Everyone needs to know about Gift Card Scams. If a stranger is insisting that you use a Gift Card to pay for something, your next thought should be SCAM! Please mistrust anyone asking you to go buy a gift card. You should treat gift cards just like cash. Only use them as gifts, with people … Read more
If you’re an Xfinity Internet customer, this is your heads-up for changes coming soon! Starting in 2021, your pricing will go up and your internet will have a monthly data cap. Some Xfinity customers may already be held to the 1.2TB Data Cap, but next year, Xfinity is leveling that threshold against all of its … Read more
YouTube has a lot of keyboard shortcuts you may not know about. They can help you quickly fast-forward, turn on captions and more. YouTube made a cheatsheet that you can review: Feel free to print that out, if you need it by your desk. But also, when you are on the YouTube website, you can … Read more
If you need to edit a PDF, the best way is to contact the creator of the file, and ask if they can provide you with the original, editable file that the PDF was based off of. But that’s not always possible. Other solutions are out there! The most obvious may be to go to … Read more
IrfanView has been around for over 20 years. If you use it, you’ll notice its menus and overall look still have that Windows 98 look! IrfanView is a small program that will help you view and edit your image files. But why would you use it (over more modern apps)? This program does exceedingly well … Read more
Dolly Parton has contributed to many charitable causes in her lifetime, but she may be the most proudest of her Imagination Library. She started this program to get books to children for free. It started in Tennessee but is now available in many parts of the USA and other countries. If you can sign up … Read more
Amazon Pharmacy is now open for business, and they will fill your prescriptions! You don’t have to be an Amazon Prime member to use this, but it looks like a Prime membership could save you even more money. As you calculate your prescription pricing on this site, Amazon will tell you what you pay 1) … Read more
I’m sorry to say it, but it is time that we move past using Windows Live Mail. Many of you still use it and love it, as your primary email client. But despite how awesome this program has always been, it is no longer reliable. Microsoft sunsetted this program back in 2012, but users were … Read more
The 2001 Anthrax Attacks led the USPS to begin scanning and tracking our postal mail. All USPS mail is photographed and/or scanned as it passes through sorting machines and sent on its way. This mass surveillance program is called Mail Isolation Control and Tracking, or MICT for short. Eventually (in 2017), the USPS decided to … Read more
A lot of people ask me for help with their Wi-Fi signal. They want better coverage in their homes, and they are often ready to go out for something expensive to fix it. But before I recommend buying a pricey Google Wi-Fi set or a Netgear Orbi WiFi system, there are a bunch of free … Read more