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Tweet Hey, have you heard that the US Federal government regularly spies on us? And by “us” I don’t just mean US citizens, since the government seems to be doing this all over the world. But this blog is not a rant against the politicians trampling the Constitution (after all, they’re probably watching as I [...] Read more »
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Tweet Sometimes you might want to do a search, but you want to limit that search to a particular website. For example, let’s say there is a blog about personal finance that you read regularly. You remember reading an article one time that talked about the benefit of compound interest over time, but you don’t [...] Read more »
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Tweet Well, I have finally made the switch. After using Firefox for quite a few years, I have now made Chrome my default web browser. This wasn’t just a “cold-turkey” change – I have been using Chrome more and more recently anyway. And overall I am happy with the switch. But there was one thing [...] Read more »
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Tweet I’ve been getting email questions from clients about the recent security problems with Java. I am going to use today’s blog post and podcast to set the record straight so you can make sure your computer is safe. What is Java? Simply put, Java is a computer programming language. One of its advantages [...] Read more »
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Tweet Today’s tip is directed to my blog readers and podcast listeners who are outside the US. I don’t want you guys to feel left out! As you know, in many non-US locations it is difficult to access certain websites and view some pretty popular online content. One of those sites that is often blocked [...] Read more »
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Tweet About a year ago I found a great way to easily track everything I order online – whether it’s from Amazon, eBay, or really any online vendor. As long as they provide a tracking number for their shipment to you, you can follow the progress and be notified for delivery of anything you order. [...] Read more »
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Tweet Today’s tip is one you have either heard of and already used and know how great it is, or you have never heard of it before and you are about to discover a whole new world of possibility. Here’s the basic idea behind the Fiverr.com website: There are a lot of people in [...] Read more »
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Tweet You have probably noticed a trend among a lot of websites. When they publish a long story, they don’t put it all on one page. Instead, the story is split up into smaller pieces and each of those little sections gets its own page. So you read a few paragraphs, then click to page [...] Read more »
Tweet The Summer Olympics are almost here! The games begin on July 27 – that’s just a week from Friday. In keeping with the advances in technology, there will be things happening this time that have never taken place before. For example – for the first time ever, every single event and sport will be [...] Read more »
Tweet Once again, it’s technology to the rescue. Usually, to celebrate Independence Day, our family gets together to barbecue some hot dogs and hamburgers for lunch. This year was a little different. My daughter is currently taking university classes in Spain. And my wife is visiting a friend in New Orleans. We each have a [...] Read more »
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