| Greetings! Can you believe summer's over? Labor Day's behind us and some of you probably have your Christmas shopping done already -- right? Wish I could say the same. My next session of the Internet Genealogy class at Colorado Free University here in Denver is this Saturday, September 9. If you can't make that date, try Saturday, October 7. Not only will you learn how to search for your ancestors on the Internet, you'll also receive a free copy of Family Tree Magazine, my favorite genealogy magazine. Click here to read a description of the 3-hour class. Also, I've extended the FREE SHIPPING on both of my books until they are gone. If you have one but not the other, now's the time to get them. Click here to order from the website. You may order by credit card or print an order form to mail with your check. If you've bought a new computer or you're a novice to Windows XP, you NEED these books.
| More Coupon Sites |  | | Many of you told me you found the online coupons helpful. Here's another site that might interest you. Click here to go to DealofDay.com. Look down the left side of the page to select a category. In the middle of the opening page there are two links you might be interested in. One is Free Coupon Codes. These codes offer discounts for items ordered online. Another is Free Printable Coupons. You enter your e- mail address and zip code and click Submit. You must then enter your mailing information. The next page will show a list of offers that you can select for special offers. I just signed up and will be interested to see what kind of "stuff" I get. Of course, if it results in lots of junk e-mail, I'll unsubscribe. |
| Zap!!!!! | | | As we come into the heating season I want to remind you about static electricity and computers. The air in Colorado is very dry to begin with, but when you add the extra dryness from furnaces running, you create a potential problem. Always remember to touch something metal BEFORE touching your computer. The built-up static electricity can damage your computer. I'm not geeky enough to know exactly what it will do, but I know it's a bad combination. |
| Cutting off the right side of the page | | | Many of you have asked me how to avoid cutting off the right side of the page when printing from a website. My best suggestion would be to look around the page for something that says Printer Friendly or Print this Page. When you click on that text your computer will reformat the page so it will print correctly. Cooking websites such as FoodNetwork.com give you the option to print recipes full page or the size of a recipe card. This printing option is available on many web pages. Look closely, it's sometimes in very small print. You'll love it! |
| Books in Africa | | | A couple of months ago my friend and client, Sue Davis, was heading to Africa for a month to volunteer at a school in Uganda. I had just spoken to Sue's Rotary group and heard about the school. It sounded like such a great project I offered to donate 20 of each of my computer books to her project. She has returned and I'd love to share her words with you. Dear Barb,
The books that you so generously donated to Uganda are so welcome. They went to the St. Francis Girls school in Iganga, Uganda. The trainer that we gave the computers to is Ellie Njoro, the most amazingly computer literate woman. She just devoured your information. They are preparing to educate 3,000 girls in computer literacy. You could not have given them a more wonderful gift. Computer literacy is the number one priority in Africa. |
| A useful holiday gift | | | Are you looking for a fun, creative gift for your family? If you have a digital camera (or someone has given you lots of digital family photos), you can create a personal calendar for your family. Calendar Creator lets you fill in all of your birthdays and anniversaries on a calendar and add your family photos. You can then print them out on your computer. It's available at Amazon.com or any software or computer store. Click here to check it out at Amazon. |
| Hooked on Sudoku? | | | | Have you become addicted to Sudoku? I haven't -- yet, but I know a lot of people who love this puzzle, especially my 13-year-old granddaughter Eilise. She's a math whiz and can almost do them with her eyes closed. Each Sudoku puzzle has a unique solution that can be reached logically without guessing. Enter digits from 1 to 9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, as must every 3x3 square. I Googled "Free Sudoku" and found a website that claims to have billions of free puzzles at all levels of difficulty. Click here to check it out for yourself. you can fill it out on the screen or print it out and work it later. I keep reminding myself that puzzles like this will help keep my mind sharp and hopefully keep Alzheimer's at bay. This is only one example of all the goodies you can find when you use Google. If you have my book, Taming Your Computer -- The Simple Basics, turn to pages 80-82 to learn how to use Google and some of the "tricks" you can do with it. My favorite is using Google to see if an airline flight is on time. You can even watch the little airplane symbol move across the map every minute. Of course, if you spend too much time doing that, you must be really bored! |
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