It was truly a culture shock when the Government pulled the plug on the Internet. Citing “national security” concerns, the Feds halted all online activity several years ago. Without email, Facebook, the web, file transfer, online gaming, Netflix, Amazon, eBay, Google and more, the world changed in a heartbeat.
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August 12, 2013Life After the InternetAugust 9, 2013Sometimes You Don’t Know What You’ve StartedDigging through my archives this past weekend, I came across a letter I had written over 20 years ago. August 7, 2013From Folder to Directory and BackIn the command prompt world of DOS, folders were called directories. Once the transition to the glorious graphical goodness of Windows was made, directories became folders. They’re still the same thing.
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August 5, 2013I Remember When Version Numbers MatteredOnce upon a time, software was known by its version number. That classification has seemingly disappeared.
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August 2, 2013Yes, Virginia, There is an AppData FolderAs a computer user, you’re probably adult enough to understand that lots of hidden goodies dwell behind the operating system’s delicious visual interface. Most of those goodies are things you probably don’t want to mess with, but because Windows isn’t the most complete, well-thought-out operating system, the need to go digital spelunking is often necessary.
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August 1, 2013Google Calendar UpdateA very minor update to Google Calendar has been released. It doesn’t change the look of the calendar, but it does fix an annoying issue: Events dismissed on one device are dismissed on all devices accessing the Calendar. So if you get a notice on your phone and dismiss it, you won’t see the same notification on your tablet or PC. Nice.
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July 31, 2013Office 365 Available for AndroidMicrosoft has released an Office app for your Android device. That’s the good news! The bad news is that you need an Office 365 subscription to make the app worthy. Office 365 has a free trial period, but after that you need to pay to edit your documents online.
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Revisions Marks On!If you’re the only one working on a document, great. You know what you’ve changed, and you’ve probably changed it because you want it that way. But in the world of collaboration, revision marks become necessary. That’s when things can get ugly, not only emotionally but visually as well.
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July 29, 2013What I Hate About OS X 10.8.5
July 26, 2013Forget the Cool Domain NameIt was 1994 and I was at the popular COMDEX show. Nerds of all kinds had gathered, not drinking or gambling at all. One guy asked me, “Are you buying domain names?” |
In my attempt to obtain a new router, an OS X update was thrust upon my Mac. Here are the reasons I do not like this new operating system.