Posted on November 19, 2009 by Gregory West
Please Note: This article will appear in the December issue of First Monday magazine.
No Strings Attached …
“Computer Problems Solved FREE OF CHARGE”
24/7 Service for the Public
http://tinyurl.com/ask-pamela
by Gregory West
prospector16(at)gmail.com
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 November 12, 2009 by Gregory West
TIP OF THE WEEK: BUTTERSCOTCH
www.butterscotch.com/tutorials.html
Almost everyone likes butterscotch, right? Well if you do you will like it even better now. Butterscotch is now online, you cannot taste it, however you can use this website to get free video training on hordes of subjects, programs and more.
How about free tutorials on MS Word 2007, Blackberry [...]
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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 15, 2009 by Gregory West
A recent report in the Globe and Mail warns: Stay with VISTA unless…
“Unfortunately, upgrading an existing PC from XP to 7 is not easy.
After upgrading, users will have to reinstall all their programs and find their files in the folder where Windows 7 tucks them away.
However, if you bought a Vista-based computer after June [...]
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Posted on October 15, 2009 by Gregory West
If you use Google’s live calendar (if you don’t you are missing out big time), you can now connect to that calendar via your cell phone.
Here’s how: (I use it and it only took a few minutes to set up)
Just go to http://www.google.com/calendar in your phone’s web browser to access Calendar
(Google Apps users can go [...]
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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 October 30, 2008 by Gregory West
Reprint from First Monday magazine (Nov. 08 Issue)
“Oh no, I didn’t send that e-mail, did I?”
by Gregory West
Are you terrified of waking up Sunday morning wondering whether or not you SENT that terrible, demeaning e-mail to your boss or ex-girlfriend?
Most of us have sent out an e-mail wishing we hadn’t. Albeit, some e-mails are fired [...]
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Posted on January 14, 2008 by Gregory West
Now that Macs can host Windows Operating Systems and run both OS’s on the same desktop (sorry on a Mac only), I have loaded Windows XP Home onto my Macbook laptop. This was accomplished by the virtualization program: Parallels.
My next feat is to load Windows VISTA onto my Macbook via Boot Camp and then virtualize [...]
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