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Does your brain hurt from all the CPU, GHz, RAM, and HDD out there?

Ok this will be sort of a list post. I am going to define the terms most commonly used with computers so you’ll get a basic understanding of what all these things mean. CPU – Central Processing Unit – this is the workhorse of your computer. It does all the calculations and process management necessary [...]

Videocast, Podcasts, and Webcasts oh my!

Chances are you’ve heard one of these terms while surfing the web.  All three terms are generally the same thing with slight difference in them.   If you want to listen to someone talk about something specific in the news, or hear a debate you might find these terms very useful. Videocasts and Podcasts are [...]

Passwords and their creation

I was reading through some sites and I came across this article: Password Creation and I found it pretty interesting. I will do a longer post about my views on passwords but this provides a brief glimpse into what to expect from the upcoming post about passwords. For now if you want you can leave [...]

Defrag your cluttered hard drive

I want to talk briefly about defragmenting your hard drive. Your computer is unorganized by nature, throwing files and data wherever it wants to on the drive. Your operating system makes a visual display of your data which looks organized as you make new folders and move things from your desktop to other folders and [...]

Wi-Fi is everywhere…almost

Chances are that you’ve heard the term Wi-Fi within the past few months. Coffee shops and fast food restaurants are now offering this service free to anyone that enters their place of business. In short, Wi-Fi is an abbreviation for Wireless Fidelity, and it means that there is a wireless internet signal available within a [...]

RSS explained

Here’s a video posted on videojug about what RSS means. For those of you who have read my old site, this provides a visual representation of what RSS is. Once you’ve watched it and learned how to set yourself up to receive feeds, feel free to come back here and click on the small white [...]