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Category: Computers

Editing Your Christmas Blockbuster

Getting Ready With Christmas approaching, it’s time to think about making a movie of the old video clips you took years ago and still have on your computer or camera. Putting them together into a blockbuster Christmas video, requires you……

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December 12, 2022 - 9:55 am December 12, 2022Computers, Photography clips, cutting, editor, edits, iMovie, movie, Shake, video, video editing 0

Improving your pictures on a Mac

There are lots of way to improve images with a computer. With a Mac, the Apple Photos program built in to every Mac is always worth a try first. It’s simple to use and has some good capabilities if you……

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August 8, 2022 - 10:44 am August 8, 2022Computers, Photography Adjustments, crop, Enhance, Filters, horizon adjustment, Mac, photos, Photos extensions, red eye, Repair, retired blokes, retired men, rotate 1

Music that Moves You

My Old Job There are some pieces of music that seem to touch your soul. The music that encourages you to imagine you’re in the middle of some history making event or that which take you into the presence of……

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June 14, 2022 - 9:00 am June 14, 2022Computers, Doing LIfe 1812 Overture, music, speakers 0

Storing Memories from Photographs

My grandfather was an early adopter of photography. I never saw his camera since he and his camera, were long gone before I came along. But I have seen his many photographs of the past. The town council where I……

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January 3, 2022 - 10:55 am January 3, 2022Computers, Our World, Photography image, photos, Photoshop, scanner, slides 0

Speed up Your Computer

The Slowness Problem. One of the problems with computers is that as they get older, they just get slower. Maybe it new operating systems and software patches which inevitably makes the computer seems slows down. When it gets to the……

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September 6, 2021 - 5:05 pm September 6, 2021Computers computer, drive, Hard Drive, MacBook, speed, SSD, Storage 0

Just do it

My Old Life. Sometimes you just have to do something! For the first half of my working life, I worked as an electronics technician in various roles with the national broadcaster. Then I changed profession and entered a management role……

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July 12, 2021 - 4:25 pm July 12, 2021Computers, Doing LIfe absorbed, electronics, hobbies, puzzle, retired, retired men, wood turning 0

Communicating Online

Why communicate online ? I guess that if you are reading this you are probably already on the internet or just maybe someone printed the post for you to read. So we don’t talk face to face as much anymore.……

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May 24, 2021 - 8:40 am May 24, 2021Computers, Doing LIfe communicate, Facebook, learning, message, online, retired men, text, txt 0

Making a smart list

Make a Simple Smart List First. Have you ever had the need for a list of something but needed more than you could get if you wrote it down on paper? Like a shopping list that adds up all the……

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May 4, 2021 - 10:00 am May 4, 2021Computers, Doing LIfe, Finances add, budget, cells, computers, excel, formulae, numbers, simple list, spreadsheet 0

How’s the Weather?

My History of Weather Stations. Over the years I have purchased about four different weather stations other than the rain gauge on the back fence. The first one I purchased was a simple one that told me what the temperature……

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June 23, 2020 - 10:15 am June 23, 2020Computers, Doing LIfe eBay, retired, retired blokes, retired men, station, temperature, Travelling, weather, wifi, Wunderground 0

So They Got You an iPad

Using Your IPAD – Getting Started So the family have got you an iPad and you really are a bit lost in using it.  After you have worked out how to switch it on and enter the setup information what……

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May 18, 2020 - 9:52 am May 18, 2020Computers App store, Email, iPad, Mail, Maps, photos, retired, retired blokes, retired men, Safari 4
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