BRUCEB NEWS
New Music For Old Boomers, 2021 Edition
You’ve looked at Spotify Wrapped by this time, I’m sure, and if you’re over 60, you probably thought “Wow, Tom Petty was my number one again? Huh. Well, there’s nothing wrong with that, there’s no good new music anyway. Why not keep listening to the same songs for the...
Getting Started With Windows 7
A lot of people are buying Windows 7 computers! Here’s a roundup of articles about new features to discover and some of the ways that Windows 7 is different than Windows XP....
MORE MOBILE LOCATION TRICKS
While we’re talking about smartphones, I should mention another way that your phone can use its knowledge of your location to do something interesting. Google added an unassuming...
Visual Search With Google Goggles
As I said last month, each of you might find one or two apps for a smartphone that get you all excited – the apps that you show people to demonstrate how cool your new phone is....
UPDATED GOOGLE SEARCH PAGES
Google has officially rolled out an update to its search result pages, a three column design that provides search options on the left to help refine and redirect your...
COPIERS AND SECURITY
As if we don’t have enough potential security risks to worry about! Recently a number of people have pointed out that photocopy machines can have internal hard drives designed to...
Windows 7 Printer Setup
Here are a few anecdotes about setting up printers and scanners on new Windows 7 computers. When Windows 7 connects to a new device, it attempts to install drivers automatically,...
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms! I have had the wonderful good luck to have been raised by the best mother in the world, and to be married to the love of my life who is – by...
Dropbox For iPad, Android
Dropbox has become an indispensable part of my toolbox. It’s the free service that syncs files between different computers, so that files in the “My Dropbox” folder appear on all...
Facebook And Privacy
In the golden glow of hindsight, there was a wonderful time when big companies would do things that were good for their customers because that was likely to be the most...
AVATAR ON DISC
Ah, Avatar. Extraordinary movie-making, one of the prettiest movies ever to hit the screen. The perfect movie for your new Blu-Ray player and HD TV – it will look splendid. Well,...
GOOGLE EARTH IN GOOGLE MAPS
Google just gave us a lovely treat. The insanely useful Google Maps has a new “Earth” button in the upper right corner that displays your map using the full power of...
Smartphones And Money
HP is buying Palm. Synergy! Patents! Engineers! Vision! Innovation! New smartphones computers tablets slates operating systems! Whee! I was idly reading stories about the deal...
REDACTION DANGER
In December the Transportation Security Administration released its airport security screening procedure guidelines with redactions that failed to remove the underlying text....
J RIVER MEDIA CENTER 15
Long time readers know that periodically I mention J River Media Center, the program I’ve used for many years to organize my embarrassingly large music library. If you’re not...
Sending Photos Online With Windows Live Photo Gallery
Last month I described one way to move photos online with Microsoft’s free photo program, Windows Live Photo Gallery, using the built-in option to publish photos on Skydrive. It...