Tutoring English, proper names come up. The tutor mentions Internet. The Internet means the whole global network: from your browser, connected to your service provider, you (theoretically) have access to the Internet. An internet is a local network, created and …
Self-tutoring about email situations: the tutor mentions one. During the past couple of weeks I’ve written two emails that, when I sent them, wouldn’t show up in the Sent box afterwards. I’d clicked Send, and they seemed to send, but …
Self-tutoring about browsing and cookies: the tutor continues, mentioning third-party cookies. Continuing from yesterday’s post, I’m talking more about cookies and possible effects of them during Internet browsing. A cookie is a string of characters a website can load onto …
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Self-tutoring about tracking cookies: the tutor explores a way they work. You see various descriptions of tracking cookies. Generally the idea they convey is that those cookies track the other sites you visit. While pragmatically, that’s true in a way, …
Self-tutoring about the Edge browser: the tutor mentions losing tabs. I like to leave tabs open when I expect to return to them. This morning, I went to Edge, but all my tabs were closed – only the greeting tab …
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Self-tutoring about what people trust: the tutor faces a case of “What do you believe?” My research tells me type II diabetes develops from weight gain. That’s perhaps simplified, but how I see it. I recently read an article that …
Self-tutoring about mechanics: the tutor mentions the e-clip. As I understand, an e-clip is used to hold things from coming off the end of a shaft. It’s a flat spring that fits into a groove on the shaft, which holds …
Self-tutoring about online form situations: the tutor mentions an observation about backing up entries. I was filling out a form online. It wasn’t commercial, but it was an assembly of detailed information I didn’t want to have to redo. I …
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Self-tutoring about home computer use: the tutor shares some experience with XP. Like almost everyone, I loved Windows XP and was very sad to see it go. It was a consolation that Windows 7 was very good, as well. I’m …
Self-tutoring about computer security: the tutor mentions some ideas about email security. A question that might arise: “If a computer user has a virus but doesn’t know it, can that virus spread to their online account (online email, office documents, …