MS Outlook 2016 for Gmail

I was trying to set up MS Outlook 2016 to work with Gmail, but the default settings simply do not work.

You will first need to make changes in your Gmail settings that are described here: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7126229.

Then when setting up your Outlook client, do it manually, and go deep into the settings to change the incoming and outgoing ports to match what are on the page linked above, turning on authentication for outgoing mail.

Next, if you have 2-Step Verification for your Google Accounts (which I recommend you do, for better security), you'll find that your gmail password will not work to connect through Outlook. You will need to add an "App password" for Outlook at this link https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords.
More detailed instructions on how to set up an "App password" for Outlook can be found here: https://www.msoutlook.info/question/902.

Temporary Location Sharing App Idea

With virtually everyone carrying a GPS locating device at them at all times, it would be great to have an app where, for a discrete period of time, you could share your location with specific people.

This would be great for social events like pub crawling, where your group of friends could pick up their devices and see where their comrades are if they get separated.

Baked in functions:
Chat, for quick communication
Ability to temporarily suspend revealing your location for a certain amount of time
Notification when pre-defined time period of reveal or suspended location is ending to confirm the end. There should be an option to "snooze" the effect here too. (Keep revealing location to friends for a certain period, or keep suspending your location.
To save battery, the user could select how often they want for their location to be updated (at a period interval, or whenever another user opened the app to query their location).

The temporary nature of this is key, because after you leave the pub crawl, you don't need to be sharing your location anymore. (Or if you're too wasted to confirm the end of your location sharing, you friends can come find your body passed out in that alley.)

Using multiple large monitors effectively

Have multiple large monitors attached to your computer? Find yourself using the window snap feature on Windows OS, but find that it is too limited in the 2x2 options?

I found a great open source app called GridMove that I highly recommend.

GridMove allows you to build custom "grids" that have preset window dimensions, for example splitting your monitor into thirds, instead of just halves. A must-have especially for high resolution displays.

My favorite grid made by user Tyinsar is the TripleHead2Go grid, which has screen thirds and more. I modified his TH2G v2.grid to work with my two monitors.

Pastebin link to my adapted grid.

In order to use this grid, make a notepad doc, paste in the code from pastebin, and save the file into your GridMove\Grid directory with a .grid extension. The default directory is C:\Program Files (x86)\GridMove\Grids.

Edit: If you have three monitors, and your video card only supports two, I suggest using MonitorSwitcher to set up a hotkey to change your active monitors on the fly.

New Gmail emails not showing up in Inbox, only showing up in "All Mail"

If you're having this problem, check to see if new emails you are receiving are getting the "Inbox" label. If they are not, go into Settings -> "Filters and Blocked Addresses" and check them carefully. You may be skipping your Inbox!

Fixing garbage disposal

Our garbage disposal wouldn't start grinding when we flipped the switch. Instead all we heard was an electric hum. With a little searching found this: http://removeandreplace.com/2013/11/25/fix-humming-garbage-disposal-fast-easy-diy/

After a bit of forced rotation using an Allen wrench on the bottom of the unit, it started functioning properly again.