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Do you use Google’s Chrome web browser?
If so, you’ve probably noticed a new “Reading List” link over on the right side of Chrome’s Bookmarks Bar.
If you’re unfamiliar with it, “Reading List” is a place where you can store links to web pages that you want to read at a later date/time.
I’m sure there are plenty of people who like and use this new feature, but I don’t know any of them.
Question from Blake V.: Hi Rick. I have a WordPress question if you don’t mind.
I blog about Bluegrass music.
I have categories for new CD releases, show dates, equipment reviews…you name it.
If it pertains to Bluegrass music, I write about it.
I’ve had several people ask me if I could create an RSS feed just for the “Show Dates” category because that’s the only thing those particular people come to my blog to see.
Is there a setting I can change or maybe a plugin I can use to create an RSS feed just for that one category?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
As I explained in this post, apps are the sources of many of the problems that afflict Facebook users on a daily basis.
Well, there’s a very popular set of apps and games that are spreading like wildfire among Facebook users, and you should know that using one of them could well put your personal information at risk.
Question from Miranda: I absolutely love your emails, Rick.
Thanks so much for sending them!
I learn something from them almost every day and they’ve answered several questions that had been nagging me for a really long time.
The problem I’m having is finding your emails in the sea of other emails in my Inbox.
Because of my work I receive dozens of important emails every day and your one daily email always seems to get “lost” in the stack.
It’s there, but really hard to find when I need to refer to something you had written about before.
What I need is an easy way to “file” your emails in one place so I won’t have to go scrolling through a list of thousands of other unrelated emails to find the one I’m looking for.
What do you recommend? [Read more…]
If you’ve been using Microsoft Windows for a while you’re probably quite familiar with Windows Updates.
These periodic updates to the Windows operating system do everything from patching newly-discovered security holes to adding entirely new features the OS.
Unfortunately, they also occasionally cause problems and one of the latest updates to Windows 10 is causing a big one.