Category Archives: Personal Tech

When you are all alone in the middle of the wilderness, how do you hook-up a camper to your car’s hitching ball? If the camper is not secured, you will be stranded in the middle of nowhere. I found a … Continue reading →

I hated Vista and actually downgraded two computers from Vista to XP. Windows 7 is a huge improvement, and I am in the process of migrating all my computers to this new operating system. As I reinstall old programs, especially … Continue reading →

I have multiple monitors on my various computers. If I open and save applications with one monitor configuration, and then change the monitor configuration, or move that application to a computer with a different monitor configuration, I have a problem … Continue reading →

There is a simple way of taking a snap shot picture of whatever is currently displayed on the iPhone screen. It is described in the iPhone help files under the camera. To record the screen, press the top off-on button … Continue reading →

The first computer I bought with my own money was a Mac. It was love at first sight. I became a “pod” person. Back in 1985, it was like all of us Mac fans shared this secret. We knew how … Continue reading →

Whenever I’ve rented a car in the past 8 years, I’ve always gotten a gps navigator. I’ve become dependent on it as an essential tool to get around in a new city. Four years ago, when Verizon came out with … Continue reading →

We have three cats. Two of them, 9 year old males, are at least 15 pounds and the third, a 2 year old female, that weights only 8 pounds, eats (and poops) like she is 15 pounds. That’s a lot … Continue reading →

The TiVo set top DVR (digital video recorder) box started the revolution of time shifting TV watching habits and fast forwarding through commercials. Like “Kleenex” and “Xerox”, the name of the product has been turned into a verb, as in … Continue reading →