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I remember telling my college students that when they could not figure something out in less than thirty minutes and were stuck, to seek help. First I would have them explain their problem to someone who knew nothing about it. Perhaps even their mother. As […]
Every now and then I like to save pictures, memes, and whatnot off the Internet. Usually, they are a standard format like JPG or PNG, and sometimes GIF. But then an odd thing came about– pictures ending with the extension JFIF. I would not have
I was playing on Facebook recently (two minutes ago) and wondered if there was a way to make me not visible to others. What I mean is that if I’m on Facebook, it tells everyone that I am Actively On. This is fine most of
You can create a simple list for your users to select from in your worksheet. This will greatly reduce errors because you are limiting input from the user’s keyboard and makes things quick and easy for them as well. Everyone loves quick and easy, right?
News Flash!! Left-handed people are not diseased! It wasn’t all that long ago that public school systems punished children for using the “wrong” hand. If you would like to learn more about the evils of being a “southpaw”, visit this AncientPages site. Southpaw – From
Windows 10 has become infamous for pushing buggy updates onto our computers. The rule of the day seems to be “deferral” until the unpaid beta testers (that’s us) have had a chance to iron out the wrinkles. The “ring” system is obviously deficient in that
For many of us, much of our computer time is spent searching for things on the Internet. I have noticed others having difficulty getting the results they want. I can’t tell you how many calls or texts I get with a need. I open a
My wife was working on her computer the other day. She was adding a password to her password list (yes, we have a master password list because we have too many). For some reason, the computer refreshed and lost the list. I did all the
So I’m scanning through Twitter and I see someone I might want to follow. In the Twitter post, just move your cursor up to the name of the Twitter user. In my case it turns blue and I get a small pop-up info box about
When you work in a busy office you may find that at times, you are working across multiple time zones. Obviously, in this situation, it is critical to know the time in the other time zone so meetings will not be too early or late.
Windows offers two methods of cooling your CPU: Passive and Active. The Passive cooling method adjusts your CPU frequency by throttling it down when things get too warm. The Active method simply ramps up the fan when things get toasty, leaving your CPU running at
How To Tidy Up Your YouTube Channel As I mentioned in How To Re-Order Videos In YouTube Playlists, I’ve had a YouTube channel since 2007 and to be honest, I haven’t paid enough attention to the important details of presentation as much as I should
So every now and then I like to scan through the “Twitterverse” and every now and then I come across a video I like to download. None of my downloaders seem to be capable of downloading Twitter videos. I was trying to find a program
Now that it is summer, and all my kids are out of school, I need to take a vacation and get some family time. With any vacation, there is a “To Do List” which must be done before leaving work for that well-deserved break. Other
