Several weeks ago I was talking to one of my old friends, Mitch. Mitch and I first met many years ago when I was teaching a computer course he took at Massanutten Technical Center. We later became friends as a result of our mutual appreciation for cigars and computers. He was saying that he has…
Today we will continue on with our last week’s discussion about tricks and tips for Office, which generated a lot of email, thanks! Try this. Open up a blank Word document and type the following sentence on a new blank line (without quotes) exactly as it appears here, without edits for spelling or capitalization. "teh…
When I originally started writing this column years ago it was going to be devoted mostly to Microsoft Office products. Since that time I have written about those products and most everything under the sun, at least computer-wise. Today, I am going back to the beginning and will answer questions I have received from several…
Last week’s column generated more questions so today I will hit a few of those. First, “Why did you say Dell is the best computer maker? I think (fill-in-the-blank) is much better.” Well, I understand your comment; however, that is not exactly what I said. I believe when you reread the column you will see…
Every couple of years I decide to answer some questions that I often receive that do not really require a full column to answer. They are some good questions but they just have short answers. So today we will look at a couple of them. The first question, "Do you recommend a desktop or notebook…
I get the, “What is the easiest way for me to create a Blog Site?” question quite often. If you are reading this column I imagine you know what a web site is. However, just in case I want to define a “blog”. A blog is a combination of the words weB and LOG. Basically,…
Anyone with a medical condition should have some form of medical ID on them. In the event you are incapacitated you want the rescue squad to know you are a Type 1 diabetic (like me), epileptic, asthmatic and or any of the other "…tics" out there. It can only help them and you! Last year…
While listening to one of my favorite podcasts this week I heard about an attention-grabbing and useful beta site. First, the podcast is, "Windows Weekly with Paul Thurrott". You can catch the weekly interesting, funny and informative conversations between the aforementioned Paul and Leo Laporte, at twit.tv. There are about a million other "Leocasts" there…
Thanks for the response to last week’s column about Gmail Aliases. I received a “bunch” of emails regarding that feature. And, “you are welcome” for pointing out that out to you. I also received a lot of questions from some of you folks who are newer to Gmail about how to set up filters. So…
You may be tired of reading about Google Earth, Gmail, Google Calendar, Gmail Call and all other “G” related apps from me. However, when they offer something unique, useful or just plain fun, I feel like I owe it to you to let you know about them. This week I stumbled on one I had…
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