I had the privilege of seeing Zig Ziglar in person on three different occasions. He was the quintessential motivator. If you Bing or Google his name, you'll find tons and tons of his quotes and stories. I remember specifically that I had taken one of my friends to see and hear him. They were at …
What In The World Are YouTube #Shorts ?
During the presidency of Donald Trump, you heard a lot about TikTok - the little app that allows people to create brief (15-second) videos with music, sound and video effects, filters, text and more. "Shorts" is YouTube's response to TikTok. For most, these videos are entertainment - people showing themselves dancing, lip-syncing or just doing …
Do Not Post Your COVID-19 Vaccination Card!
All during the pandemic, I've been posting about COVID-19-related scams. (See HERE.) Now that more and more people are getting vaccinated, another scam pops up. In their excitement to share that they have reached the light at the end of the tunnel, people have been posting pictures of their completed vaccination cards. Of course, scammers …
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What Is The Cookie Pop-up I Keep Seeing On Websites? GDPR Cookie Consent?
What are those pop-ups you're seeing on a lot of sites, including ours, that ask you to accept cookies? (If you click on either of the two pictures above, you'll see larger images so that you can make out what each image has in text.) The messages have to do with General Data Protection Regulation …
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Sorting Your Pictures By Tags
It's been two years since I first explained picture tags and how valuable they are for sorting and searching your photos. (See: "Tag! You're It!") While tags are immensely helpful, there's a problem: tagging every picture is so very time-consuming. For instance, on my main computer, I have 52,374 pictures. (By the time you read …
How To Avoid Smishing Scams
I suppose that before I explain how to avoid smishing scams, it might help to understand the meaning of the word "smishing." Basically, smishing is phishing through text rather than email. All clear now? That definition works fine if you understand what phishing is. Okay, let's go to the Mirriam-Webster dictionary to find out the …
News And Interests On The Windows 10 Taskbar
A few days ago, Microsoft began rolling out a new feature in Windows 10. It's called "News and Interests" and it appears on the right-hand side of the taskbar, when it's located at the bottom of the screen. (See photo above.) The purpose of this new feature is to give you a quick view of …
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6 Social Media Practices That Will Make You Happier
Introduction I want to share 6 Social Media practices that will make you happier. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok, Snapchat, KIK...the list of Social Media platforms goes on and on. Like almost everything in life, there's a positive and negative side to being on one of these platforms. Let's look at some of them: Positive …
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There’s More Than Meets The Eye…The Dark Web
Yesterday, I attended a very enlightening webinar regarding the dark web. The four moderators shared information about what can be found there. They defined terms, such as "market place" and "forum," as those terms related to this shady area of the Internet. The webinar was geared towards both businesses and consumers. I was struck by …
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A Vertical Edge
If you use Microsoft Edge as one of your browsers, you might want to know about a recently updated feature - vertical tabs. You're already aware of tabs - all browsers have them now. Tabs allow you to have multiple websites open in one window. You might recall that, in the old days, we used …
Pet Peeve #5
Please play the 6-second video above before you continue reading! Did you really play the video? Okay, all kidding aside, did you play it? The video is of our (Trinity United Methodist Church of Jensen Beach, FL) Pastor, Anil Singh, who was born and raised in Manhattan, telling us that he "knows a guy" in …
Did You Notice?
Last week, something new began to show up on my blog posts. Did you happen to notice what started to appear at the bottom of each post? A number of people have mentioned to be that they would love to be able to print some of my missives. Well, now you can! Or, you can …
An Apple A Day
https://youtu.be/JdBYVNuky1M I thought you might want to know that Apple has another live "event" scheduled for Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. EDT. Wait! You're a Windows 10 user, so why would you care about this? Because this online time of sharing what's new is not about computers. As far as we know, Apple …
An Electrifying Thought
pan_toolCaution: This post may short-circuit your brain!This post contains quite a bit of information. Before you tell me it's "over your head," 😁 may I suggest that you take your time perusing what I've written and maybe even read it twice? I try to always "Speak English Not Geek" but sometimes I just have to …
Wired vs Wireless
I get it - Wi-Fi is everywhere. Smartphones, laptops, printers and more all want to run wirelessly on Wi-Fi networks. Why not? Wireless network speeds have improved tremendously. Speeds on Wi-Fi now exceed what many people used to get on their wired networks at home. As an example, just look at the download and upload …
Always On? Off? Asleep?
