This series of posts will walk you through the process of figuring out whether or not you can cancel your cable or satellite subscription.
As much as cable and satellite providers would like you to think they're the only ones with the good content, you do have other options.
These devices take content from the Internet to display on your TV.
We're not giving up the fight! These links take you to resources supporting the campaign to get Google to bring back Classic Maps.
While none of these alternative sites are perfect replacements for Classic Maps, they're what we've got for now. I haven't checked most of these out personally yet, but I'm linking to them anyway in case you find them helpful for your purposes.
Yeah, I hate 'em too... But if we're going to be stuck with them at least for the foreseeable future, I'll be working on some tutorial posts to try to make them a little less painful.
Today’s Blogathon 2016 post is going to be coming in right under the wire because I spent 10 hours today driving back to Maryland from Canada. Whew!
And while I’m pretty tired, during the drive I remembered something that gave me the idea for the post. When I bought my car (Hyundai Elantra Hatchback) four years ago, it came with a stereo system that included three months of free Sirius XM service. (Or maybe it was six months; I don’t remember anymore.)
I had never had Sirius XM before and the thing about me is that there’s usually only ONE thing I want to listen to on the radio: pop music. (Sorry, readers who are music snobs aficionados!) So I quickly discovered Channel 016’s The Blend, which plays mostly recent pop hits with a smattering of older songs in there as well. And I was happy with it except for one thing: the radio’s display would only show the name of the artist and song for a second or two when it first came on, then it switched to the name of the channel and its category, which I already knew. I thought maybe there was a setting I could change, but when I pressed the Info button, it didn’t do anything except turn off the channel number.
Fast forward a year or so and I was doing the Canada/Maryland drive only this time I had a friend with me and she and I switched off driving every couple of hours. So while I was sitting in the passenger seat, I decided to go through all the different options available with the radio, which I hadn’t done before. And lo and behold, there was a setting to let me change the default display to Artist and Title. Huzzah!
And where was it, you may ask…? Under the Clock Setup menu. Because sure.
I have no idea what company manufactures my sound system, but if you are having the same issue with your Sirius XM display, I recommend you check out all the settings available (not while driving, of course!) Which shouldn’t be surprising advice considering this post I wrote a while ago on LinkedIn:
The Single Best Tech Tip You’ll Ever Receive
Bonus Tip
Still no new reader tips 🙁 so here’s a little bonus tip. That thing where I clicked the Info button and didn’t get the info I wanted? Turns out it is there as long as you press the button twice.
Because sure.
Now say goodnight, Gracie.
“Goodnight, Gracie!”