This article was originally written in March, 2010 – over four years ago! Yet the proliferation of people using ‘myself’ hasn’t seemed to slow down. Enjoy! This week I’m going to take a break from tech and write about a pet grammar peeve of mine—the misuse of the word ‘myself’ in everyday conversations and in…
It was time to renew our passport, so I went on-line to see what resources I could find at the U.S. Passport site. There, I found a great tool and then needed to figure out how to take the photos and get them in a format where I could get them printed. So I decided…
Last Saturday, October 4th, was the long-awaited DFW WordCamp #wcdfw. Long-awaited because the last one was in 2009. WordCamps are a gathering of folks interested/obsessed with WordPress. It’s a 1 to 3 day event that focuses on the sharing of information related to all things WordPress. Most WordCamps have tracks that hopefully have appeal to…
We’re going to look at a couple of utilities in Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 this week – Windows Task Manager and the Windows Compatibility Troubleshooter. The day may come when you need to find out what version of software you’re using. You may be asked by tech support so they can narrow down a…
Windows System Restore is one of the best tools built into the Microsoft OS. I have a story I’ll share here about a client who was having Upload Center problems with Office 365. Then I’ll share some other ways this tool can back you out of a software problem. This versatile tool is found in the…
The ability to sign-up with a social login is everywhere today. To define a social login, it’s the ability to use a social media account you already have in order to sign up for another service. It’s also called Social sign-in and also referred to as a Single sign-in. Most of us think that it’s…
I’m changing my publish date to Tuesdays from Fridays effective this week! This week, I’ll share about the big problem I had when I moved my new website (from my local server), to Hostgator, where my site resides. I mentioned that it was taking way too long to complete my site because I couldn’t decide…
I wrote early in the year that I was going to build a new website for my business. I am a big fan of WordPress and have only used that software. I’d been using the Flexx Theme from iThemes since perhaps 2009 or 2010 and I was ready to upgrade to iThemes Builder with all…
