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, 2013Table 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. April 1, 2013Wambooli WinLast month, which was March, I quietly held the first Wambooli Win contest. It’s been the first contest I’ve had on this website since I used to give away a free book to subscribers of my Weekly Wambooli Salad newsletter. March 29, 2013Your Android Device Does ZIPMobile devices are not computers. They’re dissemination gizmos, designed to use data but not necessarily create it. That’s a pretty fat line, however, and it gets crossed frequently as people try to stay current and mobile at the same time. March 27, 2013Tips and Tricks for Numbered Lists in WordWord’s automatic line numbering feature fills you with glee or drives you to despair. Either way, the feature is more clever than you think, especially when you know some tips and tricks.
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March 25, 2013Allow Me to Rant Upon Google GlassGoogle Glass is that new glasses like gizmo that puts the Internet right in front of your eyeball. It’s most likely going to be the ultimate cool kid toy for a while, until everyone figures out how ultimately creepy the thing is.
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March 22, 2013Text Highlighting AdventuresRecently a reader wrote to ask my how to get more text highlighting colors in Word. The short answer: You can’t. The skimpy 15 color palette is Microsoft gives you. But that doesn’t mean you can’t highlight text in zillions of colors.
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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.