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Question from Kevin: I have a laptop that I’d like to hook up to a spare 40 inch flat panel TV that I’m not using so I can watch Netflix on a larger screen.
The problem is the laptop doesn’t have an HDMI port and that’s what the TV uses. It has a DisplayPort connector instead.
Is there any way to add an HDMI port to this laptop so I can connect my TV to it? [Read more…]
Question from Cathy: My laptop died a few months ago and I decided to give a Chromebook a try. I ended up purchasing an Acer Chromebook and I really like it.
I’m having trouble with one issue however. It didn’t come with an image editor and I have a bunch of family pictures that I need to work on.
Can you recommend a good image editor (hopefully free) that will work with my Chromebook? [Read more…]
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Question from Cody: Hi Rick. I won a really nice Bluetooth speaker in a contest (it’s about $130 online). I’d like to use it with my old Dell desktop computer but that machine doesn’t have Bluetooth.
Is there an easy and cheap way to connect a Bluetooth speaker to it? [Read more…]
Question from Ray: My question for you is, what is the difference between “Sharing” a post and “Copy and Pasting” it to your page?
I have asked this question to several folks who post and ask you to copy and past it.
I either never get an answer or I get one that I don’t understand.
Thanks so much Rick for your help on this. Have a great day. [Read more…]
Question from Sam: Hello Rick. I need some advice if you don’t mind.
I ran some page speed tests on my blog and found out that it takes almost 8 seconds for my home page to finish loading.
I know I need to make my pages load faster but I don’t know what else to try.
I’ve already removed all but the most important images from my posts and cut the number of WordPress plugins from 37 down to 24.
I’ve noticed that your Rick’s Daily Tips blog loads lightning fast. What did you do to get the pages to load so quickly?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]