Your daily dose of practical, easy to follow tech tips!
Are you thinking about creating a self-hosted blog or website but find the various options in web hosting to be extremely confusing?
I know just how confusing it can be when you visit a hosting company’s website and are faced with choosing the best web hosting plan for your website or blog.
Hopefully, I’ll be able to clear it all up for you in this post. [Read more…]
Question from Joyce: I’m constantly taking pictures of my grandkids and copying them onto my computer. And since I don’t want to lose them I keep my computer backed up with Carbonite.
But a nagging question has been bugging me for a while now.
Since Carbonite backs up my files automatically, how can I prevent it from backing up a virus too should I ever get one on my PC? [Read more…]
Email has long been a favorite tools of scammers, and they get better at using it for their illicit deeds every day.
One frequent scam that’s making the rounds again targets Sam’s Club members by sending them emails telling them they’ve won a “Sam’s Club Reward”.
I’ve received a deluge of questions about the legitimacy of these emails so I thought it would be best to simply write a blog post about it.
Question from Faye: Hi, Rick. I have a question for you and it might be one you’ve never heard before. Don’t laugh, but is it possible to use two mice with one computer?
I’m using a series of educational games to teach my 4 year old son Math and Phonics, and we’re always having to switch off using the mouse.
Is there any way to have two separate mice controlling the same computer? [Read more…]
You probably know that turning the light off when you leave a room can help keep electric bills a little lower than they would be otherwise.
But did you know the average home contains numerous “electronic vampires” that can suck your bank account dry if you let them?
Just what are these electronic vampires? [Read more…]