Administrator!

Yes, here we go again. Civilisation VI runs fine, thinks it has Saved, no error message - but doesn't. 'Run as Admin' fixed this, because presumably it was trying to save into a protected folder.

Dust in the machine

A friend was having computer power cutouts - possibly the power supply - but I suggested checking temperatures first. So we both installed Speedfan and goodness, it was my machine that was overheating!
So off with the cover and in with the vacuum cleaner. Success! The CPU fan is now speeding up properly.
Speedfan can also adjust speeds and do other geeky stuff, so I tweaked to slow speeds when not busy.
[added] ... and in my friend's case it was dog hair!

Android fun

The new phone came with standard Android, so I've so far added
Google Maps
Prime Dice, for polyhedral dice rolling during roleplaying games
Greenify, a battery saver. It does just one thing, puts apps into hibernation when the screen is dark.
SyncMe, for transferring photos to the computer
Flashlight

And yes, I had malware already despite only downloading from the Google Store. A screen asking to install 'Facebook Patch 4' was popping up after boots - and I don't have Facebook installed.
[added] Two anti-virus apps found nothing but the third - AVG - said to disable a preinstalled Google looking file and that worked.

Smarter Phone

My old phone was not dumb, just old and its memory was limited. I don't use my mobile much, it's for emergencies not nattering, so this time something cheap.
Haweel H1
A Chinese Android device. It comes with everything except the expensive bits - no 4G, no hi-res screen.
No it isn't a standard SIM slot as the spec says, it's a mini. No problem, I had a spare SIM card. Which means... new mobile number and wandering through the EE website to get it registered.
The battery had clear tape stuck over its contacts that has to be removed and that's the thing the manual doesn't tell you. Fortunately Amazon does.
It came with a Europlug, but I have spare UK adaptors.
For the rest see the link page which has good reviews.

Run as administrator

So I just spend another happy time wrestling with a program that hung when run - the skin installer in Rainmeter. And yes, setting 'Run as administrator' solved it. Microsoft really don't like users changing this, so it's in the basement with the faulty light switch in the folder marked 'beware of the leopard' (© Douglas Adams).

Rainmeter is a free system that behaves rather like Gadgets, adding assorted little apps to the desktop.

Spacesheeting 2.0

The EVE spreadsheet continued to grow last year and now has graphs. This one measures the progress of my manufacturing corporation Trikassi Enterprises. Spotting bad trends that can be corrected has been a considerable help, overstocking (the orange line) for example.
The dark green line is the book value of the corporation, currently about $1,500 in RL money though unlike Second Life I can't cash it in. The Corp does pay for the game subscription, $30/month for my two accounts.