On Tuesday,  I posted a friendly reminder about lighting and protecting your computer. I needed an image for that post, and quickly turned to The Gimp to create it.  And it was easy! I first went to Deviant Art and downloaded lighting brushes for Gimp. You can get those here. Extract the file and drop […]

A few weeks ago, during the winter storm blast, I heard a report that some of the blizzards were accompanied by  thunder and lighting. It’s rare, but sometimes does occur. This served as a reminder as we move into the spring and summer months here in the northern hemisphere.  Thunderstorm season will soon be upon […]

I get emails offering me unbelievably low prices on top shelf software.   Imagine buying Adobe Photoshop, a $600.00 software application, for only $199.00!   Wow!  Or how about Window 7 Ultimate (regularly $400.00) for only 80.00!  Want MSOffice Professional ?  Why pay $600.00 when you can pay $60.00?! Well, all these email offers  and […]

Yikes! This commercial is over 30 years old! Look how far we’ve come! When you arrive at class or the office, make sure to fire this up on your netbook and show your friends. Kind of ironic, isn’t it?  Watching a commercial for the first portable computer on a portable computer that is no larger […]

The FCC and Department of  Justice recently approved the Comcast NBC/Universal merger.  There are conditions. You can read some of  those conditions here. Of note is this passage from the linked report: “The deal requires Comcast to provide “approximately” 2.5 million low income households with high speed Internet for less than $10 a month. To […]

Ever have one of those moments where you’ve tried EVERYTHING to solve a computer problem and it ends up being something so simple you just want to kick yourself? This happened to me the other day.   I was in front of a Windows 7 computer system and when I typed in a password, web address […]

What the heck is this blog about?  Well, you may have asked yourself this question based on how I’ve jumped around from subject to subject.   So, I’ll give you a review of what to expect.  I’ll try and update this bog overview at the beginning of each new year as a reminder to current readers […]