Category: Fun
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My New Video
I finally jumped in and made a video for you. Hope you like it.
It’s on the “About” page also, so people you may want to refer, can get to know me a little bit.
Enjoy! See Video
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Find Wi-Fi On The Go
This app is awesome!
JiWire uses your phone’s GPS to find nearby Wi-Fi hotspots. It even gives you directions.
It’s especially useful here in the desert when you want a nice air conditioned spot to chill and get some work done.
(I personally love Panera Bread on Hwy 111 and 74…I even do tutoring sessions there sometimes.)
Imagine how helpful it will be when you are traveling out of town on vacation or business.
3G (phone) service is pretty slow sometimes, and many people have limited data plans, so this app is really helpful on so many levels.
You can sorts hotspots by service provider, which is helpful if you have a deal with AT&T or T-Mobile.
Looking for coffee? You can sort by hotspot location type.
It also sorts by Free and Paid services.
JiWire invites you to submit new locations to help keep its database updated.
I just downloaded and tested it and it came up wiith 26 free wifi hot spots within a radius of my home in So. Palm Desert!
Cost: Free! Makes my little techie-loving heart flutter with joy!
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The Longest Password
The blondes win!The Longest PasswordWe laugh — but her I.D. is safe. —- and oddly logical!
During a recent password audit by Google,
it was found that a blonde was using the following password:”MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofySacramento”When asked why she had such a long password, she rolled her eyes and said:
“Hello! It has to be at least 8 characters
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21st Century
I was visiting my son and daughter-in-law last night when I asked if I could borrow a newspaper.‘This is the 21st century, old man,’ my son said. ‘We don’t waste money on newspapers. Here, you can borrow my iPad.’
I can tell you, that darn fly never knew what hit it…
Thanks to my sister for sending me this email joke.
And…yes, there is an app for that! Fly Swatter for IPad
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Share Your Vacation Photos
As many of you have discovered, it isn’t always easy to email photos to your friends and family. The reason is that email service providers have placed limitations on the size of file transfers. The best way to share photos is to post them on a website and send your friends and family a link so they can go there and view them. Some sites even provide options for others to add their photos. This is particularly helpful if you have attended an event and want to pool all the photos. Everyone can enjoy each other’s photos. You can even choose which ones you want to print. Another advantage, is that you have your photos in another place for back up.
There are many sites that will host your photos with no charge. When you get to a Wi-Fi hotspot, you can upload multiple shots at once and unload your memory cards for tomorrow’s adventures. All of your shots will be displayed in a beautiful digital gallery.
Shutterfly – is a popular photo-sharing community. It gives you an interactive Web page to display all of your pictures, and your friends and family can comment on your photos. The site displays your photos as a gallery, slideshow or a digital photo book. If you want a physical book, Shutterfly will print one for a fee. It includes basic photo editing, including filters and a red-eye removal tool. There is also an APP that allows you to post photos to social media sites right from your Web album or iPhone.
WinkFlash is a site designed to turn your photos into prints. It handles everything from an 8×10 poster to a canvas to hang on your wall. You don’t need to purchase anything to store your photos, though. It has an email feature so that allows you to snap a picture with your mobile device, compose an e-mail and send it later when you have access to Wi-Fi. You can email pictures to your friends as well. If you want to share on social media, simply copy and paste your page’s link to Facebook or Twitter.
Snapfish has all the usual ways to upload photos, but it adds Facebook and Flickr as well. There’s even a handy mobile app if you like to snap pictures from your smartphone. In addition to prints and posters, Snapfish will turn your pictures into just about anything. You can put photos onto an iPhone skin, water bottle or even a kid’s growth chart! Snapfish makes it easy to decorate your whole home with your favorite photos.
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See The Wonders of the World From Your Armchair in 3D!
Again, thanks to Kim Komando’s e newsletter (see www.komando.com ) for alerting me to The Google World Wonders Project It is truly awesome. Besides touring the world and learning history and geography from your computer, you could use this for planning vacation trips. It’s also a great resource for educating children and grandchildren. Kim pointed out that:
This list of 936 places includes Angkor Wat, the Grand Canyon and Machu Picchu. If you were to spend one day at each site, and two days traveling to and from, it would take almost eight years to visit them all!
You can browse by location or theme and read information about each site. If you’re a teacher, you can download free lesson plans and study guides from the “Education” tab.
What a beautiful thing to do. Here is a description of it from the website and a link to see it for yourself: http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/worldwonders/
The Google World Wonders Project is a platform which brings world heritage sites of the modern and ancient world online. Using Street View, 3D modeling and other Google technologies, we have made these amazing sites accessible to everyone across the globe. With videos, photos and in-depth information, you can now explore the world wonders from your armchair just as if you were there.
Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. With this project we want to make the world heritage sites available to everyone and to digitally preserve them for future generations. We believe that the World Wonders Project can be especially useful for students, scholars and teachers to engage in an innovative and interactive way of learning.
We are working with partners including UNESCO and World Monuments Fund to support us in providing valuable information to our users.
Start exploring world heritage sites by either flicking through the picture carousel on the homepage or play with the globe to discover random sites from all over the world. You can also find places by themes or locations chosen over the drop-down panel on the top of the homepage. For more guidance, please watch the website demo that can be found when you click on the “i”-icon on the homepage.
Enjoy, In Joy,
Mardi
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Introducing the Week Chart
Kim Komando showed me this blog post by Dave Lee and it’s a really useful tool. It isn’t a new idea, but I love the way Dave describes it and is so passionate about it. It does really work too. I’ve used something similar in the past and was amazed at the results. Why don’t we do it more often?You can use it for manifesting anything you want…not just for business stuff. It’s just a matter of intention and focus.
Some of you will find it really amusing that he advocates printing it on paper instead of using the computer. But you shouldn’t be surprised that I would share it. As I always say, I’m committed to helping people learn the technology that serves them well. You don’t have to learn everything. And….sometimes paper is good enough…or better.
For the complete article on Dave’s blog go to http://heydave.org/post/24857123736/intr…
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Blog Your Vacation–Yes You Can!
Did you know that “blog” is short for “weblog”? Yes it is, and now you can do a web based journal of your summer vacation. It’s all set up for you so all you have to do is upload your photos and write your journal.
You can send your family and friends a link to the site and they can follow your travel adventures. It even tracks your location on a world map! How fun it that!
But the best part is….you can have them publish your blog as a hardcover or paper back book! What a treasure that will be.
Check out the site here http://www.offexploring.com/
Of course, if you need a little tutoring to practice before your trip, I’d love to help…I’ve never used it and I’m just itching to try it out. But, in any case, please send me a link if you use it so I can share your joy.
Happy summer exploring to you,
Mardi
The Desert Computer Tutor 