The Tech Loft

If you’ve installed a Solid State Drive (SSD) in your laptop, there’s an important final step often missed; and that’s enabling TRIM. WHY ENABLE TRIM? When you simply “delete” a file on a traditional hard drive, it’s not really “erased.” Instead, its location on the drive is reported to the OS as “empty, even though [...]

Up until last month, one of the things that kept OUYA from replacing my jailbroken apple tv2 was the absence of Netflix. I have been out of the OUYA loop so I missed out on version 1.0 of Netflix. I believe since November 2013, Netflix for Ouya is up to version 3.0 and it works [...]

For those suffering from the dreaded METAHANDLER SCRIPT ERROR on your XBMC device, we have found a solution for your troubles. The easiest way to resolved the METAHANDLER SCRIPT ERROR is to reset XBMC to default and reinstall your video-ons. Thanks to the Fusion Repo from XBMCHUB, this process is VERY easy and doesn’t take [...]

For first time user’s of XBMC, this article is for you! But those who have not yet added the Fusion repo to their File Manager, please read as well. Up until a short while ago, when you first install XBMC you had to manually install video add-ons one by one. Then, along came the Fusion [...]

Merry Christmas all! Time to relax and watch a few Christmas movies! During the Christmas season, one of my favourite holiday past times is watching Christmas movies. There are many movies that have been released for the Christmas season, but here I’m going to list my personal top list of Christmas movies. In no particular [...]

Rice Krispy Roll ¼ cup butter, melted 10½ ounces mini marshmallows 5½ cups Rice Krispies 1½ cups milk chocolate chips ½ cup peanut butter Melt butter in a 6 quart kettle,add marshmallows. Melt completely over low heat. Add the Rice Krispies. Mix well. Spread evenly into a greased 10½ x 15½ baking sheet. In a [...]

Cauliflower Cheese Patties INGREDIENTS 1 head cauliflower 2 large eggs 1/2 c cheddar cheese grated 1/2 c panko or bread crumbs (found in the bread crumb aisle, healthier option) 1/2 t cayenne, pepper, salt, olive oil DIRECTIONS Cut cauliflower into florets & cook in boiling water until tender about 10 minutes. Drain. Mash the cauliflower [...]

UTWOUncle_Sam’s,_Minneapolis,_9_April_1981_(CD_&_Covers) U2 – Uncle Sam’s, Minneapolis, 9 April 1981 01 The Ocean 02 11 O’Clock Tick Tock 03 I Will Follow 04 An Cat Dubh 05 Into The Heart 06 Another Time, Another Place 07 The Electric Company 08 Things To Make And Do 09 Stories For Boys 10 Boy/Girl 11 Out Of Control 12 [...]

Anyone heard of this? Use any flavor of Ice Cream..just make sure it’s not non-fat or low-fat and mix it in with some self rising flour. Surprising simple Ice Cream Bread. INGREDIENTS 2 cups Ice Cream 1-½ cup Self-Rising Flour DIRECTIONS Stir together ice cream and flour, stirring just until flour is moistened. Spoon batter [...]

Just in time for the fall and harvest, I found a VERY simple and easy recipe you can follow to make your own Apple Pie Bites. INGREDIENTS 1 tube Crescent rolls 1 Slice apple per triangle Cinnamon & sugar DIRECTIONS Roll out the crescent rolls and place an apple slice on each triangle dough crescent. Roll [...]