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A colleague had his laptop stolen from work this weekend; he stepped away during an event and came back to find it missing. He had a backup drive so things should have been fine, but that got taken as well...
Water and Electronics don’t mix
Sorry I’ve been away, I had a little problem wherein my cats spilled a glass of water on my laptop…
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That’s all I’ll say about that; except for a few pointers I gathered online while researching a solution.
Remove power and batteries immediately. Power + liquid = short circut
Stand the laptop on it’s side to drain.
Open [...]
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Bring a charger
This may sound "too" simple; but throw a second phone charger (the normal, not car-charger kind) into your bag or car. You never know when you're really gonna want one.
Get an “F”
If you lost something on your computer don’t panic; “F” = find. It’s incredibly handy once you get comfortable using it. Whether you’re looking for a word on a web page or a file in a folder. It’s simple to use…
Hit Ctrl+F. You should see a window open with a space to start searching. [...]
When gmail went down…
Gmail - google's email service - was down for over an hour yesterday. The question I got from several coworkers and friends was "Is my Email Safe?"
Undo before anything else
I’ve talked about this A LOT; but “Undo” is my first stop on almost every “oops” moment on the computer.
If I accidentally delete, move or rename files I didn’t mean to
If text moves or changes in an email or document that I want back
if something seems different on my computer but I’m not sure what
“Undo” [...]
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