Recently I was reading Mashable and ran across an article entitled the “25 Worst passwords of 2011”. You need to click through on this and read it. Is YOUR favorite password on the list? You might want to read another Mashable article “5 Tools for Keeping Track of Your Passwords” if it is. I have…
Recently I was asked by a local real estate agent to help her set up her new iPad 2. We loaded on all of the usual apps that most agents would want like a calculator, Pages, Walk Score, Where, AroundMe, Dragon Dictation, Google Search, Bing, Penultimate, GoodReader, Realtor.com, Trulia, and Zillow. Then we created icons…
Ever get the feeling that Facebook is hiding things from you? That people are talking about things that you don’t see on your Facebook wall? If so, it’s because YOU have not taken advantage of Facebook’s enhanced List feature. The Facebook wall, up until recently, was a riot of information. Posts from people that you…
As you read this I am on vacation and in order to make this a true vacation, I decided that I would not be writing blog posts while I was away. Instead, I thought that I would revisit a few posts from the past that are still valid today and which could be helpful to…
By now you have heard of Google+. If you haven’t, it must mean that you have been under a rock since June 28th when Google announced its new social network. It’s been on the evening news, been in the newspapers and has even been the butt of parodies. It seem like everyone and their brother…
I am often asked “what laptop should I buy?” The answer of course depends on the intended use and the budget the person asking the question has set aside. But, after those two issues are decided, they want to know which specific brand and model is best. Essentially, I am being asked to do their…
The local news recently reported that a man recovered his stolen laptop because he was running some sort of security software that enabled him to locate the machine. He was able to furnish the information to the police who then recovered the laptop and arrested the thief. That story intrigued me so I went on…
One of the little secrets that tech support people know (and one that they wish that you knew) is that a simple reboot cures many computer issues. Computer won’t print? Try a reboot. Programs won’t open? Try a reboot. Computer acts strangely? Try a reboot. You get the picture. This is especially true of computers…
The day comes to almost every homeowner when you decide that you can’t live with your kitchen or bath room any longer! That day recently arrived in our house when my wife announced to me that she was bringing her interior designer in to have a look a our kitchen to decide what could be…
Happy Mother’s Day! I hope that you get to spend it with your family. If your Mom is still alive, I’ll bet that she’d love to see or hear from you! Because I am spending Mother’s Day with Family, I am re-posting a January 2010 post that has information that I think you may be…
