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My “Pick” for today is this fantastic Uni USB-C to Ethernet Adapter for MacBook.
Do you wish you could use a rock-solid wired Ethernet connection with your MacBook? With this little gem you can! [Read more…]
Today’s POTD features a beautiful scene from Jefferson National Forest in Washington County, Virginia. I hope you like it.
Have lots of treasured photos of your own that you’d love to display in your home but you have limited wall space? A digital picture frame (#ad) is an excellent solution. Check them out!
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Mays winner will receive a fantastic Blackview 14″ Laptop Screen Extender.
This is an easy and very affordable way to add not just one, but two extra screens to your laptop (for three screens total).
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The drawing for this month’s prize will be held on May 31 and the winner will be notified by email. The winner will be selected at random.
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Question from Toniah: My mom recently passed away and we had to clean out her house so it could be listed for sale.
While going through one of her closets I found an old Kodak 110 camera with a half-used roll of film in it.
Are there any places that still process 110 film? [Read more…]
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Well, summer is officially here, and that means the long, hot days to come will be spawning plenty of electrical storms.
There’s really nothing you can do to keep the coming storms at bay, but there are several things you can do that would greatly reduce the risk of a lightning strike damaging your expensive computer equipment.
Here are a few tips for protecting your computer from lightning strikes: [Read more…]
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Question from Alvin: I recently retired after working for the same construction company for 43 years.
Now I’d like to take up something new to occupy all this free time that I suddenly have to fill.
I’ve always wanted to learn about computers so I’ve started reading a few tech blogs, and RicksDailyTips is one of them (thanks to my brother Keith for recommending it).
I’m not tech savvy by any stretch (I hope to change that eventually) but I do believe I’m progressing ok for an older dude who still uses a flip phone.
There’s a term that keeps popping up in the articles I read that I just can’t seem to get my head around. Can you tell me what the word “bottleneck” means in regards to computers? [Read more…]