Dariusz Więckiewicz

I have never been too convinced about websites that offer the so-called Cashback, i.e. partial refund of costs incurred for purchases from selected sellers. When I moved to Monzo, I started following their forum (community), reading the opinions of other users whether it works and if so, how much money can you get back on this by making purchases that you would do anyway.

Hell has frozen over once again.

I have been using Avast on my Windows computers for years and it has worked wonders. I have not encountered any infections and it has protected me from several threats that I have encountered.

Some time ago on my blog I touched on the topic of storing and managing a collection of photos. With the development of Picasa coming to an end, I decided to use Lightroom.

My adventure with Lightroom lasted for some time, but I always felt insecure when it came to storing photos.

How to download an ISO image directly from Microsoft servers, officially, without risk and unnecessary fiddling.

macOS, like Windows, is not limited to installing applications solely from the App Store (Windows Store in Windows). While the App Store is the primary source for finding programs for our computer, some software is only available for download directly from their developers’ websites (or from GitHub), in the traditional format of a .dmg (or .pkg) file.

I started writing the following post back in February 2016, when the Internet started screaming about another Google project being killed. This time it was a program that millions use, but Google didn’t find a direct source of income from it, so it’s doing what it always does… killing it.

I have been in the UK since 2010 and so far, I have gone through several mobile networks in search of the one that will suit me best when it comes to calling in the UK, the Internet in a mobile phone, but also calls to the world - and not only to Poland.

Like many Poles, I started with O2, for a short time with Vodaphone, Three UK (3), then moved to GiffGaff (which is based on O2 infrastructure as a virtual operator). As I have never been a fan of subscriptions in the UK, GiffGaff offered me full freedom and more…

One of the pain points - or, if you prefer, the simplification of the systems with a bitten apple is the simplicity of installing and removing applications.

Some time ago I prepared a simple iPhone Ringtone Converter for Windows. This time it was a time for a modification na preparation version for macOS.

Recently I have been looking for a simple and easy method to convert ringtone or a song from MP3 to M4R, a ringtone format used widely in iPhones.

The conversion from MP3 to M4A and later change of file extension to M4R is not something difficult for myself, however less experienced users this can be challenging.

Because of that, using various methods I decided to prepare something, that till be working on just dropping MP3 file and double-click on specified file to ret in short moment ready ringtone for use on our phone.

I have prepared couple batch files and used for this purpose FFmpeg converter. This is the final product from my work.