Music Review: D-Rail - Mr. Miyagi EP

Fresh tracks coming out of the Houston/Canonsburg area! Darrell Thomas has just released his new 5 track EP on Hollow Entertainment titled, "Mr. Miyagi" this week:

SoundCloud link to the EP here: https://soundcloud.com/d-rail724/sets/mr-miyagi-the-ep-ft-dt

He recently became a verified artist on Spotify as well:

 https://open.spotify.com/artist/1llYxMO15QIcqoSAvVemno?si=SZ6wK9ZTS4WSM5eye08oAw

D-Rail has been a good friend of mine for a while and he's always working hard to get his music out there. This 5 track EP hits in the middle of summer and provides nice cruising music. The EP clocks in at 16 minutes and 7 seconds. The official track list is:

1. Way Back

2. Vacation (feat. DT)

3. Faster Than The Wind

4. Magic (feat. DT)

5. Time

This EP has a much more relaxed and laid back vibe to me compared to some of his other stuff like "The Last Step" mix-tape. The beats are well polished and tie in nicely together. All of the tracks flow well and the audio production is very well done. Off the EP, my two favorite tracks are Faster Than the Wind (great to drive to) and Magic. 

Take a listen to Faster Than the Wind here:

https://soundcloud.com/d-rail724/faster-than-the-wind

(Girl catch me if you can, I'm going faster than the wind). 

D-Rail is currently selling physical copies of the EP for $5. I nabbed one up yesterday and it is a pretty slick package:

To contact D-Rail and buy a copy, hit him up at the following places:

drail@hollowentertainment.com

Twitter

Instagram

Facebook

And even if you can't buy a copy right now, please follow, listen, and share his music around with others. I've noticed all the hard work he has put in and it deserves to be recognized. 

'App is Damaged and Cannot Be Fixed' Mac OS High Sierra Fix

Have you downloaded a program in Mac High Sierra and noticed this error? The program refuses to open and the only option is deleting it to the trash. This happened to me and I thought my software was bad until I saw of this fix. This is actually a security setting change in High Sierra. 

 

Once changed, under privacy and settings you will see the option appear for Allow apps downloaded from: anywhere. 

 

This anywhere option is turned off by default, but many advanced users will want to enable this so their software can run correctly.

 

To enable this, open up a terminal window and run the following command:

 

sudo spctl —master-disable

 

That will enable software from anywhere to run on your Mac system and your apps should now open properly without displaying the message that they need to be trashed. 

 

 

Google Docs Add-ons for Teachers

Just a quick video today of some neat add-ons that can be used used within Google Docs:

Thanks to Rachel Porter for creating and sharing this video.

Find Wireless Signal Strength in Windows

Today I have a quick little tip/command to find the signal strength of a given wireless network a computer is connected to.

For this to work you will need to be running Microsoft Windows and you will need access to the command prompt.

To test the current signal strength, open up a command prompt and run the following command:

netsh wlan show interface

Note: You may have to run the command prompt as Administrator depending on your system settings.

The stats will pop up and you will want to look at the bottom portion where it says signal:

                                     The signal field shows the wireless strength percentage


Quick little way to double check the connection other than looking at the network bar.