by April | Oct 6, 2011 | Notes while surfing
Steve Jobs is dead.The news makes my life pass before me. I stare at the screen where Facebook users continue their posts about Farmville rewards and I want to yell Stop! Stop all the game posts; Stop all the Tweets! Stop everything for one second and recognize the...
by April | Oct 1, 2011 | Notes while surfing
Today, I’d like to do a shout out to the unsung heros, help boards. Most of the time, these over-worked administrators and moderators only hear the rants and ravings of an unhappy poster. But, you can bet if you’ve got a problem that you need solved,...
by April | Sep 29, 2011 | Notes while surfing
If you could hear me when I’m using Google Search lately, you might think I was doing a Popeye impression; I mumble a lot. Ever since Google changed its search algorithm in March, I’m having to reteach myself to surf. I go to Google and type something, say...
by April | Sep 28, 2011 | Notes while surfing
I’m saddened by the news today that five children paid someone to take the SATs for them and as a result they could face serious time.“Colleges look for the best and brightest students, yet these six defendants tried to cheat the system and may have kept honest...
by April | Sep 28, 2011 | Notes while surfing
This past week, I’ve gotten quite a few (hundreds actually) new followers on Twitter and Google+. What’s going on? Does this have anything to do with the new changes on Facebook? Do people hate it that much? Or, does it have anything to do with Farmville...
by April | Sep 25, 2011 | Notes while surfing
Spotify is a streaming music server that saves your play lists, of any music, not just what you’ve purchased, and you can replay that music from anywhere. Recently, that anywhere has included Facebook. How do you add music on Facebook? When you are logged into...
by April | Sep 24, 2011 | Notes while surfing
To catch a mouse diaryDay one: Received the Riddex Sonic Pest Repeller and plugged them in. These were on sale real cheap at Amazon so I thought I’d give it a try before doing something more drastic. It was only a tiny field mouse after all. My family thought I...
by April | Sep 22, 2011 | Notes while surfing
Since this website is about surfing the internet, I thought I’d talk about the tools of the trade today. I’m surprised at the many people who still use Internet Explorer. Are you one of them? I have a number of customers who were, but I’ve released...
by April | Sep 21, 2011 | Notes while surfing
I’m a pretty positive person and normally don’t post rants against anyone, so I apologize in advance for this one, but I just have to get this off my chest.I was watching CNN during lunch and they announced that Irvine, California has been named, again, as...
by April | Sep 21, 2011 | Notes while surfing
I recently set up a blog for a customer and was encouraging him to integrate it with social media accounts such as Twitter and Facebook. He wasn’t in favor of the idea because, he said, Twitter had become so “nasty.” The tweets he’d seen lately...