Enough of the computers, let’s take a break. Let’s keep our brains busy doing something else. Like riddles. Here are six. I don’t think they are too hard. Comment with what you think the answers are and in a week or so I’ll tell you […]
I wrote before about a website where you can download videos from Twitter. Read here: https://davescomputertips.com/how-to-download-videos-from-twitter/ Now let’s try this using an extension called sssTwitter. First, go to this web page sssTwitter – https://ssstwitter.com in your browser of choice and click on the Download Extension
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There is an extension that makes it very easy to download videos from Facebook. This one seems to be only available for Chrome-based browsers. Before you can use it in Opera, you need to install an extension called Install Chrome Extensions. In Opera, go here:
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The procedure for both OpenOffice And LibreOffice is basically the same. I will be mainly using OpenOffice in my example. OpenOffice – https://www.openoffice.org LibreOffice – https://www.libreoffice.org Open the program of your choice and create a new Text document (OpenOffice) or Writer Document (LibreOffice). Then in
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Facebook is rolling out a new look. You can switch back temporarily but eventually, you are going to lose that option. There is a more permanent option and that is by using an extension. This extension basically looks and works the same in all browsers.
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My sister had some DVDs of their vacation from years ago. They were originally VHS tapes transferred to DVD using a VHS to DVD recorder. When she tried to watch some of their own vacation videos recently, they would not play. The first thing that
My Uncle sent me a video that he wanted me to change the background on and put in a slide show of pictures. Way beyond what I can do, but I found another solution. Have you seen videos online where someone is talking and you
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PhotoFiltre 7 I usually do my basic photo editing in PhotoFiltre 7. Sometimes I need to blur sensitive data. I used the smudge tool originally (it looks like a pointing finger in the toolbar) until I realized that PhotoFiltre has a built-in blur option. (Ed
Exclusive Website Here’s a quick and odd one for you. The Exclusive Website. Only allow 1 visitor at a time. Otherwise, you have to wait in line. The site tells you how many are in front of you. What’s behind the site, I have no
A guy brought me his old desktop and wanted me to see what pictures were on it and to save them on a flash drive or som e DVDs. This was an Acer Aspire AXC-603-ER12 with Windows 8. Unfortunately, it was locked with an unknown
I usually back up my system using external hard drives, but sometimes I still use CDs and DVDs. I usually make two copies but recently came across a backup DVD but couldn’t find the second copy. So I figured I must make another copy using
I recently wrote about disabling auto-play on Facebook. Now it’s Twitter’s turn. Down the left-hand menu, click on the circle with the three dots in it. In the menu that pops up, click on Settings and privacy. Then click on Data usage. In the next
One of the most annoying things on Facebook are videos that start playing automatically while you’re scrolling down the page. I went clicking around in the settings to see if there was an option to disable this and yes there is one. Go to the
A guy bought a second-hand laptop from someone and wanted me to reset it to clear it out. Turns out that the seller already had done it. I noticed that the laptop was a bit choppy in speed. I usually do most of the tips
