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 …
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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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Self-tutoring about Google Meet: the tutor mentions a workaround. Today, I started an instant meeting, then clicked Add others. From the pop-up list I selected the person I wanted to invite, then clicked Send email. In red, I got the …
Self-tutoring about Google Search techniques: the tutor revisits the minus sign. I mentioned back on April 28, 2019, about the minus sign operator in Google Search. You can use it to exclude results that contain a certain word. I’ve noticed, …
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Self-tutoring about home computer use: the tutor mentions a few observations about downloading and installing GIMP. Today, using a new laptop with 8 GB RAM and the Intel Core i5 1235u, I wanted to see how easily it would handle …
Self-tutoring about home computer use: the tutor mentions how to determine if a computer running Windows 10 or 11 has a SSD. It seems a laptop needs, among other things, a SSD to function with Windows 10 or 11. Does …
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Self-tutoring about home computer use: the tutor mentions an all-too common irony with computers. The other day I had a chance to borrow a gamer’s ultra-new, super-fast laptop. It’s got Windows 11 and the gamer themself told me it’s “awesome.” …
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