Archive for ‘entertainment

How to send a voice message by email

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Tweet Want to surprise someone?  Send them an email – but instead of text on their screen, they will actually hear your voice! I used this a few times over the past week with some of my friends and clients, and the response has been very positive. I like this for a couple of [...] Read more »

Your toddler + your laptop = Big entertainment!

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Tweet If you got a new laptop for Christmas, probably the last thing on your mind is to let a very young child play with it.  Who knows what could happen? But you need not fear – some creative minds have come up with a way to let your little one be entertained by your [...] Read more »

Cool Google trick

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Tweet Here’s something you may not have seen before.  Is this a practical suggestion that will help you use your computer more easily and effectively?  No.  But it’s a cool thing to show your friends.  If you like it, click the “Like” button, and even the “Send” button to share it with others. Here [...] Read more »

The story behind the Windows XP wallpaper “Bliss”

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Tweet [google1 count="on"] Every so often, I like to take a break from the “How to” computer tips and the lectures about backing up your computer (you should do that now if you haven’t already, you know!).  Sometimes it’s fun to just learn something you didn’t know before.  Today’s the day. Take a look [...] Read more »

Always fresh content for your phone or computer

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Tweet In some recent blog posts I have talked about how to listen to custom CDs or audio books in your car, either by burning a CD or through an FM transmitter, or plugging your player directly into the car audio system.  Recently I found a fantastic service that provides streaming content directly to your [...] Read more »

How to listen to MP3 files in your car

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Tweet Last week I talked about how to convert MP3 files to an audio CD so you could listen to them in your car.  I didn’t want to overwhelm you with too much information at once, so here is the rest of the story – there are other options for listening to music or audiobooks [...] Read more »

How to create an audio CD from an MP3

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Tweet Recently someone asked me, “I have a lot of MP3 music files on my computer, and I would like to play them in my car’s CD player.  What software do I need to buy in order to create an audio CD?”  Great question – and this process is probably a lot easier than you [...] Read more »

Google’s self-driving cars – no human needed!

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Tweet Google continues to push technology right to the edge.  They are putting lots of money into researching things that will actually change our lives, and this doesn’t have anything to do with how we find a website on the internet.  Google is now developing cars that actually drive themselves.  On public streets. I [...] Read more »

Featured website: Make your own signs

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Tweet By now, you’ve probably come to realize that not everything you see on the internet is what it may first appear to be.  If you read a shocking headline, you need to verify its truthfulness.  The same goes for pictures – it’s easy to create something that isn’t really there.  Now you have the [...] Read more »

Recommended book: Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

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Tweet I recently read an incredible book, called Blink. It is by Malcolm Gladwell, and follows his first book, The Tipping Point, which was also a best seller. I have just started reading The Outliers, his third (big thanks to my friend Lyndell for recommending these!). Blink is about the process of thinking [...] Read more »