New acronym to absorb: “WUW” – Wear Ur World. Image via Wikipedia As technology allows components to get smaller, and more powerful, the “geeks” among us come up with ways to apply them to practical problems. In this case, it’s a project called “SixthSense.” I have dabbled in voice recognition as far back as the...
Black Friday is coming….are you ready? Just what do I mean by that? Her’s some information on the basic cycle of the electronics industry tha will help you each year, about this time, to make some great decisions on how to spend your money. The sales are great this time of year. Beginning with Black Friday,...
My email box has had some intersting mail the last few weeks. Actually more than one has had interesting received mail. I have had many in the last week that say my Facebook account has had changes, needed to be closed down/needed verification….and then “the attached file will fix this,” or words to that effect. Now,...
Technology is both a curse and a blessing. In the case of the Soldier’s Angels VALOur-IT, it is a real blessing. Think about sitting at your computer, looking at the screen, and, if you choose, leaving me a comment on this post. If you can use your hands, even if you...
On Wednesday….but…here. What’s your computer doing when you’re not working on it, and that even means in your mental pauses? Using electricity and waiting for you. How would you like to help with solving some interesting scientific questions when you’re not crafting how to make your business huge? Well, you can and it’s as easy as...
Another Tuesday, another opportunity to talk “tech.” The world is changing rapidly. Not only in the technology that allows us to do amazing things. but how we use it. eMail is actually becoming yesterday’s news. Many haven’t gotten the memo, but it’s true. Social Media sites and their connectivity tools are...
Today: SPAM email. Here’s a tip: Don’t “unsubscribe” as much as you’d like to. Why? Yes, it seems counter to what you’ve been taught, but by making a reply this way, you’ve told the SPAM list that you exist and the email is a good one. Better: Just flag it as a blocked...
“BSOD” – Blue Screen of Death to all too many of us with Windows of some variant. Cause: Depends. How old is your computer? Are your drivers up to date? If it’s not a very old computer, it could be divers. If you’ve gotten your mileage out of it,then it may be...
This has been the week of malware. I have not had to fix two systems, where somehting crawled in via the internet connection and took over the computer. Case 1) Total Security 2009. You could not get to the Internet, the screen was resized down to 640×480 (making it difficult to redo things like...
Consider this: Every solution for a business is essentially unique, even when you are using some of the same hardware or software as the next person/company. Within what you are doing, there will be commonality, but…what suits one won’t suit all. What got me thinking of this is a conversation that continued yesterday...
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