(I know.  The above video could be better.  I’m looking into getting an HD camera. Hopefully, I can reshoot this video in a week or so.  But I was anxious to show it off!) This past Christmas, my nephews Jim and Mike gave me the most awesome gift ever!  I’m now the proud owner of an […]

If you were lucky enough to get a new Android phone or Tablet  or even a Kindle for Christmas, then welcome to Linux! These devices all run a version of Linux.  Why Linux?  Because Linux is open and free.  These companies can obtain Linux without having to pay a hefty license fee.   They can […]

I just finished mailing off this year’s Christmas card. Every year, I create a special Christmas card based on one of my comic features.   This year, I used my I Knew That! comic game panel feature for the card design.   I have the card professionally printed and then spend about two to three days, signing […]

Up on the PCLinuxOS forums, a member shared with everyone a recent Windows computer repair expereince.  Dragynn (His forum name) allowed me to share his comments. “Just had a horrible run in with windoze 7.  And it was truly a moment where I realized how grateful I should be. “My neighbor’s mom, nice little old […]

Now that the holiday shopping season is upon us, we’ll all be bombarded with email spam containg all kinds of deals and offers.  The question is, which are legitimate and which can compromise our computer system?  Sometimes it’s hard to tell. Google has a helpful little video on how to protct your computer from Malware. […]

We like to think that the computers we use all started with the Apple Macintosh or Windows 3.1x.  Those systems built on an original technology.  The original Xerox Star User Interface. That’s right. Xerox had the whole package way back in 1981/1982. (Even farther back in 1973!) And, of course, over the years, many systems […]

I was surfing the internet just the other day when web site popped up. It wanted to install the Connectbar add-on to my Firefox browser. I merely deleted the page and moved on. Connectbar is not a listed Firefox add-on.  But it does appear to be a legitimate website.  However, once installed, Connectbar takes over […]