How-To Geek - Don't Put Your TV Over Your Fireplace

July 5, 2022

Did You Know?

At the end of the song “Sweet Child o’ Mine”, found on Guns N’ Roses’ debut album Appetite for Destruction (1987),  when Axl Rose sang “Where do we go? Where do we go now?”, he was literally asking “Where do we go with this breakdown to end the song?”—the improvisation sounded so good, however, that it became part of the song.

Do you use Google Chrome? If so, you should update it right now. The popular browser is under attack with zero-day security exploit in the wild. You could be compromised just by browsing to the wrong website.

Updating is easy and fast—and Chrome does it automatically—but we recommend initiating the update right now rather than waiting for Chrome to eventually install it.

-Chris

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