Basic SugarCube Macros | Intro to Twine Ep 2
Last time we covered the various story formats in the Twine 2 game engine. Today we are going to add logic to our game using SugarCube’s Macro system and make a door that needs a key to open. You can…
Twine Story Formats | Intro to Twine Ep 1
Last time we discussed what twine is and how it works. Today we will cover the Twine 2 story formats. Story formats are a way to add logic and mechanics to twine. This is the second in a series of…
Why You Need a Password Manager
We use passwords everywhere to secure our important accounts, but how secure are your passwords? A password manager does what the name implies: it manages your passwords. Today, we are going to look at how they work and how they…
Twine: A Game Engine for Interactive Fiction
Twine is a cross-platform FOSS tool for making interactive fiction and choose your own adventure style game books. This is the first in a series of videos about the Twine Game Engine. In the future we will write an accompanying…
Mastodon | Gateway to the Fediverse
Mastodon is part of the decentralized social media network known as the Fediverse. It has grown in popularity as social media sites continue to disrespect their users’ privacy, independence, and time. Today, we are going to look at Mastodon and…
ping | A Guide
A lot of us hear the word ping used a lot in gaming and when we are having network issues, but what exactly is ping? ping ping is a command line tool that is used to measure the round-trip time…
Firefox Quantum and Web Extensions
With the introduction of Firefox Quantum, Mozilla removed support for legacy XUL extensions in favor of Web Extensions. This naturally made a lot of people angry. XUL extensions had full control over the browser and could change everything from how…
How to use Launchy | A Guide
The less time you use the mouse the faster you can navigate a computer. That said, sometimes keyboard shortcuts are not enough. When you need to launch programs or search for a file quickly for example. Enter in Launchy, the…
Firefox Personas | Make Firefox Your Own
Earlier we mentioned how to customize Firefox. Personas are like wallpaper for Firefox and give some basic customization, but what if you wanted to make your own instead of using the ones provided by others? Fortunately you can with some…
Customizing Firefox
The reason we chose Firefox as our web browser in the Introduction to Computers series is due to its great customization features. By using Extensions and Personas we can make Firefox our own. Make sure that you have the program…
Quick Tip: How to Use the Old Search Box in Firefox 34 or Later
Firefox has experienced a major update with built in chat and a new search box. Some of you may find the new search box inconvenient if you use multiple search engines regularly, fortunately there is an easy fix to the…
Introduction to BitTorrent
BitTorrent has been around for many years now, since 2001, yet there are many who still do not know what it is or how to use it. Today we will lock at the basics of what BitTorrent is and how…