iPad: Here and Back…
About a week and a half ago, I stood in line for about an hour and a half waiting for an iPad at the local Apple Store. I brought it home and Mrs. Digitante was very excited, as was I. Unfortunately, it just didn’t work out and I’m going to share with you why. First [...]
Nasty Viruses Going Around…
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve heard about some nasty computer viruses that have been popping up on people’s systems. These are the normal “run some anti-virus software” type of infections; they are the “boot into safe-mode or nuke your hard drive” type. So what can you do to prevent these types of things? [...]
Google Docs: Upload Anything…
If you’ve ever been to a cheap Chinese restaurant, you’ve probably used the wooden chopsticks that come in a reddish-orange sleeve. If you paid close attention to the sleeve, you would have read something pretty amazing. After learning to hold one stick with your thumb and the other like a pencil, the sleeve informs you [...]
The Digitante’s Password System…
After taking my sweet time in implementing some stronger passwords, I wanted to make sure I could develop a system that I would stick with and wouldn’t be so cumbersome that I would want to stab myself in the foot. Here are the tools that I ended up using to get things going: KeePass – [...]
Upgrade Checklist…
This past week, I helped my mom upgrade her laptop to Windows 7. Everything went swimmingly, however, since we did a clean install, there were some programs and other odds and ends missing. The experience caused both of us to think that a little checklist would have been nice. We came up with a number [...]
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