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January 2012
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What is a "computer desktop"?
computershy:
A computer “desktop” is so named because it’s very similar (at least conceptually) to the top of a real desk:
An actual factual desktop
a “Windows 7” desktop
November 2011
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What is a Bookmark?
When the web was created in the early to mid ‘90s, the way we thought about it is like pages like pages in a book. If you have a book you’re reading and you want to get back to a page in that book, what do you do? You bookmark it. It’s the same basic idea.
A bookmark is a way of getting back to a page on the internet that is located on some site on the internet. You just want to get back to...
July 2011
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Mac OS X Lion tip: How to Use Automator to Turn a...
Automator is a very handy program that never gets much attention from the general public even though Mac owners will find the program preinstalled in their Applications folder.
Automator’s pretty easy to use and this example shows you how to use it to quickly and easily make your own Mac OS app out of any webpage you like:
Here’s the procedure for building an app that keeps a webpage open...
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Computer Question: Why is This Hard Drive So... →
Source: Computer Question: Why is This Hard Drive So Cheap?
from Worth Godwin’s Computer Training
The following is a computer question I was sent by ‘AlainAiso’ who wrote with a question about…
February 2011
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Teacher Fired Over Innocent Facebook Photo
While the principal’s response to the Facebook photos is an absurd overreaction, this is just the kind of risk I talk about in chapter 7 of my recent book on computer mistakes.
24-year-old Ashley Payne, a public high school English teacher in Georgia, was not prepared for what happened when her principal asked to see her in August 2009. “He just asked me, ‘Do you have a...
Computer Question What Is a Torrent Site and Are... →
In this article I’ll answer a question sent in by a student named Daniel McClutchy who writes: “Hi Worth: Your CDs have helped a great deal to understand the internet and computer basics. Thanks. I…
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Computer Terms on Squidoo →
I’d forgotten I set up a Squidoo lens a few years ago. Just updated it a bit, adding the RSS feed from here, plus a player for some of my computer training MP3s on Amazon
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New post: What is a Torrent Site & Are They...
I just posted a new blog post on my blog where I answer a computer question from a student who asks:
“Can you explain what a torrent site is? I followed a recommendation of a co-worker and logged on to one. My Kasperksy went crazy, not allowing me to access it. Is this because they contain viruses? Thanks, Daniel” So, let’s start off by explaining what a torrent site is, and then I’ll...
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A New Reason to Avoid Using Internet Explorer
I’ve been telling people for years to avoid Internet Explorer. No web browser is perfect and immune to all potential threats, but IE isn’t even that good a browser in my opinion (so why use it even ignoring the potential security issues?). Anyway, here’s the latest reason to switch to ANY browser other than Microsoft’s:
Microsoft has issued a ‘critical’...
What is a Hard Drive & What is Ram Video Lesson →
Here is one of my early video lessons (please excuse the video quality) where I use one of my Plain English explanations of computer terms — explaining what a hard drive is and what RAM is, and what…
January 2011
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