Rethinking Technology

I have used OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) Studio for about 10 years for streaming and recording desktop videos. It has never impressed me with its usability. In that time, they've introduced almost no new features. It took them many years just to copy a subset of features from StreamLabs OBS, a free mod of their software that is provided by a company that charges for themes and some other addons for OBS....

Time to ditch OBS for PRISM - Ryan Johnson I have used OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) Studio for about 10 years for streaming and recording desktop videos. It has never impressed me with its usability. In that time, they’ve introduce…

Updated 2025-02-13. Windows 11 has a confusing mess of options for how to back-up your computer, with the most useful and powerful ones being hidden in the older Windows 7 Control Panel locations. This article should present all of the options and more or less de-complicate finding them and knowing when to use them. List is ordered by abstraction level. Highest level (least comprehensive, and least destructive) at the top....

Windows PC Recovery Sources - Ryan Johnson Updated 2025-02-13. Windows 11 has a confusing mess of options for how to back-up your computer, with the most useful and powerful ones being hidden in the older Windows 7 Control Panel locations. …

So, as you may know, I am ardently pursuing a new file system architecture that incorporates a few key strategies for organizing files. One of these strategies is using unique ID's, generated by a hash function, for each file so that they can be requested by an app without relying on a namespace (folder structure). The reasoning for this is outlined in some of my previous posts....

Practical concerns for a Hash-based filesystem - Ryan Johnson So, as you may know, I am ardently pursuing a new file system architecture that incorporates a few key strategies for organizing files. One of these strategies is using unique ID’s, generated…

As someone who’s no stranger to the intricacies of Windows and NTFS, I thought I had seen it all—until I encountered a folder on my external drive that refused to be deleted. What should have been a straightforward task turned into a head-scratching journey through NTFS permissions, hidden attributes, and the peculiarities of Windows itself. Here’s what happened, how I fixed it, and what I learned along the way....

The Mystery of the Indestructible Folder: A Windows NTFS Experience - Ryan Johnson As someone who’s no stranger to the intricacies of Windows and NTFS, I thought I had seen it all—until I encountered a folder on my external drive that refused to be deleted. What should have been …