I will be out for a few days (hopefully) while having eye surgery.
If you email with questions, comments, etc. I will get to them as soon as I can.
Thanks!
Ron
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I received many questions after last week’s column about being hacked regarding passwords. Some were about how to create good passwords and others like, “How do I remember my 194 accounts’ passwords?” First, when creating passwords avoid the obvious. Currently some of the top passwords in use in the US are qwerty, asdfgh, 12345678, your…
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I have received several questions about how I organize and keep track of what I have written about, and am going to write about. Some have asked if I keep my notes on a piece of paper, with a word processor, an Excel spreadsheet, sticky notes, in my head, or wherever. Well, first I am…
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I enjoy using Facebook Messenger. (Although, I try to avoid FB itself.) See my thoughts from a couple of weeks ago for details. As I said before it is a very useful tool for communicating. Keep in mind that for Messenger to work both you and the person you are communicating with have to have…
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