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Self-tutoring about home computer use: the tutor mentions a trick he uses seldom, yet does count on sometimes. Moving between applications, it seems one often needs to copy a filename or link from one program into another. Yet, I find …
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Self-tutoring about lifestyle: the tutor mentions last night’s trip to the dollar store. When I was a kid, we didn’t have dollar stores – at least not that I knew of. Today, they are all around here, and I couldn’t …
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Self-tutoring about Gmail: the tutor mentions the receiving limit for an attachment. In yesterday’s post I mention sending attachments via Gmail, and the fact that the capacity is 25MB. The receiving capacity for attachments in Gmail, however, may be 50MB. …
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Self-tutoring about sending attachments: the tutor mentions the Gmail size limit. Tonight I went to email some photos via Gmail: eight photos in all. I wondered if I would have to spread them over several emails since they range in …
Self-tutoring about device management: the tutor mentions speakers that suddenly crackled, and what he did about it. Our main computer, in the kitchen, is a desktop. It’s the one people use when more than one is involved – for instance, …
Self-tutoring about electronic devices and connectors: the tutor mentions micro USB vs USB-C. Micro USB and USB-C are indeed different. A micro USB port is shaped so a device can only connect to it in one orientation. My understanding is …
Self-tutoring about device use: the tutor mentions laptop battery duration between charges. This laptop, I’m pretty happy with. I got it last summer; it’s got an i5 core, 8GB Ram, etc. I’ve seldom – if ever – seen it flap …
Devices: laptops: how long should a battery charge last? Read more »
Self-tutoring about devices: the tutor mentions the Samsung Galaxy S2 and how he was able to turn one back on when it wouldn’t. My wife bought a Samsung Galaxy S2 tablet maybe around five years ago. She has happily used …
Self-tutoring about devices: the tutor mentions the cooling mat his son recently received. My younger son has a gaming computer that gets very hot during play. It’s an amazing device, he says, but it’s surprising how hot it gets sometimes. …
Self-tutoring about computer use: the tutor mentions the surfaces that seem to work best with the mouse he uses. Plain, non-glossy printer paper seems very good as a mouse surface. However, a glossy table top that looks like (but isn’t) …
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