Tech Tips and How-Tos
May 10, 2012 – 1:53 pm | No Comment

Yes, I disappeared from Simple Tech Guru for a little while, but I’ll try to return.  These days I am writing for Tech Goes Strong to help simplify all kinds of technology.
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Triathlon Training Technology -Fitness-Weight Loss

How to use technology for losing weight and training. Features, tips, and my journey toward an Olympic-length triathlon.

Cutting Out Cable-Streaming Media & Home Networks

Can you live without cable TV? See my experience. How to get movies, TV shows, your videos, photos and music WHERE and WHEN you want it. What you need to stream.

iPhones, IPads, ITunes & Gadgets on the Go

iHow-to and iNews: How to use your iPhones, iPods, iPads, Android SmartPhones, MP3s, GPS…What they are. What you want. How to use it. Troubleshooting and tips.

Photography

Making photography and cameras simple. Explaining features to help you get your best photos.

TVs, Home Audio and Home Entertainment

All about TVs, and home audio includes components like Blu-ray Disc and DVD players, and DVRs, TIVO, and anything else you hook up to your TV… Satellite, Antenna, Cable

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Photos Disappeared After Import? –How to Fix the Date in iPhoto
October 5, 2010 – 7:42 pm | One Comment
Photos Disappeared After Import? –How to Fix the Date in iPhoto

For the past few days, every one of the photos that I’ve imported from my Nikon into iPhoto have disappeared. They show up in in the file “last import” but then I can’t find them …

Filtering Your Wall in Facebook – March 2010- Seeing the Friends & Posts You Want to See
March 17, 2010 – 6:51 pm | No Comment
Filtering Your Wall in Facebook – March 2010- Seeing the Friends & Posts You Want to See

Thanks to my reader who asked me the question after reading my blog from 10/09.   Things happen so fast on Facebook. It’s hard to tell if the changes (that mess you up because just …

Choosing Your Internet Speed– Google to Provide 1 Gb/s–what it means…
February 11, 2010 – 5:14 pm | One Comment
Choosing Your Internet Speed– Google to Provide 1 Gb/s–what it means…

I’m all for fast internet.  My local provider, BendBroadband, offers us 60 Mb/s download.  Let’s compare that to what most people can get now.  DSL offers 1 to 6 Mb/s. (Megabits per second) The speed …

Pandora Makes it Easy to Share Music
October 28, 2009 – 7:30 pm | No Comment
Pandora Makes it Easy to Share Music

You don’t have to be too tech-savvy to use Pandora.  Pandora will create a “radio station” that plays music based on a song or an artist that you like.   Now Pandora has made it …

How to Unclutter your Facebook Wall
October 24, 2009 – 8:07 pm | 2 Comments
How to Unclutter your Facebook Wall

As explained in my previous blog, Facebook is filtering your News Feeds for you. If you are like me, you’d rather decide whose feeds YOU want to see, instead of having it decided for …

FACEBOOK Live Feed vs News Feed Made Simple
October 24, 2009 – 8:04 pm | No Comment
FACEBOOK Live Feed vs News Feed Made Simple

Facebook is part of our daily lives and when changes are made without being explained, it sends us into confusion.  That’s why I wanted to help people understand what’s going on with the “Live Feed” …

WordPress Attack- Upgrade now
September 5, 2009 – 7:15 pm | No Comment
WordPress Attack- Upgrade now

While the email I received about this email attack appeared “phishy,” –that is, it had no formatting, did not look official, and had misspelled words and bad grammar–it seems that it is for real.
For those …

Lessons & Tips about iTunes and Your Account
July 21, 2009 – 11:43 pm | 6 Comments
Lessons & Tips about iTunes and Your Account

I have been using iTunes for several years now.  My first iPod was a second generation iPod that still had a black and white screen.  I’ve loaded it up with all the CDs I owned. …

Setting Up Self Hosted WordPress
April 28, 2009 – 11:16 pm | No Comment

Been working on getting this wordpress setup all day. Even with “WordPress for Dummies,” it’s never easy. Sometimes I think that things intentionally go wrong–I mean I’m following directions– then again, I …

All these Organizing Tools Make Me Disorganized!
July 18, 2008 – 9:13 am | No Comment

There are so many programs and tools to keep us organized. And now I’m considering if using Evernote from my iPhone will help. What seems to happen though is if we choose more …