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  • Jeffrey Powers is the Hangout Tech Guy - a Livestream event on Google Hangouts Friday afternoons. People come on and talk.

    Hangout Tech Guy #2: Changing Facebook Settings

    Jeffrey Powers is the Hangout Tech Guy - a Livestream event on Google Hangouts Friday afternoons. People come on and talk.

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  • Connecting your computer to your TV has never been so easy. Remember the days where you couldn’t even get a simple headphone jack from your CRT TV? Connecting your DVR, Roku, PC and more to the TV is as straightforward as connecting to the HDMI port. Yet the TV is now so thin it sets on your wall and your computer is not even...

    Un-Box Me: Warpia StreamHD Wireless USB to HDMI Unboxing – Mac, Windows Install

    Connecting your computer to your TV has never been so easy. Remember the days where you couldn’t even get a simple headphone jack from your CRT TV? Connecting your DVR, Roku, PC and more to the TV is as straightforward as connecting to the HDMI port. Yet the TV is now so thin it sets on your wall and your computer is not even...

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  • I had been warned that FedEx was on the way. The package arrived yesterday. I waited until both of us were present to open it find a Lenovo ThinkCentre M90Z, from a benefactor (I don’t know whether he wants to be named–I will leave that to him). So I was up until much later than I am used to setting it up. I love...

    Setting Up My New Lenovo ThinkCentre M90Z

    I had been warned that FedEx was on the way. The package arrived yesterday. I waited until both of us were present to open it find a Lenovo ThinkCentre M90Z, from a benefactor (I don’t know whether he wants to be named–I will leave that to him). So I was up until much later than I am used to setting it up. I love...

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  • This is the third part of a series. Part One – Installing CentOS goes through the initial installation and settings of the Virtual box. Part Two – Installing CentOS talks about how you should configure the Hard drive. Now that the hard drive configuration is set, CentOS asked about networking. I accepted the defaults through the three dialogs. First, to configure the adapter. Second,...

    Installing CentOS on Virtual Box, Part 3: Finishing the Install

    This is the third part of a series. Part One – Installing CentOS goes through the initial installation and settings of the Virtual box. Part Two – Installing CentOS talks about how you should configure the Hard drive. Now that the hard drive configuration is set, CentOS asked about networking. I accepted the defaults through the three dialogs. First, to configure the adapter. Second,...

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  • This is the first of several posts on installing CentOS in VirtualBox. Even though I am using a virtual machine, the same procedure would apply to a full computer installation. I mentioned CentOS in my series of Fedora posts: It is a free implementation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). I decided to mess with CentOS because I have decided to study for Red...

    Installing CentOS in VirtualBox [How To]

    This is the first of several posts on installing CentOS in VirtualBox. Even though I am using a virtual machine, the same procedure would apply to a full computer installation. I mentioned CentOS in my series of Fedora posts: It is a free implementation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). I decided to mess with CentOS because I have decided to study for Red...

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  • Recharge and Backup. That is what we do with our iPhones. However, sometimes when we don’t connect them up to the primary computer, we pay by loosing data as the phone crashes. However, Iomega has a solution. The SuperHero is a new item from Iomega that will back up Pictures and Contacts while it’s recharging in a stand alone base. The phone backs up...

    Backup Mobile Device with Iomega Super Hero

    Recharge and Backup. That is what we do with our iPhones. However, sometimes when we don’t connect them up to the primary computer, we pay by loosing data as the phone crashes. However, Iomega has a solution. The SuperHero is a new item from Iomega that will back up Pictures and Contacts while it’s recharging in a stand alone base. The phone backs up...

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