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Free WiFi for Travellers

By Sherman | Published: December 21st
If your Christmas plans include airplane travel you may be able to get some free internet to pass the time. Gizmodo.com is reporting that these codes should get you one free sign-in per email address • Delta: DELTATRYGOGO • AirTran: AIRTRANTRYGOGO • American Airlines: AATRYGOGO If you’re flying Virgin Airlines, Google is picking up the Wifi tab without needing a [...]
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Update your computer

By Sherman | Published: December 14th
I know a lot of people who use their computers all the time but don't know a lot about them. I assume that describes a lot of computer users out there, and it's O.K: Computer user doesn't (and shouldn't) mean computer knower-of-everything. That's why I'm here.
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Wherever you may roam

By Sherman | Published: November 24th
It’s hard for me to believe there are still places that don’t have wireless access but there are.  Some hotels only offer free wired internet; my mom has broadband but it’s wired-only as well.  The solution: Bring my own wireless. The Apple Airport Express isn’t much larger than a stack of note cards but it’s a [...]
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Show the desktop

By Sherman | Published: October 13th
Yesterday I talked about using my desktop to hold files I need right now.  It’s a great way to keep everything available, but I have a LOT of applications open. Moving everything out of the way could be a pain.  Luckily there are keyboard shortcuts to help out. On the PC you can use the Windows+D [...]
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Zip your files to pass them on

By Sherman | Published: September 22nd
If you need to send a bunch of files – whether over email or drop.io (for big big files) – it’s easiest to archive them: put a bunch of files into one “ZIP” file.  Both windows and mac can help you do this. On your PC, select all the files you want to “zip” (archive) and [...]
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Facebook, quickly

By Sherman | Published: September 15th
Tuesday is normally about a feature; something that will make your digital life simpler.  Today it’s Facebook…  Lite If you use Facebook but don’t want to deal with all the Mafia Wars, Quizzes, Likenesses and what-nots; try Facebook Lite. Simple; Brilliant.
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Slow start

By Sherman | Published: September 8th
Back from a long weekend and I’m rested and ready to go, except my computer seems slower than it should.  There’s a simple answer: It was off all weekend so it has some routines it needs to do; check for upgrades, defragment, whatever. I’d rather save the electricity with my computer off during the weekend, but [...]
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Space Bar bliss

By Sherman | Published: September 1st
I don’t like to scroll while I read web pages, it’s too disorienting.  Instead, when I get to the bottom of the screen I hit the spacebar to move down the page. Each tap does a quick scroll of the screen so that what was on the bottom of the screen becomes the top.  It’s [...]
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Rename a file

By Sherman | Published: August 17th
I rename more files than I care to count. And it takes a lot of time when I have to use a mouse. Thankfully there’s a really, really fast way to rename a file with the keyboard Highlight the file you want to rename and hit the F2 key on your keyboard.   You’ll notice that the [...]
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