Monday, March 16, 2015
Friday, March 13, 2015
Class Summary 3-12-2015
We moved forward in the Basic handout. Covered items 10-12. In addition we looked at using Chromecast, covered some Facebook questions, showed how to capture an entire web page using a browser extension called Webpage Screenshot, and suggested covering your webcam to prevent hackers from seeing you while you are online.
Some Facebook info:
Your friends only see what is on your facebook page. They do not see what is on your newsfeed. Your newsfeed contains glimpses of what has been recently posted on your friends pages. You only see newsfeeds for those friends you are following. You can unfollow a friend without unfriending them. Then you can see their posts on their pages without having the posts appear in your newsfeed.
If you want to send a private message to a friend on Facebook DO NOT post it on their page. ALL their friends can read it. Use the MESSAGE feature to send a private message. They will be the only one to be able to see it.
When you post on your page notice the setting to the left of the Post button. Public means anyone who finds your page can read it. Friends means only your friends can see it.
A question was asked about EaseUS backup's new versions. If you upgrade to a new version will the new version be able to read and restore your old backups? I have not had to try that, but I believe the new version can handle the backups created with the older releases of the program. However, when you upgrade to the new version you may want to create a new recovery boot disk so it has the latest release recovery program.
To see the full Basic handout check the Class Notes link above.
Some Facebook info:
Your friends only see what is on your facebook page. They do not see what is on your newsfeed. Your newsfeed contains glimpses of what has been recently posted on your friends pages. You only see newsfeeds for those friends you are following. You can unfollow a friend without unfriending them. Then you can see their posts on their pages without having the posts appear in your newsfeed.
If you want to send a private message to a friend on Facebook DO NOT post it on their page. ALL their friends can read it. Use the MESSAGE feature to send a private message. They will be the only one to be able to see it.
A question was asked about EaseUS backup's new versions. If you upgrade to a new version will the new version be able to read and restore your old backups? I have not had to try that, but I believe the new version can handle the backups created with the older releases of the program. However, when you upgrade to the new version you may want to create a new recovery boot disk so it has the latest release recovery program.
To see the full Basic handout check the Class Notes link above.
47 Browser Shortcuts
Good article in How To Geek:
http://www.howtogeek.com/114518/47-keyboard-shortcuts-that-work-in-all-web-browsers/
http://www.howtogeek.com/114518/47-keyboard-shortcuts-that-work-in-all-web-browsers/
Saturday, March 7, 2015
External Drives
I have been getting emails with some great deals on external hard drives. However, many are USB 3 only. They do not play with older USB 2 or USB 1 computers, Make sure your computer does USB 3 before grabbing one of those deals.
And do not get one containing its own backup software. Use one of the image backups like EaseUS Free. Search for a Portable Hard Drive instead of an external and be sure it does USB 2 as well as USB 3. If your computer is less than about ten years old, it has USB 2.
And do not get one containing its own backup software. Use one of the image backups like EaseUS Free. Search for a Portable Hard Drive instead of an external and be sure it does USB 2 as well as USB 3. If your computer is less than about ten years old, it has USB 2.
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Class Summary 3-5-2015
Today we covered the next few sections in the handout:
Why use a free email like Yahoo or Gmail?
Understanding Copy and Paste
The Shift+Click Method
Copying from a Web Page
Uploading pictures to email and Facebook
Why use a free email like Yahoo or Gmail?
Understanding Copy and Paste
The Shift+Click Method
Copying from a Web Page
Uploading pictures to email and Facebook
I demonstrated using my Chromebook, talked about using Chromecast to project your laptop to your TV wirelessly, and we watched a demo of Amazon Echo.
See the demo here.
Friday, February 27, 2015
Class Summary 2-26-2015
Began a series on Basic Computing. Got through the first four topics today. Will continue next week with number five. The handout is complete so you can download it and see what will be covered next week.
Answered a number of questions and talked about my getting a $10 set of rabbit ears for my TV. It found 17 channels of the air including ABC, CBS, NBC and a local News/Weather channel. Who meed Cable? I got my Roku box, Netflix, and local TV all for the price of an Internet connection.
Showed a video of some of the things that happened on my mission trip to South Africa. Here is that video if you are curious. It was a great time.
Also talked about http://notepad.cc/ which is a nice online notepad app. Great for when you copy and paste from the Web. Paste to notepad and all formatting including pictures are dropped off. Now you have pure text to copy and paste elsewhere. like into an email.
Answered a number of questions and talked about my getting a $10 set of rabbit ears for my TV. It found 17 channels of the air including ABC, CBS, NBC and a local News/Weather channel. Who meed Cable? I got my Roku box, Netflix, and local TV all for the price of an Internet connection.
Showed a video of some of the things that happened on my mission trip to South Africa. Here is that video if you are curious. It was a great time.
Also talked about http://notepad.cc/ which is a nice online notepad app. Great for when you copy and paste from the Web. Paste to notepad and all formatting including pictures are dropped off. Now you have pure text to copy and paste elsewhere. like into an email.
Friday, February 6, 2015
Class Summary 2-5-2015
Started looking at ways to watch TV for free. Good if you do not have cable or dish TV. The suggested site was http://projectfree.tv/ and it gives you access to recent and old TV shows as well as a bunch of movies. Watch right on your PC. I did a Google search and there are many sites out there that offer a similar service. http://www.tv.com/ is one that I checked out. Might be worth trying them out.
Then the question came later about how to project that PC screen onto your TV. Simplest way is to connect them using a wire. If you have a fairly new laptop it probably has an HDMI port. Purchase and HDMI to HDMI cable and set your TV's input to HDMI 1 2 or 3. Plug one end into the appropriate port and the other in your PC. Now what you see on your TV is the same as on your PC. The sound will also come out of your TV.
Want to connect using your WiFi? Purchase Chromecast and it will project whatever is on your PC to your TV set with no wires to get in the way.
The main talk was on selling on eBay. We took a look at how easy it is to sell something on eBay. Learned how to post an item, how to receive payment safely, and how to ship your items.The handout will explain most of it. See the Class Notes link above.
REMEMBER: No class for the next two weeks.
Then the question came later about how to project that PC screen onto your TV. Simplest way is to connect them using a wire. If you have a fairly new laptop it probably has an HDMI port. Purchase and HDMI to HDMI cable and set your TV's input to HDMI 1 2 or 3. Plug one end into the appropriate port and the other in your PC. Now what you see on your TV is the same as on your PC. The sound will also come out of your TV.
Want to connect using your WiFi? Purchase Chromecast and it will project whatever is on your PC to your TV set with no wires to get in the way.
The main talk was on selling on eBay. We took a look at how easy it is to sell something on eBay. Learned how to post an item, how to receive payment safely, and how to ship your items.The handout will explain most of it. See the Class Notes link above.
REMEMBER: No class for the next two weeks.
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