Today, A Guy in the Checkout Line Laughed At Me…
So I asked him, “what’s so funny?”
“It’s not you”, he said. “It’s just good to be be back in Silicon Valley!” And he pointed at my keys.
Doesn’t everybody use a thumb drive as their key fob?
Other signs you may be a Geek: ¹
* You ‘text’ and/or ‘surf’ while walking/skateboarding/riding bicycle/driving.
* You know that BIOS is pronounced “bye-ose”.
* You recently partitioned your hard drive so you could dual-boot to the latest Ubuntu.
¹ Here at T4E Headquarters, “Geek” is a complimentary term.
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A Reminder For Spring
Spring — Time For Taxes And, Cleaning
Recently I posted What The Inside Looks Like… which showed the insides of computers, and a savvy and experienced gentleman wrote in and pointed out that looking inside your PC will reveal a build up of dust and lint. Oh, yes! (Especially if your floor is carpeted.) Like most technicians, I carry a can of air, and as a ‘value add’, will blow that gunk out for my clients. Why?
Tip of the day: Get rid of the dust and lint. Dust and lint can reduce your computer’s performance, cooling efficiency, and even cause ‘fatal’ short-circuits. It is simple, and doesn’t take long.. and it’s important. So for your “Spring cleaning” this year, don’t forget your computer!
* For desktop PCs, unplug your computer’s power cord from the wall and open your computer’s case so you can see all the neat-o circuitry inside. How, exactly your case opens will vary with make/model, but it is usually a side panel, and the side panel is held in place with two thumb-screws (the manufacturer’s website will have instructions).
Once the case is open, use the techniques I described in my printer maintenance article to remove the built-up dust bunnies. Pay special attention to air venting areas (and screens), such as by the power supply. (And, be careful and be gentle.)
* For notebooks, your cleaning is going to be a little different: you will want to get all the debris from out from under your keyboard keys, as I describe in this article. And you’ll want to wipe down your screen with an anti-static cloth (which may may require the slightest [just a drop or two] moistening with plain water.
Today’s free download: PhotoScape “is an all-in-one style photo editor with fun and ease of use. Major capabilities are: viewer, editor, batch editor, page, combine, animated GIF, print, splitter, screen capture, color picker, rename, raw converter, resizing, brightness/color/white-balance adjustment, backlight correction, frames, balloons, text, drawing pictures, cropping, filters, red eye removal and blooming.”
Food for thought:
(01-13) Washington – —
Twenty-eight percent of all traffic accidents are caused when people talk on cell phones or send text messages while driving, according to a study released Tuesday by the National Safety Council. (Read more, click here.)
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Maybe I just woke up “on the wrong side of the bed”, or maybe I have just grown too jaded, but sometimes.. every so often.. I sometimes think, “hey, if they are *naive* enough to respond to this, maybe they shouldn’t have a computer”.
But I get over it.
So. What are the clues here, people? How can an experienced person tell at a glance this is a “phishing” attempt?
(Think of it as a quiz. Leave your answer as a Comment [below].)
(Okay, don’t think of it as a “quiz”. Think of it as “helping others”.)
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• About Tech Paul
I am a Retired computer & network technician. I used to think the machines were pretty cool. Now I don’t.
They’re anything but.
I regularly posted how-to’s and tricks & tips and general computing advice here starting in 2007. (Use the Search tool to find answers. But be aware, many are rather dated.) Sometimes I answered (your) specific questions in an article if I believed the answer was generally helpful to “everyone”. All the writing you see was my own, typos and all. There always is/was an implied “IMHO” in what you see here.
Note: You are responsible for using this blog and its content. I am in no way liable for any losses caused by user error, viruses and/or other malware, hardware or software failure, or any other conceivable reason.
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