Not too many years ago I would find myself inundated with email sharing the latest joke or funny story requesting I pass it on to all my email contacts. Thankfully, with the introduction of social media, mainly Facebook, I don’t get that junk email anymore. […]
A very simple and convenient method to access literally hundreds of special characters via simple copy and paste. We recently published an excellent article from Dick Evans showing how to access the special characters available with Word, Google Docs, and LibreOffice: How To Use Special
Preventing Browsers From Hogging Your Resources A comment before you read this article is in order. When I first started this article, the focus was on Chrome. However, after researching, I found that while Chrome does indeed hog resources, it is not alone. Therefore, the
I upload videos about my travels around Buenos Aires to YouTube and from time to time I meet local people where clearly I have to speak Spanish. My YouTube audience is largely English speaking so not having subtitles could be somewhat of a turn-off for
I found some papers I had written years ago and wanted to be able to digitize them. When I purchased a scanner back in the Windows 98 age it included the ability to do optical character recognition or OCR. It would scan the printed document
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In my last article, How To Add A Blur To YouTube Videos, I covered editing videos. I went over how to use YouTube’s editing software to add a blur. Their editing section on the site is helpful but it does not give me all the
Far Cry 6 Having played all the Far Cry games up to and including New Dawn, it’s no surprise that Far Cry 6 is in the wings and waiting to be released early next year. Ubisoft’s open-world shooter franchise is a big money earner and
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
Proof Your Writing Microsoft’s newest addition to Microsoft 365 is Editor. Being a long time Grammarly user, I was curious as to the difference. Comparing the two applications depends on the version of Grammarly you use. Download the free version for Google. The Edge version
The Mozilla Foundation, the organization behind the Firefox browser, has launched its new VPN service. Mozilla has partnered with existing Sweden-based VPN provider Mullvad VPN to provide its new service, Mozilla VPN. While Firefox protects your data within the browser, your computer, tablet or phone
Since I don’t have any computer work at the moment, please forgive me for veering off-topic and into the realm of petrolheads yet again. However, there is some tech involved in being a motorcycle courier, I promise. My License Plate Was Stolen Up until last
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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
It’s no secret that Microsoft is in the process of doing away with Control Panel altogether and migrating everything over to the Settings app. Personally, I dread the day when Control Panel is finally no more. The migration is proving to be a painfully slow
