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I’ve been using my phone’s speech to text feature more and more. I use the feature to compose emails, send text messages, and search on my phone’s internet browser. I have experienced some frustration that the phone doesn’t always do what I tell it to do. I’ve modified my instructions somewhat so that more and … Continue reading Speech to Text Punctuation
Two weeks ago our blog was about some of the Windows shortcuts available. This week, it’s all about the Mac. The Command Key is the “key” to most of these shortcuts. This is what it looks like: Shortcuts Command + A = Select All Command + B = Bold Command + C = Copy … Continue reading 18 Keyboard Shortcuts for the Mac
Two weeks ago our blog was about some of the shortcuts you can use with your Windows Logo key. This week, I’ve got some more basic keyboard shortcuts. The Control (aka Ctrl) is the “key” to most of these shortcuts. This is what it looks like: Shortcuts CTRL + A = Select All CTRL + … Continue reading 20 Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows (plus 1 bonus!)
I know a couple of the shortcuts that you can use with the “Windows” key. I was wondering the other day if there are more that might make my life easier. Turns out, there are! I like knowing the shortcuts because I’m a keyboard user. Taking my hands off the keyboard to negotiate with my … Continue reading 10 Shortcuts with the Windows Key
Facebook Advertisements: Did you see the Press Release from Facebook last week? They say they have figured out how to show ads even to people who use Ad Blocking software. Why? (Sarcasm alert!) Because Facebook knows better than you do, what is relevant to you and can show you ads that are appealing to you. … Continue reading Facebook and Ad Blocking
I received some bad news yesterday about a friend who lost his battle with depression. Whenever this happens, and it has happened too frequently in my lifetime, I wonder if there was something I could have done differently. In most case I know though, that people tend to hide their demons behind a happy face. … Continue reading Where To Turn, When You Don’t Know Where To Turn
Social Media: I don’t know about you, but my Facebook is getting full of posts about politics. Sometimes I agree with my Facebook friend, and sometimes I don’t. Sometimes the posts are downright offensive! I have a trick I use to minimize the number of times I see those offensive posts. It also helps minimize … Continue reading Facebook and Politics
How is your computer like your car? The longer we’ve had our Volvo and Hondas and continued our relationship with our mechanics, I continue to come to the conclusion that taking care of computers and cars is very much the same. I know; that sounds like Crazy Talk! I’ll tell you what I mean. Regular … Continue reading I <3 my auto mechanic
Question: I’m currently running window 7 professional on my work laptop. Windows 10 want to upgrade computer software. I have office 2003 and ms project software 2010 and I’m wondering if windows 10 compatible with these programs? Also since I’ve been rejecting windows 10 computer seems to constantly upgrade software (daily) and is running slow. … Continue reading Q&A with Chris Eddy (iMac’s, PDF’s and Windows 10)
Ransomware Chris forwarded a link to me the other day about some scary “malvertising”. For those of you who didn’t have Senor Garcia for High School Spanish, “mal” is a Latin prefix meaning “bad”. Other words you might be familiar with include “malware” and “malicious”. And that’s what this is: Malware that looks like advertising, … Continue reading The Scariness Increases