April 8, 2016Fun With Chromecast, er, Google Cast
Google has renamed Chromecast to Google Cast. If you have any Chromecast dongles dangling from any of your HDTVs or computer monitors, then you probably noticed the update a few weeks back. We have these gizmos on various TVs throughout the house. The other day, my son Jeremiah and I discovered something rather devious you can do with a screencast.
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April 6, 2016Resolution v. ResolutionThe word resolution can be confusing and most people don’t understand it. That’s because it can refer to two different things.
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April 4, 2016We Interrupt This Connection . . .In what the government considers a surprise attack, North Korea today shut down all Internet access throughout the world. All sites are offline. No data can be sent or received. So how are you reading this post? April 1, 2016Don’t Bother with Samsung RegistrationThis is not an “April Fools” post. It should be. I’d love to strongly urge you to register your tablet or phone with Samsung and reap all the rewards. It would be a cruel joke because registering your produce with Samsung is a joke. So it’s not just a one-day-a-year thing. March 30, 2016When it’s Safe to Send
You’re killing some time with your mobile gizmo in an airport or cafe. The network has a password, so it’s “secured.” So is it okay for you to log into a website, do your online shopping, or transfer cash with online banking?
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March 28, 2016Old Files I Keep But Can’t OpenOccasionally I browse my published archives. They don’t go back all the way since I lost a bunch of files when I upgraded computers in the 1990s. So some stuff is all gone now, but what about the oddball files that remain for other books?
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March 25, 2016The Hat TrickComputer nerds enjoy the cryptic and the arcane. Specifically, symbols are something that the most Aspergy among us thrive in using. They offer the joy of being both convenient and cryptic, which should delight anyone, even a Vulcan.
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March 23, 2016The Razor Blackwidow KeyboardMy son is an avid gamer. I’m a writer. We both demand quality from our keyboards.
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March 21, 2016Drone OnIt was an impulse buy. I stared at the handsome box for several minutes. I touched it, then withdrew my hand. I touched it again. Eventually the thing found its way into my shopping cart. I own a drone.
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March 18, 2016Videos Games Make Terrible MoviesI just read that J.J. Abrams is considering making video games Half Life and Portal into a movie. He might do a good job, but I’m not holding my breath. |
