Archive for the 'computer' Category

Windows 8 Missing Key Features

Jan 21, 2013 Posted Under: computer, operating systems, windows

Am I blind or does Windows 8 not have a native movie creator that can be burned as a video DVD?  You know, this is a bit embarrassing to me as I use to spend hours learning networking, and computer theory, etc with the intended purpose of moving into an IT career field.  It is [...]

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My Loss of Computer Skills

Feb 15, 2012 Posted Under: computer, Personal, photography, weather

I have virtually lost any connection to a hobby/career in the IT industry that I was pursuing relentlessly for years. Over the last couple of years we have been focused on buying a new house and the two years before that I was in college. Two years before that I was dealing with growing teenagers [...]

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Time for a New Start

Feb 20, 2011 Posted Under: computer, domain, web, wordpress

As we go through life we reach milestones and that scream a new start.  We usually experience this every Spring as the snow melts, the weather warms up, and the time for Spring cleaning begins.  The time to fix the house or start fresh is usually a good thing.  This goes for more than just [...]

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My First Computer

Oct 24, 2010 Posted Under: amateur radio, computer, technology

I found this advertisement on Youtube for my first computer.  In 1983 I was 17 years old and I saved my limited money to buy this Commodore VIC-20 computer.  I was the envy of my neighborhood.  Not only was I the only person in my neighborhood to have a computer but I was the only [...]

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Last Pass

Jul 11, 2010 Posted Under: computer, Internet, security

There is a pretty cool new tool out there to keep all of your Internet passwords.  I don’t know about you but I get tired of trying to keep track of every password that I have especially since many of them have different requirements.  Well I have been hearing a lot on the Internet about [...]

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Balanced Tech Advice

May 31, 2010 Posted Under: blogging, computer, Facebook, opinion, technology

I have noticed a trend among the self appointed technology experts in the San Francisco area. They seem to live in a bubble, isolated from the rest of the world that is similar to the members of Congress in Washington D.C.  It is well known that many computer companies come from the San Francisco bay [...]

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The Cloud

Mar 05, 2010 Posted Under: computer, humor, Internet, Personal

There is a phrase that is being used more and more these days with reference to remote data storage over the Internet called “Cloud Computing” or “The Cloud” for short.  This phrase is often referring to images we have all seen when someone draws a computer network.  They often draw this cloud in the corner [...]

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At a Complete Loss

Jan 23, 2010 Posted Under: computer, Internet, technology

I have posted about my Internet connection problems several times and nothing seems to fix the problems.  Over the last several years I have been plagued with losing Internet connection repeatedly.  In some cases I would not lose connection completely but I would lose connection to the web.  All other Internet applications would remain connected [...]

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Internet Issues (cont)

Oct 24, 2009 Posted Under: computer, Internet, Personal

You may remember last week that I posted about my Internet Issues with losing my connection all the time.  The strange thing about my problems is that I would lose ‘web’ access while my other applications would stay connected.  I was with AT&T using DSL on a network with a wired and wireless router.  The [...]

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The New Friendfeed

Apr 06, 2009 Posted Under: computer, opinion, social networking

I have been sitting here watching the Gilmore Gang on http://www.twitlive.tv and they are talking about the new beta of the new Friendfeed.  You can get to it here http://beta.friendfeed.com.  There is Steve Gilmore, Mike Arrington, Robert Scoble, and Leo Laporte among others.  They are really passionate defending Twitter, Facebook and Friendfeed.  I must say [...]

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