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My “Pick” for today is this inexpensive, but super-handy Rioddas External USB CD/DVD Drive.
I frequently receive messages from folks asking if there’s a way to add an optical drive to a laptop or desktop computer that doesn’t already have one built-in. The answer is yes and this little gem is a fantastic option.
Click here to check out the Rioddas External USB CD/DVD Drive at Amazon.
Today’s POTD features a honeybee toiling away on a beautiful purple aster blossom. I hope you like it.
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April’s winner will receive this fantastic P3 Lite Mini Gaming PC.
These tiny brick-sized mini PCs are simply amazing with all the power, speed, RAM and SSD storage space they manage to fit inside such a small enclosure. This is a fantastic machine!
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The drawing for this month’s prize will be held on April 30 and the winner will be notified by email. The winner will be selected at random.
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Question from Nancy: How can I look at my Facebook profile the way strangers see it?
(By strangers I mean people who aren’t on my friends list.)
That way I’ll know what I need to change to prevent strangers from seeing things on my account that I don’t want them to see.
There are so many settings and it’s all so confusing. [Read more…]
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Well, the scammers never seem to take a break on Facebook, and right now they’re striking extra hard while everyone’s hunkered down at home and spending a lot of time on the Internet.
Scammers love to strike during special events and holidays because they know that many of us have our guard down during those times.
Every year at this time the insidious “Lowe’s Mother’s Day Coupon Scam” starts making the rounds again, and right on schedule it’s back for 2025. This is how the scam works: [Read more…]
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Like most households these days, yours probably has one or more old smartphones and/or tablets that were retired to a junk drawer after upgrading to a new device.
Well, here’s a little tip for putting those outdated, but completely functional devices to good use… [Read more…]