David Pogue is the tech editor at NYTimes.com. He writes a weekly column in the Sunday New York Times, but has a more timely blog running at http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/
This week he talks about all the little techy tidbits of information that he has accumulated in his brain cells and how he ought to write a book called "The Basics."
Things like:
* You can use Google to do math for you. Just type the equation, like 23*7+15/3=, and hit Enter.
* You can switch from one open program to the next by pressing Alt+Tab (Windows) or Command-Tab (Mac).
* Just putting something into the Trash or the Recycle Bin doesn’t actually delete it. You then have to *empty* the Trash or Recycle Bin. (Once a year, I hear about somebody whose hard drive is full, despite having practically no files. It’s because over the years, they’ve put 79 gigabytes’ worth of stuff in the Recycle Bin and never emptied it.)
and,
* You don’t have to type “http://www” into your Web browser. Just type the remainder: “nytimes.com” or “dilbert.com,” for example. (In the Safari browser, you can even leave off the “.com” part.)
There's a whole lot more at http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/tech-tips-for-the-basic-computer-user/#more-553 AND, he is looking for your input for things he's missed.
Go there.
This week he talks about all the little techy tidbits of information that he has accumulated in his brain cells and how he ought to write a book called "The Basics."
Things like:
* You can use Google to do math for you. Just type the equation, like 23*7+15/3=, and hit Enter.
* You can switch from one open program to the next by pressing Alt+Tab (Windows) or Command-Tab (Mac).
* Just putting something into the Trash or the Recycle Bin doesn’t actually delete it. You then have to *empty* the Trash or Recycle Bin. (Once a year, I hear about somebody whose hard drive is full, despite having practically no files. It’s because over the years, they’ve put 79 gigabytes’ worth of stuff in the Recycle Bin and never emptied it.)
and,
* You don’t have to type “http://www” into your Web browser. Just type the remainder: “nytimes.com” or “dilbert.com,” for example. (In the Safari browser, you can even leave off the “.com” part.)
There's a whole lot more at http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/02/tech-tips-for-the-basic-computer-user/#more-553 AND, he is looking for your input for things he's missed.
Go there.
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