February 1, 2013I Miss Microsoft GadgetsWay back when, my observation was that Windows Gadgets were a weak attempt to copy the Widgets feature form the Mac OS X Dashboard. The Dashboard feature was introduced with OS X 10.4 “Tiger” back in April of 2005. Gadgets, officially known as Microsoft Gadgets, were introduced with the Windows Sidebar feature in Windows Vista, January 2007. Copy. Cat.
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January 30, 2013Removable Media RoundupThe floppy disk was the undisputed champion of removable PC media — for decades! Then it died, unable to match the growing capacity of modern files. Amen.
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January 28, 2013Adios, Optical DiscI think the time has come to kiss the optical disc goodbye. January 25, 2013Revenge is a Dish Best Served Up Naked, and in Court!So apparently they have these web sites you can visit where guys post pictures of naked girls. On some of these sites, the guys are just regular Joes who happen to have nekkid pictures of their girlfriends, their former girlfriends.
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January 23, 2013Your 3D PrinterBack in the old microcomputing era, a printer was an expensive peripheral. It was often one of the last things you purchased for a computer. Today printers are par for the course. But 3D printers? January 21, 2013Android Dictation Command SummaryHere’s a quick reference for those of you who enjoy dictation on your Android mobile gizmo:
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January 18, 2013Fake AutoText in Word 2007, 2010, and 2013Microsoft trained everyone to love AutoText from Word zero through Word 2003. Then that happy feature was abused in Word 2007, mugged in Word 2010, and stands for execution in the up-coming Word 2013. What’s an Autotext lover to do?
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January 16, 2013Blast From the Keyboard PastThe original IBM PC keyboard was a poor cousin to today’s monster, aircraft carrier-sized keyboards. The pitiful thing had only 83 keys. That seems like way too many, but keep in mind that the typical HDTV remote has about 90 buttons. It puts things in perspective. January 14, 2013An Android Clipboard SolutionCopy-paste. Cut-paste. It’s all basic computer stuff, nothing I need to explain. That is, unless you want to know where the copied or cut item went. Yeah, you probably know it’s “the clipboard,” but what is that? Where is it? On your Android mobile device, I don’t have a good answer, but I do have clipboard suggestions.
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