Friends At first I pretended. I tricked myself into thinking it didn’t matter much that you were no longer my friend. We were good friends and then we weren’t – it’s as simple as that. It’s kind of like being told you have a terminal illness – at first you deny it, then someday you realize, that you… Read More »
Are you a Keyboarder or a Mouser? The keyboard shortcuts and mouse equivalents below are for Windows 10. If you’re using something other than Windows 10 some of them will work for you, but most will not. [ultimatetables 1 /]
Desktop Publishing on the Cheap If you work for EB you quickly learn the definition of cheap. She tells me to go find a cheap program to do this or that, and I come back with one for $6.95…she slaps me. “That’s not cheap!” she exclaims…wait I mean –she said. Stephen King told me that if you have… Read More »
Stop: Serious security threats have been detected on your computer I was browsing through some freeware sites the other day (and I’m sorry I can’t remember exactly which one) and I saw the warning below appear. It had my real IP address and my ISP. I wondered how many people have been duped by this advertisement disguised as… Read More »
Microsoft and NSA: Partners in Spying on YOU? In the past few days we’ve had several people send us articles about Microsoft and Windows 10 and spying. We’ve written about this before, but there seems to be no end to bloggers and so-called journalists digging up around and coming with silly conclusions, such as comparing Microsoft to the NSA.… Read More »
With A Single Flake Of Snow With a single flake of snow, winter begins. Like that first faint shadow of twilight, we hardly take notice of it. The autumn leaves, glorious and resplendent, catch our attention as we hurry through our lives; but that first flake of snow is the sentry of winter and we like to pretend… Read More »