Self-tutoring about Internet surfing: the tutor mentions a familiar problem. In the physical world, one might find a great place to visit. Over the years, other people find it, too, so it becomes crowded. Eventually, it’s barely worth going there, …
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Self-tutoring about domain names: the tutor mentions example.com. In some literature, example.com might be referenced for a teaching purpose. For instance, a text might read, “Let’s say a new link points to example.com. Then, theoretically, it will be arrived at …
Self-tutoring about the wonderful world of Internet information stockpiling: the tutor begins…. This post has been a long time coming. Lots of us spend time on the Internet, either doing research or participating in social media. For decades we’ve been …
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Self-tutoring about Internet hazards: the tutor continues. In yesterday’s post I mention stumbling on a website by accident and meeting with a suspicious popup. Afterwards, I did a full system scan on the computer. The virus checker reported that it …
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Self-tutoring about Internet use: the tutor mentions a recent encounter. Often I change from Bing to Google.ca to search the Internet. (My default browser is Edge on the Microsoft computers I use.) Occasionally, the typing gets garbled, so I end …
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Self-tutoring about website planning and presence: the tutor mentions some top level domain considerations. If a person is looking to start a website, they likely need a domain name. The one here is, of course, oracletutoring.ca. It’s got two components: …
Self-tutoring about Internet exploration and entities: the tutor mentions the .ie top level domain. The .ie ending means Ireland. As I understand it, eligibility for a .ie domain name has some requirements. If Irish, you either need to have a …
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 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, …