Your computer is doing more than just sitting there waiting for you to type or move the mouse.
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November 27, 2013Busy! Busy! Busy!
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November 25, 2013Shooting the ScreenAs an author of a 30-foot-tall stack of books on technology, one of the tools I use frequently is the screen shot. It’s a snapshot of information displayed on the screen, which I then place into my books to help illustrate various topics and procedures. It’s one of those nerdy things I get excited about.
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November 22, 2013The Confusing Yet Useful Topic of Continuous Section BreaksSections are a concept that isn’t readily understood. In fact, you can use Word for decades and never bother with a section break. That is, until you need to solve a specific page-level formatting puzzle.
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November 20, 2013Android Storage ManagementIt remains my firm belief that no one obtains an mobile device so that they can hone their file management skills. The foundation for that belief may be crumbling, however, as time moves forward. As phones and tablets become more central to your digital life, the ominous hydra of file management lumbers down to center stage.
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November 18, 2013OMG! Another Worst Virus Ever!The CryptoLocker virus is in the news. You probably have heard about it, which demonstrates how the media is doing its job. Perhaps this is a replay of the Michelangelo virus from the early 1990s? Or maybe it’s just another way the anti-virus companies found to up their sale? Or could it be real?
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November 15, 2013I Must Love Google Too MuchI call it “Hate Mail,” but it’s not really that. It’s more of people who exert their frustrations out on me, probably because I’m the only person to reply to their emails. Over the years the Hate Mail has decreased, until just a few weeks ago. November 13, 2013Wi-Fi Password ManiaOut of curiosity, I whipped out my phone while walking through my neighborhood. I opened the Wifi Analyzer app just to see how many Wi-Fi networks were in range. I was shocked at the results.
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November 11, 2013The Smartwatch: Don’t Screw It UpThey’re starting to appear. They’re unexpected. They’re revolutionary, which is surprising because they’re not from Apple, Not yet, anyway.
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November 8, 2013That’s It! I’m Switching to Linux!
November 6, 2013Forging My Own DockI recently retired my original Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. It’s off to be repurposed via the Verizon Trade-in Program. Replacing it is a new Galaxy Note 10.1, but it doesn’t exactly fit into the original Tab’s docking station. That’s a problem for the Wambooli Space & Time Laboratories to solve! |
It sounds good to say, but how practical is it? Obviously Windows 8 is completely fubar. I wouldn’t wish it upon an enemy. And Mac OS X keeps dribbling down the same trail; Apple is junking up a nice operating system with useless mobile features. Where does that leave someone who needs a computer? Which operating system is left?