As I stated last week, I annually provide links to all of the sites we have visited throughout the previous year at DoubleClicks.info. Remember, if the site addresses are too long to type I have shortened them with bit.ly. Here they are in their order of appearance with short descriptions of each. Google Calendar –…
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year since we last talked. I wanted to say, "Thanks!" to all of you readers who support the "Double Click" column by reading and writing. It is very much appreciated. Please keep it up. I always enjoy hearing from you. So it is that…
I have mentioned the importance of backing up your important electronic files before. It really is important if you intend to use those files in the future. Whether it is your previous tax returns, (done on your computer or the scanned version of your paper copies) emails or documents of any type you need to…
Here we are again, this time for the last show of 2012. I hope you can listen to the show, read these show notes or listen to any of the podcasts (like today’s) and learn (OK, and have some laughs along the way too). See you next year and before then have a very Merry…
This Christmas season I hope you have seen some websites’ URLs that start with "https://" instead of "http://." That is if you shop online, do banking online, etc. Here is a short lesson on what they mean. The basic one, "http" stands for "Hyper Text Transfer Protocol" which is the main prefix for most websites. …
So my wife and I are getting ready to leave on a weekend trip and I am doing my regular job as "Pack Mule." I begin hauling all the bags out to the car and realize I am carrying two computer cases for two people. I comment to my wife about how interesting it is…
Several weeks ago I was technologically surprised by a non-geek. Over the phone, a good friend of mine and I were discussing a problem with his home PC. For some strange reason he could not get a particular Microsoft Excel formula to work properly. At work I use an application that must first be installed…
OK, you look at the title above and your figure, "Ron has started writing drunk!" But no, I have not started writing columns while I am drunk or on painkillers. Previously I wrote about passwords and had several of you write me asking about coming up with letter/symbol substitutions. If you look closely at the…
Well it is all out now, Microsoft Windows 8 & Surface Tablets or notebook if you add the keyboard. What did Jim and I think about them…and many others too? Listen in and find out. Here is some information about those and the others things we discussed today. Have fun! Microsoft Windows 8 & Surface?…
I receive questions quite often about passwords. I have a quick, wise guy answer; make them really difficult but easy. OK, I left a couple of words out of that statement. It should have said “really difficult for someone else to guess but easy for you to remember.” We need passwords for networks on our…
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