What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
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Have you ever finished a long phone conversation with a family member or a friend, hung up the phone and then immediately realized you forgot to ask them about their recent vacation or thank them for a birthday card? Happens to me all of the time. Which is why today's technology I'd like to see is caller ID with notes (feel free to come up with a better name). Caller ID with notes would work hand-in-hand with your existing caller ID system. The only difference is that rather than just display the name and phone number of the person calling,… Continue reading...
I mentioned at the very end of yesterday's blog post that the NFL season was about to kick off and I left my readers with a resounding "uh-oh". The reason for the "uh-oh" is that my new antenna-only television setup is going to cripple my ability to watch my favorite NFL team, the Green Bay Packers. You'd think I would be used to not seeing the Packers given that I have lived in Indiana now for almost 16 years. But don't forget during 12 of those years I had DIRECTV with the Sunday Ticket package that allowed me to see… Continue reading...
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A comment I often hear from my clients when helping them with their computer is that they are afraid they are going to break something. Usually they have figured out how to turn the computer on and off but beyond that they are afraid to touch it. These are the same people that get into a 1 or 2 ton hunk of metal (they of course call it their "car") every day to get to work. And they drive this 1 or 2 ton hunk of metal 70 MPH on the Interstate just a few feet from hundreds of other… Continue reading...
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A neighborhood kid that lives down the street from me is heading off to his first year of college this fall. He recently mentioned to me that he wants a new laptop but probably won't be getting one since his parents already have a desktop computer lined up for him. I think he already knew by the look on my face but I told him anyway that he needed to convince his parents to get the laptop. This is when he begged me to talk to his parents. I guess he figured that Mr. Noobie might might have a little… Continue reading...
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Participants in Noobie classes often ask me if it really is important to backup the data on their computer. I usually answer this first by asking them how they would feel if they got home that day and found out their computer was stolen. How would they replace their financial data stored in Quicken or Microsoft Money? What about all of the digital pictures they have downloaded from their camera to their computer over the past several years? Occasionally, I run into a person that has only a handful or Word documents on their computer. No financial data, no digital… Continue reading...
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