The other day I had a great argument with one of my sons about his laptop.
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July 25, 2011Why Don’t You Know These Things!June 15, 2011Sharing Files with DropBoxPerhaps the best way I’ve found to share files between computers is to use the handy, simple, and wonderful DropBox. May 18, 2011Limited, IndeedLast night I troubleshooting my son’s laptop. Curious problem: He could not get on the Internet.
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July 12, 2010What If There Were No Internet?Well, yeah: If the Internet were gone, then you wouldn’t be reading this. Well, at least you wouldn’t be reading this on your computer screen. You might, in fact, be reading it in one of those magazines you no longer subscribe to.
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December 11, 2009Gogo, No GogoGleeful, I took the free access card and boarded the plane. For the first time ever, I was about to use the Internet onboard a flight. Or so I thought. December 9, 2009High InternetFinally it happened. I stumbled across a flight that offered WiFi Internet access. At 30,000 feet.
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November 30, 2009High Level LaptoppingI remember the first time I actually got to use a laptop computer in an airplane. It was 1989.
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July 6, 2009Battery PowerA laptop computer comes with two power sources. It can use power from the wall, just like a desktop computer. It can also run off battery power. Managing the two isn’t a problem, though it does raise some interesting issues. June 15, 2009It’s So Dang Slow!Once I was merely annoyed at the long time it took Windows Vista to start, but now I’m really ticked off. May 13, 2009Computer Buying AdviceWhen people discover that I’m into computers, inevitably the question arises, “Which computer should I buy?” |
