Archive for the ‘Computer Issues’ Category
Friday, January 4th, 2008
Did you know that there is a great free on-line classified service available in our area? Craigslist is a centralized network of online communities featuring free classified advertisements and forums on various topics. It started in San Francisco but it has expanded to a wide variety of cities ...
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007
". . . Please pay attention because our menus have changed. Push 1 for sales, Push 2 for service, Push 3 . . ." Sometimes these automated telephone systems are a great time saver but, more often than not, they are just a royal pain, particularly the ones ...
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Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
The other day, I was in Lowe's to pick up some fertilizer (my last attempt to coax my lawn back to life next year). As usual, I had my iPod Shuffle with me and the young lady at the checkout register ask what kind of music I had on ...
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
The Thanksgiving leftovers should be finished by now so it's time to start gearing up for Christmas. After you get the lights up, it will be time to start sending out the Christmas card and Microsoft has you covered. Check out their assortment of free on-line holiday templates. ...
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Friday, November 30th, 2007
Its the holiday season and most reports indicate that more gifts will be purchased on-line this year than ever before. A while back, I wrote an article about using of coupon codes when you make on-line purchases. If you have made many on-line purchases, you have probably noticed a ...
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
You never know what is going to percolate out of the labs at Google but it is usually something useful and free. When I was growing up, if you needed a telephone number, you just dialed 411 and an operator provided the number, for free. Somewhere along the ...
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Around this time of year, most criminal justice agencies send out Christmas cards. We used to always order our cards on-line but now there is an on-line vendor that lets you double the pleasure of sending out cards.
CardsThatGive.org is a non-profit site that makes it simple to select greeting ...
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
Working with tables in Word can sometime be a real pain. However, there are some included features that can help you smooth out the wrinkles if you know where to look.
If you set up a table and then decide that you would like to have the columns fit evenly ...
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Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
They say that time flies and I think it does when you're talking about oil changes. It seems like three months or three thousand miles goes by before I know it. To be honest, four or five thousand miles usually passes before I notice. Now, thanks to ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
This time of year, many people are beginning to develop their budgets so I thought an Excel Quick Tip might be useful. Getting your spreadsheet to "look right" and also print correctly is often the most difficult part of using Excel. Here is a tip to help you ...
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Saturday, November 10th, 2007
In September of last year, I recommended using a Firefox add-on, Addictive Typing Lessons, to help you learn to "touch type" or to build up you typing skills. You can check out my previous blog article, "Time To Learn To Type", for several free on-line typing tutorials.
The only problem ...
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Monday, October 29th, 2007
Some of us more "life experienced" folks have trouble reading small print without reading glasses. I can't help you if you are reading a document, book or newspaper but I can hook you up if you need to read from a computer monitor. If you find that the ...
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
In the ongoing cat and mouse game that is being played out between hackers and browser manufacturers, Mozilla issued an update to its Firefox web browser.
The good news is that they were able to patch 10 vulnerabilities, three of which were rated as critical, meaning they posed a significant threat ...
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Sunday, October 21st, 2007
I remember watching Ted Turner receive accolades for founding the Cable News Network. Although CNN has been one of the "go to" news outlets for information during nearly every crisis since its debut, it also changed the news business in some negative ways. The most significant impact was ...
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