I Tracked a Bitcoin Scammer
One day I was waiting for an important email. It hadn’t shown up in my inbox after refreshing it a few times, so I decided to check my spam folder to see if it was hiding there. Instead, I found…
My First Time Watching the Apple Keynote
I made a virtual MacBook and I got an iPhone. The next stop on my journey was to listen to the Apple keynote. I’m not sure how or why, but Apple’s Keynote appeared in my YouTube history page. So I…
An Android Owner’s First iPhone
My first step into the world of Apple was creating a virtual MacBook on my Windows laptop. I quickly learned what it was like to use macOS; now I needed to learn iOS. Since I couldn’t make a virtual version…
My Virtual MacBook
Yesterday, I told you how I first started using Apple computers and phones. My first step into Apple’s walled garden began with macOS. But I didn’t get an older MacBook Pro from a reseller or a brand new MacBook Air….
I Finally Used an Apple Product
My family got its first computer in the 90’s; it was a Windows computer from a small local store. We had to learn how to do maintenance and upgrades ourselves. That’s where I got the desire to learn more about…
Jealous Machines: Computers in the Twilight Zone
Machines are made by men for man’s benefit and progress, but when man ceases to control the products of his ingenuity and imagination he not only risks losing the benefit, but he takes a long and unpredictable step into… the…
Should You Get a Solid State Drive?
One of the newest accessories you’ll find in new laptops is something called a SSD. The SSD, or solid state drive, is a different kind of hard drive. This is the kind of storage you’ll find in flash drives, mobile…
Three Tech Facts I Learned Overseas
Last year, I got to visit France for the first time. It had been a long time since I was overseas. How long ago? The last time I was in Europe, neither smartphones nor broadband Internet existed. My learning curve…
What is Military Grade Encryption?
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase “military grade”? Something strong and tough? Protection against disaster and destruction? That’s why marketers use it. So many products – from smartphone cases to notebooks – are labelled as military grade….
Backup Basics
Many years ago, I had a very bad habit: I didn’t backup my files. I learned the hard way that this was a recipe for disaster. One day, something went wrong with my antivirus software; it corrupted Windows to the…
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