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Why Computer Games Might Be Good For Young People

Why Computer Games Might Be Good For Young People

Let me cover some viewpoints and offer perspective to counter some of the negativity aimed at gaming. Gamers are escapists.  They certainly are which is an important attraction making computer games a successful commercial product.  Why might escapism be good?  One answer is that some of our young people live in homes that are troubled.  One in eight adolescents may be suffering from depression.  One factor that may lead to depression includes family problems.  I was utterly shocked to learn…

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Newegg Is What Internet Purchasing Should Be.

Newegg Is What Internet Purchasing Should Be.

My son wanted to build his second tower computer system.  He asked mom and dad to help him buy the components for a Christmas gift in 2010.  My son gave me a list of components: case, cpu, memory chips, power supply and told me to buy the items at Newegg.com.  The process was simply flawless except the tower case was added as a second shipped item due to its size and I almost ordered TWO cases because I failed to…

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Office Time Software Review

Office Time Software Review

I suddenly got a job as a contract worker.  Previously I had been paid a salary.  I was now my own boss and had to charge the client by the minute.  What a change in mind set for me!  Everything I do takes on a different meaning.  Time is now money for me.  I needed a method of recording my time and generating the bills to the clients.  I found a nice small book at Staples.  It measures 7in tall,…

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Laptop could not connect to hotel wireless.

Laptop could not connect to hotel wireless.

Our family was staying in a Kimpton Hotel in Coopertino that offered free wireless where I encountered a problem with wireless connectivity.  My daughter’s Mac laptop could easily connect to the wireless system but my Mac laptop could not.  I called the front desk and they said there was no setup to be made.  I dug into my laptop for a considerable time trying out a number of things.  When I chose System Preferences>Network> [Then choose Airport from list] >Advanced>TCP/IP…

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Filemaker Pro all of a sudden asks for a password.

Filemaker Pro all of a sudden asks for a password.

After spending about a week putting together a significant database I ran into a glitch that astounded me.  I was creating envelope template when the program crashed.  When I restarted the program and went into my database, that I had been working on, the progam now asked for user name and password.  I had NOT set either.  It took quite some time but the trick is this.  Enter “Admin” for the user name and leave the password blank.  Do this…

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Solution for not seeing Excel formula results.

Solution for not seeing Excel formula results.

Program: Microsoft Excel 2008 for Mac. Version: 12.2.3 Problem:  After entering in a formula the cell that contains the formula will still show the formula and NOT the result.  There are a number of causes for this problem.  One can be that you asked Excel to display an incompatible cell format.  Go to the cell or better yet the column you want your formula results to reside and click on the capital letter at the top of the column so…

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