In this fourth part of the easy tech support series, the folks from Google focus on questions that novice computer users might have regarding digital media. The videos are also available on the Teach Parents Tech site. For previous posts … Continue reading
A programming language is a way for a human being (the programmer) to communicate with a machine (the computer) in an intermediary form that both will understand. Computers process information in binary form, which only has two characters: 0 and … Continue reading
This is the third post of the easy tech support series, which are intended to help new computer users. The videos shown in those posts were made by a few folks at Google and are also available at Teach Parents … Continue reading
Yesterday when I was updating one of my WordPress blogs the automatic update failed and was stuck in maintenance mode. What to do when this happens? First of all, don’t panic! Your blog is not lost for ever, or anything … Continue reading
The following infographic describes the history of computers and extrapolates their future. New technologies will dramatically change the way we use and interact with computers. New computing methods will bring more powerful and efficient computers.
“Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.” — Rich Cook “A system admin’s life is … Continue reading
Perhaps the Most Truthful: on Microsoft marketing: “There won’t be anything we won’t say to people to try and convince them that our way is the way to go.” Not on his mind while developing Win9X..circa 1981… “640K ought to … Continue reading