The Older Geek

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of ConnectMyDNA.com for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. I saw a fascinating program on PBS last week, "Find My Roots." In the show, the host researches the genealogical backgrounds of some celebrities. I don't care much about the celebrity aspect, but the research was [...]

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Scotts® for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. My lawn is in a sad state, dear friends. Oh, the grass is growing. But the flooding from the past few years have totally ruined it. The yard is uneven in places and is filled with [...]

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Lenovo for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. I have been waiting a long time for the advances in portable technology to extend to the computer monitor- leave it to Lenovo to come with something so innovative and sleek. It’s a portable monitor (for [...]

You may have heard rumors circulating that the United States FBI will shut down the Internet on March 8, 2012. Is this true or false? Well, both. It depends. If your computer is infected with the trojan program DNSChanger, then you will experience an Internet “shut down.” If your computer is clean, you will not [...]

Your browser menu bars sometimes disappear. This can occur because of a bug in the system, a popup window alters your settings, or because your browser goes into full-screen mode. Whatever the reason, you can restore your browser’s menu bars by pressing certain keys on the keyboard. These methods are called “keyboard shortcuts.” They come [...]

Can anyone remember the time before Amazon and eBay and PayPal when we all actually used to DRIVE to stores and hand CASH to a REAL human cashier? The Internet has certainly changed things. Not only is the Internet the “information super highway,” it’s become the shopping megaplex of the world. I remember my initial [...]

Once again, I offer you some of the best (and free!) apps from the Apple Store. You can look for previous recommendations and app reviews by typing “apps” in the search bar. Here are some of the latest and greatest apps I’ve discovered. If you have found any terrific apps, please let me know! Leave [...]

“The Cloud” and “Cloud Computing” are the latest buzzwords in consumer computer-speak: what exactly does it mean? You may already utilize cloud computing and not be aware of it. As a matter of fact, if you own a smartphone or tablet, play online games or maintain a blog, you are part of “the cloud.” The [...]

I’ve mentioned several times across my blogs the disdain I have for Facebook as anything more than a casual social networking venue. My opinion is more solidified by an article I read on Slate. The writer lost her very expensive laptop in a taxi and she figured it was lost forever. No, a good Samaritan [...]

Google Friend Connect will soon be no more. It was one of the few Google social networking products that I actually liked, so I am sad to see it go. The demise is set for March 1, 2012. Google is calling the removal a “house cleaning,” but I see it more as a “redirect.” According [...]

I have been with Hostgator for over four years now. I have never been so happy with a company. When I was with other web hosting services, I had quite the stressful times when my websites were frequently down. One company would disable ALL my websites if the traffic on one of them spiked! It [...]

I remember Firefox 1.0, way back in… *gasp* 2004! I was an early Firefox fanatic, finding the browser much faster, more intuitive and less bulky than the Netscape or Internet Explorer browsers. Sadly, the sun is setting over my Firefox career. I was very disenchanted with 4.0. It wouldn’t work with some of my plugins, [...]