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I gave at the office. My check is in the mail. I don’t need 500 emails.

So I created a filter in Google Mail to send all e-mails with the word #GivingTuesday to the trash folder.

For clients, I set up similar Google filters to delete e-mails from companies which continuously send marketing e-mails. You unsubscribe one day, and then the next time you make a purchase you are resubscribed. I…

Adding a Public Google Calendar to Your Google Calendar

If you haven’t figured it out yet, I find the Google online suite of personal productivity tools to be the best free option on the Internet (with the exception of Google Contacts, which has flaws.) One of my most used applications is of course Google Calendar. Today, learn how to take somebody else’s public Google calendar and place it into your calendar. (more…)

How do I change the name associated with my e-mail address?

After a marriage or divorce, you may need to change the name which appears with your e-mail address. In general, there is going to be a way to do that within the account settings for your e-mail program, whether that be through Desktop clients such as Outlook and Thunderbird or web-based services such as AOL, Google and Yahoo!. These screenshots illustrate the process through Yahoo!.

When you are…

Before you Recycle Your Computer, Boot & Nuke It

I learned about an electronics recycling event today, and I had intended to include an ACER mini-laptop which we haven’t used in 4-5 years. I knew that I should erase all data from a device for security purposes before giving it away. Using a pencil’s eraser is not optimal!

The tool I’ve used in the past is the free-for-personal-use DBAN Hard Drive Eraser & Data Clearing Utility. DBAN stands for…

My Hard Drive is Running Out of Space!

https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/253680452240547840

In response to Fascist-in-Chief Donald Trump’s recent proposal to privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, somebody posted an image made from a Twitter status update from noted public advocate for science and astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson.

When I receive a call saying, “I need to clean my hard drive!”, I first check to make…

Use FreeConferenceCall.com to Record Interviews Remotely

When you want to record an audio interview with a person at another location, I recommend using FreeConferenceCall.com. When you’ve created an account at this site, you will receive a number which you can distribute to the person(s) with whom you want to conduct an interview or conduct a conference call. You will also receive an access code which you would give to your call participants. (more…)

Windows 10 & Microsoft Money Plus: Got It to Work!

I use Microsoft Money Plus Sunset, and I just upgraded my PC to Windows 10. The program wouldn’t start, but I applied the fix suggested here, and it worked.

My mother wanted to record a selfie message on her iPhone to one of her grandchildren. The phone told her she was out of room and suggested she go to settings. She asked for my help.

I’ve installed Dropbox on her phone and set it up to automatically backup all of her photos. So I went through the photos and deleted many duplicates and moved some to a PC for storage in Flickr, which our family…

I wrote a blog entry in which a table was the best way to organize some data. I realized the standard, free WordPress editor doesn’t contain a table tool, and tables are cumbersome to create with HTML code. Fortunately, the website Tables Generator helped me create the table for free, and, with minimal editing using the WordPress visual editor, the table appears like I intended.

Forgive my blog entry’s title. It’s a nod to the science fiction author Philip K. Dick’s story Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, from which the movie Blade Runner was adapted.

I wanted to alert readers to Relax Rain – Nature sounds, a wonderful app on the Android which has helped me get to sleep faster. It allows you to choose from a variety of rain-themed sounds. Select the one you like…

Social media: a network boost. How scientists can use Twitter to expand their social contacts and find jobs. http://t.co/p8srVv7syU

— naturejobs (@naturejobs) February 11, 2015

I found a playlist I really liked, so I used Amit Agarwal‘s utility to copy it to my personal YouTube channel. Much respect!