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Do I have the right equipment to allow me to plug North American electronics and devices into EU (France) sockets? [more inside]
posted by sardonyx at 3:56 PM - 16 answers

I have an air purifier -- basically this Levoit model, but without the wi-fi features -- that has served me beautifully for the past five years of essentially constant use and it was working right up until the second that I had to turn it off to change the filters. Now it won't turn on. Can it be fixed? [more inside]
posted by jacquilynne at 10:13 AM - 3 answers

Help me remix my Plex setup. Add a NAS? Rebuild the server box? So many options. [more inside]
posted by Diskeater at 9:50 AM - 7 answers

Just dropped laptop in tub - yeah. I've taken steps to dry it out and I believe it might come back (see below), but I don't think the keyboard will, and the power button is a keyboard button, so how will I start it up, if it will start up? [more inside]
posted by my log does not judge at 7:08 AM - 4 answers

I've had images of my house/property blurred on Google Street view. What other maps are there where I can do this?
posted by falsedmitri at 12:57 PM - 5 answers

First time using The Lending Library here. It gives me options to download 4 different formats (listed below). One of these files (can't remember which!) will kind of open with Adobe Digital Editions - it crashes, then on restart the book's in my Library - but when I then select it from the Library, there's just a white screen and the only response I can get is to pull up for the Android navigation buttons. What am I doing wrong? [more inside]
posted by 4th Matryoshka Doll at 7:50 AM - 5 answers

I want to switch from Kindle to Kobo and to stop buying (or borrowing via overdrive) books from Amazon. How do I also continue to access the 1200+ (800 unread) books on my Kindle right now? Do I have to have two devices? Reading on a tablet is not an option -- I need a single-use reader with an e-ink screen and long battery life. If Calibre is part of the answer, can you please share a high-level overview of how that would work? I'm having trouble imagining it. [more inside]
posted by OrangeDisk at 7:48 AM - 6 answers

Android helpfully learns every number you dial. Today, for work-related reasons, I have to make several dozen outgoing calls to various people. I do not want my phone to memorize all of these numbers. Is there a way I can tell it not to, temporarily or permanently? [more inside]
posted by Faint of Butt at 7:17 AM - 7 answers

I think it is a metal working tool. The thick part is copper, the rod part is steel (or at least ferro-magnetic) [more inside]
posted by falsedmitri at 1:38 PM - 7 answers

The Verizon Message+ app is going away Nov. 7. Its a bad app but I need it for getting text messages sent to me when the phone is off. I've tried Google Messages and a bunch of other texting apps, the only one without this problem is Message+. I've had this problem since I got this phone new at the Verizon store in May 2020. I called Verizon in 2020, and went to the Verizon store yesterday, they are no help. Any idea why this might be happening? Is there any fix, or do I need to get a new phone?
posted by catquas at 12:46 PM - 4 answers

I'd like to figure out a way of squishing an analog composite video signal down to letterbox. [more inside]
posted by signsofrain at 10:50 AM - 7 answers

Well, the Garmin Vivoactive HR that I've been using for many years just failed. I do not believe it owes me a dime. Would you kindly recommend the equivalent Garmin fitness watch today? [more inside]
posted by forthright at 10:44 AM - 10 answers

I need a cheap tablet (so I won't miss it too much if it gets stolen) that I can bring to work so I can quickly search within, annotate, and highlight PDFs and EPUBS of textbooks. Any suggestions? [more inside]
posted by miltthetank at 8:26 AM - 5 answers

I text with friends quite a lot and prefer to do it on a keyboard so I won't have huge muscular thumbs. On my iphone 11, photos would often send to fail to non-iphone-users and texts were slow. This pissed me off. Now it won't sync at all for non imessage texts, which is potentially a real problem. Is there a fix for this? I initiated a sync with the cloud in messages. Didn't do anything. I have googled, to no avail.
posted by less-of-course at 7:42 AM - 3 answers

Wix is inviting me to add CMS to my website. I know I have this already. [more inside]
posted by feistycakes at 8:16 AM - 1 answers

I've been tasked with handling event ticketing for a milestone, in-person High School Reunion in the USA. What's the best solution that's not super expensive? [more inside]
posted by WedgedPiano at 6:34 PM - 5 answers

I think it used to be that you could call 911 on a landline phone with no phone service, is this still the case? Or other safety measures for aging parents if they lose cell service/power, for example, in a hurricane? [more inside]
posted by greta simone at 12:29 PM - 22 answers

My Iphone was stolen. 700 euros later I have a new one- same number, same apple ID, everything. But I can't get into Gmail and other accounts requiring two factor authentication on my new phone- the old phone is still getting the notifications. Surely people lose their phones/they are stolen all the time, is there an easier way to navigate this? [more inside]
posted by genmonster at 12:04 PM - 5 answers

Why are all the charging cords 3 feet long? [more inside]
posted by soelo at 12:51 PM - 12 answers

I'm trying to map a network of users and groups, with the goal of visually differentiating the users who are a part of 1, 2, 3+ groups, such that I can toggle display settings to explore weak/strong ties. It might also be useful to arrange the map such that denser ties are centered, with weak ties placed on the edges. [more inside]
posted by Jack Karaoke at 9:23 AM - 3 answers