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How-to: Widget Visibility and You (Re-post)
Originally posted by Christopher Finke, on the official WordPress.com blog Wednesday, May 15th, 2013 Since the dawn of time, humankind has yearned for control. While we can’t give you more control over most of your life, we can give you more control over your widgets. And today, with the new widget visibility tool, you can … Continue reading
How-to: Understand Hay Fever [Re-post]
Originally posted at: Random Subjects Made Simple No. 57 – Hay fever – Not something to sniff at, by Educare, Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 As many of us know, hay fever is more than just an excuse not to mow the lawn, in fact, with 20 per cent of people in the UK suffering, it’s … Continue reading
News: May 2013
• YouTube Introduces Paid Channels (Mashable) • YouTube claims victory in TV battle (Talk Talk) • Tiny robot RoboBee starts flights (Talk Talk) • Wanted: Citizen Scientists to Hunt ‘Space Warp’ Galaxies (Mashable) • Google Earth now does time travel (Ghacks) • Facebook reports 38% revenue rise (Talk Talk) • Ofcom considers BT ‘dominance’ (Talk … Continue reading
How-to: Network Settings [Guest Post]
Network Settings by Jan Mussche originally appeared in Full Circle Magazine Issue 72. When you connect your desktop, laptop, printer/scanner, tablet, cellphone or whatever other device you might have, to a network, you need to set a few things straight in order to get connected. The first choice you make is whether you use a … Continue reading
Review: Chrome OS Part Three [Guest Post]
Review: Chrome OS by Art Schreckengost originally appeared in Full Circle Magazine issue 71. In Part Two, Art discussed the Apps available in Chrome OS. Finally, what of reviews that state Ubuntu 12.04 can run quite fine on this unit (the Acer Chromebook)? No fiction there and it does work, but be aware of the … Continue reading
Review: Chrome OS Part Two [Guest Post]
Review: Chrome OS by Art Schreckengost originally appeared in Full Circle Magazine issue 71. In Part One, Art discussed the Acer Chromebook hardware and OS. Now, onto the Apps… So, if nearly everything is cloud based, does that mean your Chromebook is a brick if no connection is available? Contrary to other reviews I’ve read, … Continue reading
Opinion: Windows 8 [Guest Post]
Opinion: Windows 8 by Knightwise originally appeared in Full Circle Magazine issue 71. As I’m punching this out on my old but trusty HP Pavilion DM1, I’m somehow overpowered by a sense of nostalgia, and …irony. I remember getting into computers years ago, starting out on machines like these, back in the days when they … Continue reading
Opinion: The Death of Privacy, Part Three [Guest Post]
More thoughts and reflections on the digital realm from Paul Levy, founder of CATS3000 and Rational Madness. First posted under The Death of Privacy at Digital Inferno. This is about being more conscious with privacy. The problem of social media platforms with their default “public” settings and their clever terms and conditions that few of … Continue reading
Review: Chrome OS Part One [Guest Post]
Review: Chrome OS by Art Schreckengost originally appeared in Full Circle Magazine issue 71. In personal computing, choices include Windows, Apple, or Linux, while tablets make do with iOS, Android, or RT. However, Google has been working in the background for the past couple years to polish its Linux/Android knock-off, Chrome OS. Overwhelm is not … Continue reading
News 22 April 2013
• Most Earth-Like Alien Planet Discovered (Mashable) • Earnings: Microsoft Dead? Hardly (The Var Guy) • PSA: Ignore the news (Mashable) • Hiring Experts Reveal Resume Pet Peeves (Mashable) • The problem with Metro (OS News) • Watch: LG’s Men’s Room Experiment Prompts ‘Stage Fright’ (Mashable) • FBI Criticizes Internet Vigilantes in Boston Case (Mashable) … Continue reading
Opinion: The Death of Privacy, Part Two [Guest Post]
More thoughts and reflections on the digital realm from Paul Levy, founder of CATS3000 and Rational Madness. First posted under The Death of Privacy at Digital Inferno. Many corporations and social media zealots are attempting to link openness with a kind of moral duty in all of us to heal humanity by taking down the … Continue reading
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