Right after upgrading my Macintosh laptop to Lion I found that iCal, the Mac calendar, was so slow. It was really aggravating. It happened with every change I made to my calendar. I guessed that the reason was my calendar was uploading to a remote server. I did have a .Mac account so I…
The secret for me to get my SplashId Desktop version 6.0.1 to synchronize with my iPad was to turn the firewall OFF! Do NOT attempt to syncronize using Bluetooth. It will NOT work. Plug in the serial cable between the iPad and the laptop USB port. Open SplashID Safe desktop on your computer. Open…
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…
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…
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…
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…
