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Passwords, Password Lists and Keeping Passwords Secure

July 29th, 2008 at 9:45 pm » Comments (0)

I’m often asked about how I handle passwords for all the different sites that require passwords.
The questioner’s eyes get pretty big when I mention that I use random mixtures of letters and numbers for my passwords, and even bigger when I say that I use a different password on every site.
The immediate question is “How [...]



What Can I Do With My Old Computer?

July 23rd, 2008 at 9:25 pm » Comments (0)

What do you do with an old computer? More accurately, what do you do with your old computer when you buy a new one?
You can keep it as an additional computer for yourself. You can pass it to your spouse. You can use it for your children. You can sell it. You can give it [...]



Converting Vinyl LP Records to Digital

July 13th, 2008 at 9:11 pm » Comments (0)

Subscriber Cary wrote with questions about project common to many people:
I’m starting a little project to record about 100 vinyl LPs to mp3s on my hard drive. I\’m looking for free software that will let me record a line-in source. I\’ve heard that Audacity is very good, but one critical feature [...]



OpenOffice to the Rescue

July 9th, 2008 at 8:51 pm » Comments (0)

Subscriber Helen wrote about a software problem:
Terry, while my computer was being worked on I was told I had word pad but needed the code to be able to open it. Can you help me open it in order that I might be able to use it. I do not like [...]