The Older Geek

Everybody wants a piece of the pie, I always say– your pie! Whenever you download a new music player, for example, that new music player may (and often does) take over ALL media files associations on your computer. For example, perhaps all your media files (mp3, wav, etc) had once played in Windows Media Player [...]

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 [...]

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A sticky post is an article, forum thread, or blog post that remains at the top of the website even after it has been outdated by new and fresh content.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 [...]

Usually, when you place information or a link or a graphic in your blog’s sidebar, the information appears sitewide; that is, it appears on the blog’s homepage AND on all the single pages and posts. This is a default feature of Blogger blogs. However, you can alter the HTML widget code to make the widget [...]

I came across a slight conundrum recently when an advertiser wanted to display an ad in my blog’s sidebar, but requested that the ad appear only on my homepage and not on single pages. Hm. I’m sure there’s some great, mystical method in the vast, geeky WordPress universe where you can insert text or an [...]

Computers are much more stable than they used to be, and it seems that operating systems are distributed less frequently now (thank God). You may be one of those folks who still works from a 5- or 10-year old computer. Over time, the computer system slows down. The hard drive becomes clogged with excessive files [...]

Is there no end to all the terrific Firefox addons out there? I think not. I’ve already written several posts stuffed full of my favorite goodies. Here are more: No Squint This is a beautiful addon for those of us who need a little visual aide. NoSquint very easily enlarges webpages and manages things like [...]

AdBlock Plus is my favorite Firefox plugin. It’s why I stick with the Firefox browser even though there are others that are faster and flashier. I’ve written about how to use AdBlock Plus for custom ad blocking and unblocking of images, but did you know that AdBlock Plus can also block Flash and Java videos? [...]

Windows 7 is a very nice operating system with many improved features over Vista. I was dismayed, however, to realize that many programs no longer sit neatly in the system tray next to the clock, but sit in the taskbar, clogging up my neat work station. I have used Windows Live Messenger waaaay back when [...]

It’s terrific that Blogger has spruced up their blog designs, offering more choices and some much-needed flexibility and style for Blogger users. Unfortunately, Blogger blogs are notoriously slow to load and very slow to respond when scrolling down the page. Oh sure, the pages work relatively acceptably in the Internet Explorer browser, but who uses [...]