Category Archives: Windows Tips

Somewhere

The sangria flowed from a silver pitcher; it is the wine of celebration. The cacophony of the crowd cascades from the bar, spilling over into  the restaurant and filling it with unnerving noise. It is not the best of days. It’s raining and the sky hangs over me like a shroud. Somewhere a mother cannot afford to feed her… Read More »

Try other browsers without having to install them

If you’re an Internet Explorer user and you’re happy with it, that’s great. But it’s always good to experiment with new things. Why? Because you learn when you experiment. It may well be if you experiment with other browsers you might come running back to Internet Explorer and be glad you’re “home”. Or it just might be that… Read More »

Exporting Gmail Contacts for use in desktop Email programs

Three things we learned quickly after working on a few hundred computers: 1. People love their pictures 2. People love their music 3. People love their contacts list (address book) Another thing we’ve learned is a lot of you have Gmail accounts and it only seems reasonable to assume that those of you with Gmail accounts have a… Read More »

Special characters made easy

EB says I’m a character, but not a special one. I think she’s wrong. I’m a special character, but I’m not the kind of special character we’re going to be talking about here. How do you spell elan or cliche? You spell them élan and cliché that’s how! But how do you get those funny things on the… Read More »