Once upon a time, I had about two dozen phone numbers memorized. I knew the birthdays for just about every family member. I could keep a week’s worth of appointments, as well as upcoming due dates, right in my head. I even had trivial facts memorized and could recite poetry or explain important dates. Today, my tablet knows all that stuff.
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February 7, 2014A World of Empty HeadsFebruary 5, 2014Mistakes Apple Wishes You’d ForgetThey are the perhaps the most prestigious company on the planet. They represent a certain status. Only the cool kids use their stuff. Of course, it’s Apple, the company that revolutionized technology with the Macintosh, iPod, iPhone, and iPad. That’s the same company that failed to revolutionize anything with some ripe products in their boneyard — stuff that they’d wish people would forget. February 3, 2014Would You Like to Play a Game?Joshua, the computer personality of the WORP mainframe from the film War Games, uttered the most famous line in all of computer gaming history. It asked Matthew Broderick’s hacker character, “Would you like to play a game?” How can anyone say no to that? January 31, 2014Task Manager to the Rescue!I’ve used this trick so often, I don’t even think about it. In fact, I’ve done it on my son’s computer so often he knows it well. It’s the old “Kill a program by using the Task Manager trick,” and if you aren’t familiar with it, you should be.”
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January 29, 2014When Filenames Were ShorterUp until 1995, PC users existed in a world where filenames could be only eight characters long. It actually wasn’t as painful as you might imagine.
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January 27, 2014Happy Birthday, MacI was a pretty-well established computer geek by the time the Macintosh computer debuted 30 years ago. It wasn’t until April of that year (1984) that I actually got my hands on a Mac. January 24, 2014Updating Your Old Word DocumentsWord 2007 introduced a new document format. Along with it came a tornado of confusion and anger. January 22, 2014Troubleshooting the Android-PC Connection
Well, they should.
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January 20, 2014And Yet Another Facebook RantRecently, I posted a Wamblog news link regarding Facebook. It included a wonderful video explaining exactly why I’m kind of disgusted with Facebook. I still believe that the service Facebook once offered is worthy, but what they’re doing with it now is not. To prove my point, allow me to reminisce about the old days of computer magazines. January 17, 2014Paragraph Formatting DissectionA paragraph is anything from a single word to multiple run-on sentences. As master of those words, it’s your job to write them down and hopefully have them all make sense. As master of the document, it’s Word’s job to format that paragraph, adding space for readability as well as presentation.
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It’s supposed to be easy: You connect one end of the USB cable to your phone or tablet. The other end plugs into the computer. You cannot confuse the ends. Further, once the connection is made, both computer and mobile device start talking.