Thoughts about a Letter to the Editor of USA Today How priorities get skewed by misinformation about “online tracking” We’ve always thought that people allow themselves to be concerned with the insignificant, while disregarding the important. I recently read a letter to the editor in USA Today (USA Today – January 31, 2012). I don’t know what to… Read More »
When EB and I were looking around for a site of the week this week, EB found a site called Readeasily. We weren’t sure of its appeal to everyone, but if you don’t have access to an e-book reader like Nook or Kindle, and you have problems reading paper books because you have difficulty reading small text or… Read More »
Pam thinks Google has gone over to the dark side and wants alternatives I want to Thank You for your valuable newsletters. It is nice to have a reliable source of honest information. However, Google is marching forward apparently wanting to ignore reasonable personal boundaries. I want out. I ran a search on POP3 free email services and… Read More »
PC Magazine has rated Norton 2012, the best antivirus. It’s won PC Magazine’s Editor’s Choice award. It’s no surprise. PC Magazine seems to have an ongoing love affair with Norton and McAfee. PC Magazine says they’ve tested most popular antivirus programs and Norton 2012 protects better than the rest – I’m not going to go into details here,… Read More »
This tip is for those of you with Android smart phones or Android tablets with cameras, or for those of you with iPhones. Google Goggles is a free android app (you’ll need android operating system on your smartphone or tablet computer with camera – or an Apple iPhone) that lets you search by taking a picture. Google uses… Read More »
The Stop Online Piracy Act There’s a problem with censorship. The problem with censorship is: it never works. Sometimes it sounds like a great idea to protect impressionable minds from one thing or another. But the problem is, once you give someone the power to decide what you can see and what you can read and what you… Read More »