a blowout… Test done on October 13th 2024 I pitted Xs Grok and Metas Ai head to head. Both companies have different philosophy, with Meta placing the bot in all their applications while Grok is for blue users only. I tested fact finding ability, image generation tech, storytelling […]
Junk For A Profit: Dumbphones
Only here can we sell junk for a profit. Bark phone, Gabb phone, Light phone, what do they all have in common? They are all junk. While the first two phones are junk for kids whose parents wanted a parental control app in the form of hardware, which I have repeatedly called […]