PC World – “Set up antivirus, clear out bloatware, and perform other tasks to keep your PC humming well into the future…a new PC isn’t like a new car; you can’t just turn a key and put the pedal to the metal. Okay, maybe you can—but you shouldn’t. Performing just a few simple activities when you first fire it up can help it be safer, faster, and better poised for the future. Here’s how to set up a new laptop or desktop computer the right way, step by step…”
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Daily Archives: December 23, 2019
The best free software for your PC
PC World – “Start off right with solid security tools, productivity software, and other programs that every PC needs…” Continue Reading
NOAA – Get your snowstorm smarts on
8 forecast tools to use this winter – “We’ve got 8 winter weather forecast tools you can tinker with on your mobile device or computer. Use them regularly to see where, when and how much snow, ice and wind is predicted…” Continue Reading
10 New Books You Should Be Picking Up First in 2020
WSJ.com – “The most intriguing books coming this winter, from a critique of minimalism to explorations of a provocative painter and a famed Belle Époque doctor, as well as debuts from Nicole Flattery and Jessi Jezewska Stevens…” Continue Reading
Those UFO videos are real, the Navy says
but please stop saying ‘UFO’…The Washington Post – [watch this Christmas Eve in full screen mode – stay focused and read the text that that explains the event] “In December 2017, two videos emerged that showed Navy pilots encountering mysterious spherical objects that appeared, at first glance, to move through the air in ways that… Continue Reading
The 2010s were supposed to bring the ebook revolution
Vox – It never quite came. “Publishing spent the 2010s fighting tooth and nail against ebooks. There were unintended consequences…at the other end of the decade, ebook sales seem to have stabilized at around 20 percent of total book sales, with print sales making up the remaining 80 percent. “Five or 10 years ago,” says… Continue Reading
What Kurt Vonnegut Taught Us about the Science of Happiness
elephant journal: “Kurt Vonnegut, one of the best writers of any lifetime, once wrote a sentence that—if you recite it—can literally expand your capacity for experiencing and retaining happiness. But before I give you that magical sentence from Mr. Vonnegut, let me share two memories…” Continue Reading
How the Loss of the Landline Is Changing Family Life
The Atlantic – The shared phone was a space of spontaneous connection for the entire household. “…Over the course of the 20th century, phones grew smaller, easier to use, and therefore less mystical and remarkable in their household presence. And with the spread of cordless phones in the 1980s, calls became more private. But even… Continue Reading
