Everything Happens for a Reason

When the phrase “everything happens for a reason” is uttered, one is inclined to accept or reject the literal interpretation. It is more advantageous to recognize that this phrase is emblematic of the actual truth. Although those who use the phrase may not realize it themselves, it is nevertheless a signpost pointing to inner peace. ...

Solved: Hiding EFI Partition in File Explorer

Problem Windows is showing a drive in “This PC” area that is actually a system EFI partition. It’s ugly and annoying and you want to hide it. Solution For the following example, let’s say that you want to hide the E:\ drive letter in File Explorer, which is a system EFI partition. This partition is ...

Relationships Between Neurotransmitters, Anxiety, God, and Love

Every once in awhile I like to connect all the dots of existence and explain how our emotional relationship to the universe matters. When such a conversation happens, I sometimes share it here for the reader’s benefit.C: I also have a weird phenomenon that happens sometimes where I try to do something rewarding, but it ...

Brain Energy Book Review

I finished reading Brain Energy. Neat book. Alternative title: Mitochondria is the Powerhouse of the Brain. 😂 The author is trying to create a paradigm shift to view nearly all organic mental illnesses as mitochondrial dysfunction. He says it explains a lot of things, for example why do SSRIs take weeks to take effect despite ...

Solved: Cannot Reach BIOS or BOOT by Keypress

I worked on an Acer Aspire 571p laptop that would not allow entry into the BIOS by pressing F2, or to the boot menu by pressing F12. My goal was to install an SSD and boot from USB to install Windows 10 completely clean. However, this particular laptop was unable to boot to USB and ...

Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands Stair-Stepping FPS Bug

I am publically documenting a bug with Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands in hopes that readers will help provide information that will resolve this issue. Symptoms: Tiny Tina’s Wonderland’s frames per second (FPS) is unstable and fluctuates; yet it does so in a reliable pattern that I call “stair-stepping.” The issue can reproduced by launching the game ...