Here’s something scary: Jerks who hijack your computer, including the web cam, and make your their slave. It’s entirely creepy.
April 19, 2013Manage Your Phone’s Pics and Vids with Dropbox
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April 17, 2013My Second LaptopThe second laptop I purchased, the one I really put to work, was an NEC UltraLite. Its claim to fame was that it was the lightest laptop in the world. In 1988, and at 4.4 pounds, it was! April 15, 2013My First LaptopThe very first laptop PC I bought was the hulking Dell 320LT.
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April 12, 2013The PC’s Doom is Spelled “Windows 8”Who didn’t see this one coming? Well, of course, I did; I’ve blogged about it for several months now. So my guess is the only ones who didn’t get it are the top brass at Microsoft who foisted the disastrous Windows 8 upon legions of confused PC users.
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April 10, 2013Check Your PasswordsType in some of your passwords to see how secure they are. Better: See if you can type in one of the top 10 passwords. Fun! Table Formatting FunCrafting a table in Microsoft Word need not be a source of pain, woe, and frustration.
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April 8, 2013Facebook, So YesterdayI keep waiting for the deluge. There comes a moment when, suddenly it will seem, that Facebook is no longer cool.
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April 5, 2013Presenting PorchCam 2.1
April 3, 2013Big Picture Generic TermsAs a nerd who writes technical books, I’ve had to hone my craft over the last several years. It’s not so much that technology changes; it does! Frequently! But the terms change over time with that technology. To keep up, I’ve gone Big Picture Generic. |
Recently, disaster befell my Galaxy Note II phone. The MicroSD card died. I’d never had that happen before, but the 16GB card was kaput. Along with that misfortune was the loss of every picture on the MicroSD card — including the final shots of my son leaving for college. Gone.
I finally got tired of the bad IR cutoff on the second generation Wambooli Porchcam. When Foscam put the latest version of their PT Wi-Fi camera on sale, I bought one. The result is the Wambooli PorchCam version 2.1.