In this day and age of vanishing privacy, feeling secure online seems like something you need a Ph.D. for. Everyone is asking for your data, cookies, personal information and more. Scams are looming over the everyday citizen of the internet and they’ve even made it into the newest of social media. This is no longer […]
Windows will keep track of how much data is being sent to and from the internet. This information will probably be more useful to those of you who are on metered connections. It might also be helpful to know if you suspect a program of hogging too much bandwidth. This week’s Quick Tips article will […]
If more than one person is sharing your version of Firefox, you can set up individual profiles to keep your user information separate from the others. Firefox Profiles In the search bar type run. Then, in the Run box, type firefox -p This starts up Firefox’s Create Profile Wizard. Just click on Next. Here you […]
If you press Ctrl + B in Firefox you’ll get a bookmarks bar on the side that allows you to conveniently access your bookmarks. It’s like switching your bookmarks bar from the top to the side. Some people prefer it that way. Opera doesn’t allow you that sidebar for bookmarks but you can add it […]
I use GoDaddy for hosting my three websites and up until recently, I was paying for three Economy level hosting plans. This didn’t make a lot of sense, so last month I upgraded the Argentina Expats forum hosting to the Deluxe plan which gives me unlimited websites, subdomains, and storage for an extra $2 per […]
Twitch Is Creating Gaming Millionaires Video streaming star Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has been snatched away from Twitch by Microsoft’s Mixer platform for an undisclosed sum of money. Video game streaming is now enormously popular with the figures speaking for themselves. In “Ninja’s” case, here are the numbers: 14.7 million followers on Twitch 1 million followers […]
When I first got into the internet and email I settled on The Mozilla Suite as my web browser and email client (Opera was my second browser). Then The Mozilla Foundation gave up the suite and it became SeaMonkey. At the same time, I switched to Opera as my main browser and SeaMonkey became my […]
I’m going to show you how to do the most Important Thing that you can do online. Waste time. Warning: some of these sites might actually be useful. Starting with the Top option of watching grass grow. Watching Grass Grow Too much for you? Then relax by putting together a few puzzles. Daily Jigsaw Puzzles […]
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 browser and type in a few words and get the […]
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 recovery options to find it but no go ☹. So […]
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 have done, so decided to remedy this immediately. First I […]
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 than the usual things like clean-up projects, there is one […]