Flying Car Drones You Can Buy: FAA Rules & Reality
Compare YIVTOL, Pivotal Helix, Jetson ONE, and LIFT HEXA, plus FAA Part 103 rules, training, airspace control, and backyard flight reality.
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Published Colin Michaels blog posts in the Tutorials category.
Is Temu Worth It? Quality, Knockoffs and the Shopping Trap
Is Temu really worth the savings? A sourced look at product quality, safety tests, knockoff risks, app gamification, and a practical buyer checklist.
How to Set Up Gemini for Better AI Chats
A medium-depth guide to setting up Google Gemini with models, thinking levels, instructions, memory, Gems, Canvas, Connected Apps, Deep Research, schedules, and Spark.
How to Set Up Claude for Better AI Chats
A medium-depth guide to setting up Claude with model choice, effort levels, extended thinking, Projects, Skills, Artifacts, Connectors, Research, and Cowork.
Before You Click, Pay, or Panic: A Simple Scam Checklist
AI makes fake messages and voices easier to believe. Use this simple family scam checklist before anyone clicks, pays, shares information, or panics.
How to Put Your First Web Page Online with Firebase Hosting
Learn how to publish a first personal website with Firebase Hosting, then buy a domain, point DNS, and deploy without treating it like magic.
ChatGPT Privacy for Beginners: Memory, Temporary Chat, and What To Share
A plain-English guide to ChatGPT privacy habits, including when to use regular chat, memory, memory off, and Temporary Chat.
How to Use ChatGPT Study Mode Without Letting AI Do Your Homework
A plain-English guide for using ChatGPT Study Mode for hints, quizzes, and real learning instead of copy-paste homework answers.
I Tried ChatGPT Live: Why Beginners Should Care
A beginner-friendly look at ChatGPT Live, why voice conversations feel different, and how voice brainstorming can turn into a real blog workflow.
What to Check in Google Search Console After You Launch Your First Website
A beginner-friendly Google Search Console checklist for checking indexing, submitting a sitemap, inspecting one page, and reading early search data.
7 Checks Before You Fly: FAA Remote ID Guide
Seven FAA Remote ID checks covering takeoff weight, registration, declarations, broadcast modules, FRIAs, B4UFLY, LAANC, and used-drone handoffs.
I Put My AI Blog Pipeline Through Google’s People-First Test
I tested my AI blog pipeline against Google’s people-first guidance and added a questionnaire, visual learning plan, and interactive draft scorecard.
5 Everyday ChatGPT Tasks I'd Actually Use as a Regular Person
A plain-English guide to five useful ChatGPT scheduled tasks for reminders, family planning, bills, job searches, small business check-ins, and monitoring.
10 Simple SEO Fixes Beginners Should Make Before Publishing a Website
A beginner-friendly SEO launch checklist based on Google's starter guide, covering titles, page purpose, sitemaps, images, links, and Search Console.
How to Download Google Maps Offline Before a Trip
Learn how to download Google Maps for offline driving before a trip, when it helps most, and which traffic, transit, walking, and cycling features you lose.
Chrome Password Checkup: A 15-Minute Data-Breach Cleanup
Run Chrome Password Checkup, understand exposed, reused, and weak password warnings, and fix one compromised account in a focused 15-minute cleanup.
Flying With Drone Batteries: Simple FAA Travel Rules
Learn FAA rules for drone batteries and power banks, including carry-on packing, watt-hour limits, airline approval, and terminal protection.
Summer Heat Safety Checklist for Families and Caregivers
Use this summer heat safety checklist to plan outings, check on vulnerable family members, prevent hot-car mistakes, and know when to call 911.
ChatGPT Projects: Organize a Family Trip in One Place
See how I’d use one ChatGPT Project to organize a family trip, keep files and chats together, reduce repeated context, and find the next action.
Scan Documents to PDF in iPhone Notes: A Beginner Guide
Scan paper documents into PDFs with iPhone Notes, name them clearly, search the scans later, and start reducing paper clutter one useful page at a time.
Airline Refund or Travel Credit? What I'd Check
A plain-English DOT guide to airline refunds after canceled or significantly changed flights, with timing rules, a credit checklist, and request template.
Why Won’t My Image Upload to WordPress? First Checks
A beginner checklist for fixing failed WordPress and website image uploads by checking file size, dimensions, format, filename, storage, and connection.
Using Shopping Research in ChatGPT Before You Buy
See how I'd use ChatGPT shopping research to compare products, understand trade-offs, narrow the list, and verify the final details before buying.
How I’d Start Learning AI in 2026: A One-Hour Beginner Plan
A calm, practical one-hour AI learning plan using OpenAI Academy: choose one beginner course, try one everyday task, check the result, and stay in control.
How I Built My Auto Blog Workflow: Dictation to Draft
See how my Auto Blog workflow turns ChatGPT dictation into a reviewed Editor.js draft, blog images, SEO metadata, and a CMS-ready JSON import.
ChatGPT Finances: Find Bills and Subscriptions
A regular-person first look at ChatGPT Finances, with a 15-minute subscription check, privacy reminders, accuracy limits, and clear financial boundaries.
Use Gemini to Compare Flights and Hotels Safely
Use Gemini to narrow flight and hotel choices, compare trip trade-offs, protect private details, and verify the exact itinerary before booking.
How to Build a Personal Health Record for Appointments
Build a one-page personal health record with medicines, allergies, emergency contacts, surgeries, test dates, and a simple secure storage routine.
How to Use AI for Gardening: 7 Practical Home Projects
Use AI to organize houseplants, map sunlight, plan garden beds, build local planting calendars, and check plant problems without trusting guesses.
New AirTag: What Changed for Travelers and Key Losers
Apple's second-generation AirTag is still $29. See what changed, who should upgrade, how airline sharing works, and what AirTag should never track.
Before You Move to Switch 2: 8 Family Checks
A family-first Switch 2 transfer checklist covering accounts, saves, parental controls, GameChat, controllers, membership, compatibility, and storage.
Event-Day Power Bank Guide: 5K, 10K, or 25K?
A neutral event-day power bank guide comparing 5K, 10K, and 25K options for concerts, stadiums, travel, venue rules, and airline safety.
7 Back-to-School Gadgets That Might Actually Help
A practical back-to-school tech checklist for choosing a laptop, earbuds, charger, power bank, hub, second screen, or tracker without buying clutter.
Get Paid to Read This Post: 5 Legit Ways to Earn Online
Compare five legitimate ways to earn or save money online, including cash back, research studies, user testing, AI training, and freelancing.
How to Set Up ChatGPT for Better AI Chats
A medium-depth guide to setting up ChatGPT with the right model choice, custom instructions, projects, GPTs, apps, deep research, and agent mode.
How to Set Up Copilot for Better AI Chats
A medium-depth guide to setting up Microsoft Copilot with Chat, prompts, Pages, Notebooks, Researcher, Agents, Microsoft 365 context, and privacy-aware workflows.