Tips/Tricks

Get Free Telephone Reminders With Wakerupper

Before I switched to Comcast’s phone service I had the ability to set wakeup calls with Verizon.  Unfortunately Comcast does not offer that service and I get really nervous about shutting my alarm clock off and falling back to sleep when I have an early appointment or flight for a trip.  So, I was glad [...]

Firefox Only: Increase Your Screen Space With These Tips & Add-Ons

I work on two computers, my desktop which has two screens making it easy to browse the Internet and work on documents at the same time, and my laptop with a 14″ screen which gives me less viewing space to work with especially when I am on the Internet and need to work with something [...]

Easily Email Web Pages to Yourself

Thanks to James Yeang at Friedbeef’s Tech I now have an easy way to email web pages to myself to review later. I tend to email myself interesting sites to look at later and generally have to go through the process of creating a new email message and put in my email address to [...]

Google is an Error Message’s Best Friend

Today I had to help my father solve a problem he was having with a program he uses to catalog his DVD/Laserdisc collection. I tend to be the go-to person in the family and my circle of friends for computer issues. Some are easier to solve than others, sometimes taking just a few [...]