Tonight, Matt and I held court completely by ourselves since we had zero questions via phone calls. We think the great weather chased everyone outside. The discussion was great, however, and we talked about AOL, Google, Microsoft, Apple and the new iPad, how to save money on your tech and communications bills and much more. Part of the much more… Read More »KAFM Computer Help Show Podcast – 03-14-12
CutePDF has been one of my favorite computer utilities for many years. This small (free) utility lets you create a PDF (portable document format) file from anything that you can print. I use it to save web pages, online shopping receipts, and many other items that I might be tempted to print to paper. Instead, I print it using CutePDF… Read More »How to download and install CutePDF Free – Video Tip
Business Week published an article in 1975 touting the virtues of and dawning of the paperless office. Sadly, except for the paper industry, we still aren’t there 35+ years later! In the past 40 years, paper use has tripled. In the United States alone, we use more than 400 million ink cartridges per year. I do not consider myself an… Read More »How to save money on paper and ink
Pictured below are two sets of instructions I put together today for a new Windows 7 user who uses the MSN browser and email. He was frustrated at the learning curve and asked for help…here are the results. I hope these instructions help others as well because the steps can be generalized for AOL browser users, Windows Live Mail users,… Read More »How to transfer photos to a Windows 7 computer and email them – Notes
Adam (@talkingdigital), Matt (@kettlewell), and myself (@helpmerick) broke ground on our first show with all three of us! It was a lot of fun and I think adding a third dimension definitely added a fun factor to the show. We talked about the upcoming Windows 8, iPad 3 rumors, dual booting Linux, and answered some listener calls as well. What… Read More »KAFM Computer Help Show Podcast – 02-08-12
Every year computer users using the Internet to check account balances, transactions, and even paying bills grows by nearly 30%. According to one Pew study, more than 50 million Americans use online banking services. 50 million sounds like a large number, but that still reflects less than 50% of online American adults. Bank web sites continue to evolve by becoming easier to use, more secure, and more helpful than ever before. In fact, many banks rather that their customers check their web site for answers rather than call or visit a branch. However, many people shy away from online banking because of security fears.
I?m going to outline, for you, five simple steps that you can take to keep yourself and your finances safe on the Internet.
Mr. Matt Kettlewell guest hosted with me again this week, and we answered quite a few calls/questions at the end of the show. We started the show talking about SOPA and PIPA and the Internet Blackout today as well as steps to protect your online safety and we even touched on the Zappos.com security breach. Great listen today…watch the short… Read More »KAFM Computer Help Show Podcast – 01-18-12
Matt and I had a great time as usual kicking off the 2012 season of Castellini on Computers. We only had a small handful of calls, but they were good one. We talked about CES in Las Vegas, OLED, Ultrabooks, smart phones, Linux/Ubuntu, and many other topics. Listen now!
Prevention is the best medicine when it comes to avoiding illness in ourselves. Prevention in the computer world is no different. And like a newborn baby, a newly purchased computer is subject to many terrible diseases and problems if not properly cared from the moment it is taken from its cardboard box. I follow these steps when setting up a new computer system for my clients, and recommend this methodology for all new computer setups:
Another great show today with semi-permanent host Matt Kettlewell. We had a quiet start to the hour, but we bs’d about Facebook privacy concerns, tablets, importance of mobile security and much more followed by a slew of calls in the 2nd half of the show. Have a listen!