Posted on December 31, 2009 by Gregory West
If you have never tried out the Missing Manual series you are missing out.
Gregory West, Tech Writer
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Posted on November 19, 2009 by Gregory West
Please Note: This article will appear in the December issue of First Monday magazine.
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The title of this article is true. Just ask members of the Sarnia Computer Group: SCUG (www.scug.ca), as they know first-hand how fast and efficient this free service [...]
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Posted on October 31, 2009 by Gregory West
Here is a website that shows you HOW TO in many areas.
GREAT HOW TO DO THINGS WEBSITE
I find this site http://www.ehow.com/guide_5-computers.html very useful in the latest computer tips in PLAIN ENGLISH.
If you like video tutorials this site has them too:
http://www.ehow.com/videos.html – scroll down where it says: More Featured Videos and use the slide bar on [...]
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Posted on October 11, 2009 by Gregory West
YouTube has made a major change in that you can now have your own channel and watch what you pick without all the other junk.
Getting ready for when TV goes online and away from the old way of viewing a show via TV set. Imagine the landfill sites with old TVs?
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Posted on October 11, 2009 by Gregory West
NO MORE PROBLEMS on your Mac or PC while wanting to view a video…
Join the over 52 million other people who have downloaded the FREE video player called: VLC
When I was trying to play one of my hundreds of videos on my Windows machine I came across several that Windows Media Player and Quicktime would [...]
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Posted on September 22, 2009 by Gregory West
New to a Mac? Want to learn more about your Mac?
Maybe, just maybe, you want to “tap into your potential” with your Mac…
Look no further – CLICK HERE for the FREE VIDEOS
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Posted on September 20, 2009 by Gregory West
Not much to say about this website other than check it out for yourself. They offer over 3000 sites giving away free software such as:
Busines and Office – Address books, Calendars & Schedulers, …
Desktop enhancements – Notes, Screen savers, Tray tools,…
Development tools – Editors, Tutotrials and Reference,…
Education and Science – Languages, Unit conversion, …
Games and [...]
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Posted on September 18, 2009 by Gregory West
Google Labs is an exciting place to see what is happening in the future…
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Posted on May 30, 2008 by Gregory West
The Adventures of Super Sam is my latest attempt a video editing on the MacBook. Once my office is put back together, I will be editing on the PC using Pinnacle, viewing on a 22″ Wide screen. Gotta love it eh!
You can also view this new series on Facebook at:
FACEBOOK’s: The [...]
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Posted on January 21, 2008 by Gregory West
There just might be some hope for wanna bee users of Boot Camp. “Dechamp”, an Apple forum user offered this solution to jump start and workaround issues in Boot Camp:
http://www.geocities.com/nja469/
I have decided not to use Apple’s Boot Camp and have now purchased a 3rd. party app called Parallels.
My Macbook will now be also a virtual [...]
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Posted on January 20, 2008 by Gregory West
Does APPLE CARE have rotten Apple TECHS?
This was posted in Apple’s forum yesterday and some how the post disappeared and it has been forwarded to Leo Laporte’s Blog:
I use Parallels, a 3rd. product software and find it works very good.
However, I cannot say that for Boot Camp. Here is a post I put in yesterday [...]
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Posted on December 30, 2007 by Gregory West
UP UP AND AWAY…
Of course there are first things first: trips before work.
As you can easily see above, my office is a mess. My excuse is that I have switched from a PC to a Mac (well actually I still use a PC desktop for now, but my new Macbook supersedes) and my time [...]
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Posted on December 17, 2007 by Gregory West
Is Microsoft Doing it All Wrong?
Today, on Chris Pirillo’s website: Lockergnome http://www.lockergnome.com there is an interesting twist of an article entitled:
Review: Windows XP
The thing that caught my attention is that this guy says he is “upgrading” his laptop and desktop from VISTA to Windows XP.
Some of the points he makes regarding his decision [...]
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