I’ve gotten several requests over the last few months from people wanting to know how to close their e-mail accounts and open new ones. The primary reason for these requests is that they find they are getting too much spam and want to just close down the account and start over. Folks, it’s just not [...]
Archive for the ‘Useful Tips’ Category
Closing E-mail Accounts
Posted in Useful Tips on June 30, 2009 |
See More of the Site
Posted in RSVP PowerUp!, Useful Tips on June 21, 2009 |
Sometimes you come across a site that is difficult to view because the print is too small, or maybe there’s a photo on the site that you’d like to get a closer look. This is especially true if you happen to be viewing on a screen that is small like the netbook. Netbooks are great [...]
Using RSS Feeds
Posted in Useful Tips on June 20, 2009 |
RSS feeds are very useful – (RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication, not that it’s necessary for you to know that). How so, you say? As you surf around the web, and stumble onto things you want to get back to, chances are you save the web address to your favorites, or bookmarks, depending on [...]
Guard those installation disks and keys
Posted in RSVP PowerUp!, Useful Tips on May 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I get calls for help from friends and family – one of the topics is getting things back after a crash of some kind. This has, unfortunately, happened to several people I know. We’ve talked about backups before, and this subject may have been touched upon, but I wanted to mention it again. When you [...]
A Travel Info Site to add to your list
Posted in RSVP PowerUp!, Saving Money, Useful Tips on March 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I was catching up on listening to some Clark Howard (clarkhoward.com) radio shows, and he mentioned a new travel information site. It’s still a beta, but looks like it’s a good one to add to your sites to check when you’re thinking of taking a trip. It’s insidetrip.com It will allow you to narrow your [...]
A reminder about security
Posted in Good Finds, RSVP PowerUp!, Useful Tips on March 18, 2009 |
I want to remind you once again about keeping your anti-virus software up to date (I know, I know, I’m nagging). There’s a mean worm making its way around, and it keeps changing to go in different directions. This baddy goes by the name Conficker, or sometimes Kido or Downadup. Here’s a recent article from [...]
The latest PowerUp! class
Posted in RSVP PowerUp!, Useful Tips on February 28, 2009 |
I helped out in Dr. Simon’s PowerUp class on online shopping held over the last two days. Lots of good information found there, and a very good group of participants. As for sites he mentioned, a few of the high spots were: tripadvisor.com – a site where you can read actual user’s reviews of hotels, [...]
On Forwarding email
Posted in RSVP PowerUp!, Useful Tips on February 20, 2009 |
You know how we all get those messages that have been forwarded to us, sometimes many times over and all the addresses of everyone else who’s also gotten the message is still showing in the message. Good grief, sometimes you have to scroll and scroll to get through all the email addresses before you can [...]
