The Older Geek

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, [...]

Twitter is pretty simple but sometimes they roll out some changes and features that are very confusing. For example, it’s so easy to create a list and add a person you follow to a list. Let’s say you have a mixed bag of people you follow– friends, business associates, local businesses and news organizations. You [...]

I’m back with another meaty list of the “best of the best” iPhone and iPad apps. Truly, the best thing about the Apple devices, besides the amazing touch screen technology, are the apps. Here are more jewels I’ve discovered. 1. DropBox This amazing little app works like a file server for your i-device. You install [...]

In my previous post, How to Make a Clickable Button For Your Blog – the Simple Way, I showed you how to make a very, very basic clickable button with no bells and whistles. In this post, I’ll show you how to add some HTML tags to make the button do certain things. With tags, [...]

Apple’s latest mobile operating system, the iOS 5, is absolutely terrific. I downloaded it several days ago and have been thrilled with the new Notification feature, the Reminder app, and the new iMessage. I also love the camera on the lock screen feature, but it seemed rather sporadic– sometimes the camera showed up on my [...]

Those “grab my button” graphics are very cute. They are an attractive way to share your link with other bloggers. Here’s a good example of a blog button: That button directs to my friend’s blog. If you click the button, your browser will load Carole’s Thoughtful Spot blog. Unfortunately, some grab buttons are a little [...]

I’m not sure why some users are experiencing this problem: you download Google Earth, install the program, and…. nothing happens. The program application icon does not appear in the Start Menu. It’s not on the Desktop. Nothing. What gives? This happened to me last week. I downloaded Google Earth twice before I did some digging [...]

You may log on to your computer to see that your Windows sidebar calendar displays an orange block. What is up with that?! I had this problem on both my computers, a Windows 7 and a Vista machine. It’s a weird issue, but I isolated my problem to a bug with the latest Internet Explorer [...]

Until the early 2000′s, all personal computer were 32-bit. The term 32-bit or 64-bit describes a type of computer architecture, explaining in a simple way the amount of data the computer’s central processing unit (CPU) handles data simultaneously. Think of 32-bit and 64-bit as a juggler juggling balls. A 32-bit juggler can handle 4 balls [...]

My quest for good, quality (and cheap!) remote software has finally ended! I have discovered some gems out there. I work from home. So when I’m away from home or going on vacation, I need to be able to access the zillion email accounts and business accounts and log in for various websites. I love [...]

In a previous post, I discussed the concept behind the sticky post and how to create one for a Word press blog: The Sticky Post: What, Why, and How To for WordPress. In this article, I’ll show you two ways to create a sticky post for a Blogger blog, using the Post Options feature and [...]

A reader once asked me about the concept behind the “sticky post.” A sticky post is an article, forum thread, or blog post that remains at the top of the website even after it has been outdated by new and fresh content. Like a sticky note on top of your computer monitor or corkboard, a [...]

I work at night sometimes, typing away into the late hours. When I’m ready for bed, I’m READY for bed. I want to kick off my womens boots, shut down the computer and relax. But then I accidentally hit that stupid little “Updates” Shut Down button. Gah! I have to sit in the dark and [...]

Windows Aero is beautiful. But what a resource hog! If you have a computer with a budget graphics card or simply want to squeeze out every bit of processing juice from your computer, ditch the Aero. I do a lot of photo editing and some video editing, and while Aero is pretty to look at, [...]

I’ve been online for over many years. I was online before the days of Napster, Kazaa, and BitTorrent. Back then, it seemed everything was free and open. We were just happy to BE online, you know? Guys wrote amazing software and offered it for free just for sheer joy of being able to write the [...]

Those floating “share” buttons are very attractive and handy– I think they are more conspicuous than the “below signature” share buttons. Here’s what mine looks like. Here’s a very easy method for adding your very own floating share button for Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon and Google +. Firstly, I’m assuming that you already know your way [...]

Did you know that there are hundreds of thousands of Firefox addons? I’ve been a Firefox user since the browser first hit the Internet in 2004, and I have thoroughly enjoyed its flexibility– and the cool addons! I think Firefox single-handedly changed the way we use browsers. No longer as a sole means to browse [...]