Monthly Archives: July 2007

Many households now have more than one computer.  More people are buying a laptop to go with family desktop.  Add a router and you have a network.  Once you have a network, there is no reason to use “Sneakernet” to … Continue reading →

If you use Word, learn the spell-check short-cut key: F7. On the fly, Word will underline in red any word that is misspelled.  To run through the whole document, press F7.  Word will start at the cursor and go through … Continue reading →

Do you use the “Christopher Columbus Method” of typing?  That’s the “find your key and land on it” method.  The Ohio Department of Education says you should learn to touch-type in third grade (check the bottom of page 90).  I learned to type … Continue reading →

A man with two clocks is never sure of the time… unless each clock is connected to the Internet.  This site http://www.time.gov will tell you the time within 0.3 seconds of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s master clock.  That’s … Continue reading →

There are many ways to find out your Internet Protocol address (IP address).  Probably the easiest way is to go to this page. http://www.whatismyip.com This will give you the IP address that the outside world sees when you visit web … Continue reading →