I'm often asked this question: "Should I leave my computer on all the time or should I turn it off when I'm done using it?" While I'm also asked variants of this question, the purpose is the same: customers want to know about turning off their computers. My answer always starts with a negative. What …
Run, Spot, Run
Okay, I admit it - the title of this post has nothing to do with the subject because my writing today isn't about a dog or a dog book. Also, the picture above is our Cairn Terrier whose name is Augustus a.k.a. Gus, not Spot. So, why the title? The emphasis of today's missive is …
They Still Exist
The 1967 movie starred George C. Scott and Michael Sarrazin (may they both R.I.P.) and was about a confidence man who defrauded people in the South. Appropriately, it was titled "The Flim-Flam Man." While we rarely hear the term in this computer day and age, flim-flam men (and women) still exist. In fact, they are …
Quiz Results
On March 20, 2021, I wrote the post, "Let's Review." It was a 10 question quiz to see if you were paying attention! In this post, I'm sharing the results from everyone who submitted their test results. (You can still take the quiz if you haven't already but your results won't appear in this post.) …
Photos: Getting Keyed Up
Are you familiar with using keywords to tag your photos? In the left frame above, Gus is on our back porch; meanwhile, in the right frame, the keywords associated with his picture are listed. What is the purpose of keywords? The primary function is to aid in sorting. For instance, on my computer, I have …
Better Than A Password
On this blog, I've written about 32 posts about passwords and in a few of them, I've mentioned using an authenticator instead of typing in a password. Microsoft, Google and Adobe all have authenticator applications. These apps are better than having a text message sent to your phone with a code since text messages can …
Chrome Profiles
STOP HERE You might not want to read this post. In fact, you'll be wasting your time IF: You don't use the Google Chrome browser.You only have one Google account. If either statement one or statement two apply to you, may I suggest you read a different post? Or, click on SHOP above or PRODUCTS …
Sometimes They Do Get Caught
Do you remember when I posted this picture last July 21st? If you read the post from that day, "What A Motely Crew!", you know that all of these famous people had their Twitter accounts hacked. The person behind the intrusion scammed people around the world out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin. That was …
Another Type of Covid-19 Scam
In several previous blog posts, I've talked about the online scams regarding Covid-19 (From The FBI, Coronavirus News). I referred you to both the FBI and the CDC regarding scams about virus cures and virus conspiracy theories. However, one of the areas I haven't talked about is credit repair scams. For a large number of …
TurboScan
I'm working diligently to do away with paper - receipts, business cards, etc. I came across an app I like a lot and I want to recommend it to you. I'm not affiliated with Piksoft, the creator of the app, I just really like it. TurboScan is available in both the Apple App Store and …
It’s Alive! It’s Alive!
https://youtu.be/0VkrUG3OrPc You're right. I'm not talking about the monster in Young Frankenstein! Instead, I'm talking about a new feature in the Google Chrome browser. It's called Live Caption. It will give you live captions for both videos and audios. Perhaps the most impressive feature of this option is that it will even do so for …
Windows 10 21H1 – Coming Soon
Mac and Linux users, forgive me please. This posts only relates to Windows users running Windows 10! The screenshot above is from my main computer in the shop. I'm already running the latest version of Windows 10 - 21H1. I've had it for a few weeks since I'm a beta tester but it was just …
Let’s Review
I always hope that everyone learns at least one thing from each of my posts. Just for the fun of it, though, let's see if you've really been paying attention! I invite you to take a stab at answering these ten (10) questions all drawn from previous blog posts. Give it a try! [qsm quiz=1]
A Placeholder Doesn’t Cut It
Seriously, I get it. You don't like to have your picture taken! You don't think you look good in your pictures! You look old! You're over or under weight and you don't want to share that fact with anyone by posting your photo! I really do understand. You have no idea what a mental fight …
Even The Cobbler’s Kids Had No Shoes
The title of this post is an old saying you might have heard somewhere along the way. You might also have come across the related phrase, “The shoemaker's children go barefoot.” Either way, many interpret the maxim as “One often neglects those closest to oneself.” However, in this post, I'm going to give a different definition. Oh …