New Haven Chamber Networking
June 16th was the weekly meeting of the New Haven(IN) Chamber networking group. We met at the usual spot, 469 Sports and spirits in the Lutheran Plaza Shopping Center. I had a salad this time for lunch from the elaborate menu. We had nine people today with a...
If I mistrust Google, why do I still use Google apps?
I guess I’m a hypocrite. Why? Because I use Google apps like Contacts and Calendar. But I also distrust Google for spying on it’s users and being a front for corporate and government surveillance. In the past I used Zoho on-line apps which isn’t...Easy tool to organize your smartphone pictures
My smartphones accumulate pictures and videos quickly since I use it at networking groups, clients and in personal situations. I can have all the pictures cleaned off and 3 days later they’ll be 100 media files on it. In the past, I used cloud storage (dropbox...
It happened at a good time. Fort Wayne computer repair blog
Last December I got a call from a long-time computer client about his Dell desktop computer. He tried turning it on and nothing was happening on his monitor. I showed up on site and tried powering it for myself but got the same result. The computer cover was removed...
We started up the New Haven Chamber Networking Group today
The New Haven(IN) Chamber of Commerce networking group began in April 2016 to give all businesses and job-seekers a chance to promote themselves, connect, and learn from others. It’s open to everyone including non-members of our chamber. We had been meeting...
Trouble with my HP desktop Linux computer. Fort Wayne computer repair
Yesterday, my main focus was replacing one of my Linux desktop computer with a smaller, more energy-efficient one. The one I had been using was a 32-bit CPU and wouldn’t allow some 64-bit programs to be installed like Skype and Brave browser. It was slow at...
Skype – Can you see me? Fort Wayne computer repair
Last Wednesday I was asked to help someone with the Skype program. Skype allows two or more people to video conference with each other for free over the internet. They were going to be interviewed for a possible appearance on a television show later this year. I had...
How Brave are you? Fort Wayne Computer Repair
I was listening to an internet tech show just now and a columnist was discussing five internet browsers better than Chrome (Windows) or Chromium (Linux). They mentioned Edge(Microsoft), Firefox(Mozilla) and a new one.It’s called Brave and can be found at their...
I finally got around to it. Fort Wayne Computer Repair
Back when I was in my late teens I was into audio equipment and music. Not playing music, but listening to it. I bought a nice Yamaha CA-810 integrated stereo amplifier, a Nakamichi cassette deck, Realistic tuner, Pioneer Phonograph and Pioneer HPM-900 speakers. The...
Want more privacy? Use the Tor web browser
I use different web browsers depending on what I doing in my work and pleasure browsing. Chrome is avoided on all my Windows, Linux and Apple computers due to my privacy concerns with Google. I use Mozilla Firefox probably the most both on my Linux and Microsoft...
“They can’t read it.” Fort Wayne computer repair
One of my computer clients e-mailed me last week with an issue with their business computer. They type reports for their clients which contain numerical fractions of the findings. Common ones are 1/4 and 1/2. When the fractions are typed, they are large enough and...
Some of my web pages don’t work. Fort Wayne Computer Repair
I was having a meeting at a Fort Wayne business on a Saturday and my client mentioned his Microsoft Windows computer was a problem. It was not browsing to all of his desired web sites like it had in the past. It got so bad they put their laptop next to the desktop PC...
Windows 10 Tablet Mode. Fort Wayne Computer Repair
I was at a business a few weeks ago where my client had a problem with the way their screen looked on their Windows 10 computer. Some menu items were missing for programs and web browser windows. It’s hard to explain but things just didn’t look right. I...