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How to Excel at Your Job and Fail at the Same Time

What do you do when achieving excellence in your field and achieving your employer’s desired results are mutually exclusive? That is the question faced by the career sign spinner. Sign spinning, or sign twirling, began somewhere around 2006 as a means of directing the ...Read More

Upgrading to Windows 10? Pay Close Attention to The Privacy Settings after the Install

Oooh. Those Microsoft people are sneaky. They are betting that when Windows is finished upgrading to version 10 on your computer, you’ll blindly accept the defaults on the privacy settings as you’re finishing up, and not check them out closely. If you do, you’ll ...Read More

Great Music Free of Charge – A “Best-Kept Secret” You Need to Know About

Public libraries are fantastic, right? You can borrow books, CDs, movies – even download current MP3 music files for free. WHAT?????? You mean you didn’t know about that last one? Join the club. Neither do most people. Public libraries all over the country are ...Read More

Still Making Great Music After More than 50 Years

To many of us baby boomers, the Beatles were and are the greatest band of all time. But many of us also had a “runner up” British Invasion favorite – bands like The Dave Clark Five, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Herman’s Hermits, or a ...Read More

Serendipity and Toe Covers

Bright and early each Saturday morning, I set out on a quest, as I have every Saturday morning for the past 35 years or so. (I also set out IN a Quest – I drive a Nissan Quest van). I am part of a ...Read More

Windows 10: To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade – This Chart May Help

Wondering if you should upgrade to Windows 10 while you can still do it for free? Microsoft’s “minimum requirements” are not always the best guideline. This chart shows, in general terms, my recommendations. NOTE: NOBODY should continue running Windows 8.0 or 8.1 at this ...Read More

Welcome to the Hotel California (what a nice surprise!)

My friend Deny (pronounced Denny) says that the best rock song ever recorded is the Eagles’ Hotel California. I’m inclined to agree. This dreamscaped narrative takes the listener through a fascinating series of “scenes.” In case you haven’t ever heard it (wait! – REALLY? ...Read More

Should You Upgrade to Windows 10?

As a computer tech of 21+ years, I am often asked by my friends, acquaintances, fellow church members, etc. for computer advice. Since the “window of opportunity” to upgrade your desktop or laptop PC to Windows 10 for free* will soon be drawing to ...Read More

New Phone Scam and Computer Pop-Up Scare Is Fooling Millions of People

Scammers are working overtime to take advantage of you, and are pocketing billions. Odds are they will call you. Will you be ready? If you own and use a computer, please read this carefully. I am a computer professional with 20+ years’ experience, and ...Read More

Protect Your Computer from this Insidious Infection which is Gaining Momentum

It’s like a terrorist scenario from a TV crime show, and it can be terrifying. But it’s becoming more prevalent every day! It’s called ransomware. Ransomware is a type of malware that gets installed on your computer through any of a number of channels. ...Read More

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