A reader asked me how to create those very convenient sub menu categories in the popular WooThemes Fresh News theme for WordPress. It’s actually very easy. Short version: The sub menus are automatically created when you attach posts to them. BUT before you can create sub menus, you must create main menu selections on the [...]
December 13, 2011
How to Fix Duplicate Gmail Messages in Windows Live Mail
If you download your Gmail into your Windows Live Mail (WLM), you may notice duplicate emails in the handy “Quick Views” folder in WLM. What is up with that? The problem lies with the IMAP settings for your Google account. The fix is amazingly easy, but there’s also a second step that you should not [...]
December 12, 2011
Terrific Personal Management Software
I’m a utility software junky. Ever since I got that first computer way back when, I delighted in word processors, calendars, personal management assistants, and more. Over the years (and through all the Windows operating systems), I’ve acquired some really terrific programs. I recently had to reformat my computer so all these programs are fresh [...]
December 10, 2011
How to Buy a Computer For School Use
I was driving along, listening to the radio yesterday, when a popular computer/technology show got a telephone call for some advice. The caller said that he is going to homeschool his child, and wondered what kind of computer would be best for this type of application. I was surprised with the radio host’s recommendation: a [...]
December 9, 2011
Would You Rely on Facebook For Important Messages?
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 [...]
December 7, 2011
Saying Goodbye to Google Friend Connect
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 [...]
December 5, 2011
How to Check Your Smartphone for Carrier IQ Rootkit
The big news in technology this week is the Carrier IQ fiasco. In case you haven’t heard, Trevor Eckhart posted a YouTube video exposing the secret recording capabilities of Carrier IQ on an Android phone. Here’s the video: Called a rootkit, I think Carrier IQ is heinous. Millions of other cell phone users also seem [...]
November 24, 2011
Hostgator Black Friday 2011
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 [...]
November 23, 2011
Goodbye, Firefox, I’m a Chrome Convert
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, [...]
November 10, 2011
How to Remove Someone From Your Twitter List
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 [...]
October 31, 2011
More Terrific iPad and iPhone Apps
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 [...]
October 20, 2011
How to Customize HTML Tags for Your Clickable Button
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, [...]
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