So You’re All Worked Up Over Tracking Cookies

I don’t think I’ve ever seen as much to do about nothing as I’ve seen recently over Google’s decision to combine all their separate privacy policies into one. And then there’s the flap over cookies. Cookies can’t identify you personally – no matter what you have read –  it isn’t true. They only way a cookie could be… Read More »

Agonizing Over Freeware

Every week we scour the web for really good, honest freeware. It gets harder and harder each week to find good clean – unbundled software. This week we found a program called GimpShop — and having used Gimp before we were intrigued by this new incarnation of Gimp which promised to be every good as Photoshop — only… Read More »

Thunderstorm

Today is too hot, too humid, too strange, too oppressive. Only the tropical can savor this wet , hot air and be happy. Even the children are languid. The subtle breeze that brought this summer is gone. Misty fields of spring are now overgrown with summer, its lushness of spreading crops, weeds, and strange dusty green things a… Read More »

The Good ol’ NUM LOCK Key… What’s It For?

Carrie wants to know what the “NUM LOCK” key is for One thing I’ve always wanted to know is what the key called “Num Lock” key is for. I press it and nothing happens. Can you tell me and other dummies like me what this key is useful for? Thanks, Carrie. Our Answer Hi Carrie, you’re not a… Read More »