The history of the personal computer is dotted with amazing software success stories. The scruffy programmers who slave over their code are rewarded with fame and financial success. But can they do it again? Often times, their second effort smells less like number one and more like number two.
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October 11, 2013Disastrous Second ActsOctober 9, 2013Goofy Text EffectsIt’s not hidden, yet you may have never used the feature. I’m talking about the Text Effects and Typography command in Word. It can really do some crazy things to your document’s text.
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October 7, 2013Windows 8, How Are You Doing?
October 4, 2013Bill Gates Says…Take this quiz to see whether you can properly guess if the statement was something Bill Gates actually said or something people claim that he said.
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October 2, 2013Just This Once?Occasionally your Android device asks an important question. You touch a link or open a file and the phone or tablet wants to know, “Which app should you choose?” Two ominous buttons appear: Always and Just Once. What does that mean, and what if you screw up your choice?
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September 30, 2013Cropping an ImageIt’s one of the most simple photo-editing operations, probably something you may have done with a photograph in the real world. Cropping involves removing a portion of an image, such as using scissors to snip out an unwanted relative or regrettable prom date.
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September 27, 2013You Can’t Use a ScannerAnyone who’s used a copy machine can use a scanner. They both work the same way: Lay the material down on the glass. Punch a button. Soon you’ll have a digital copy. To scan things properly, however, takes a modicum of finesse.
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September 25, 2013Network Mass StorageA few months ago, I took the plunge. I spent some Major Coin to purchase a network diskstation, specifically the Synology Diskstation DS413. It’s my first major home office computer system upgrade since my old T1 line 10 years ago. September 23, 2013Bye-Bye CartoonsFor years, the For Dummies books — the good ones, at least — featured a healthy quantity of humor. Part of that humor included cartoons. They’re funny cartoons as well, some of them being incredibly spot-on. And the readers enjoyed them. O how I wish that were still the case.
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September 20, 2013The Recycle Bin Doesn’t Affect RAM
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I must enjoy raging upon how truly awful Windows 8 is. As proof, I looked up how Windows 8 is doing. The results actually surprised me.
Idiots abound. Apparently just about anyone these days can get a radio show and call themselves a “computer expert.” I love it when this happens, especially when these clowns dispense horrid advice.