Thursday, July 23, 2020

Paul Baumbach's Delaware Covid-19 update

Mr. Baumbach is the State Representative to District 23 which includes Newark.
Using the following links he reviewed the current status of Covid-19 inflections in Delaware.


All of these are constantly updated with current status.  Lots of good information on all of these pages.  Check 'em out!

If you're in his district, he answers emails at: <Paul.Baumbach@delaware.gov>

Left-Overs and Simple Video Stuff

As it worked out, more left-overs than main course.  <grin>
  • RIP: William (Bill) Brice Swift
  • Happy 100th! Tom Brockenbrough
  • Venmo Scam: https://scambusters.org/venmo.html
  • Not a Scam: IRS stimulus payments by Debit Cash Cards
  • Discussion of Legitimate or Scam technical support
  • What to do with a Computer Problem?
  • Turbotax told me I had more $ coming back!
  • Leo Notenboom likes Chromebooks  <link>
  • Doug G reviews the 8mm film scanner

Doug's Wolverine Film Digitizer Review:

Thursday, July 9, 2020

2 July - A 'Show and Tell'

Topics of the Day:
  • News: The Microsoft Store is Dead; Windows 7 got the new Edge Chromium whether you wanted or not; Use Mozilla Thunderbird instead of Windows 10 Mail; Don't force the 2004 Feature update to Windows 10; Microsoft releases Emergency Windows patch not in Windows update but in the Microsoft Store; Coronavirus Updates: Delaware cases are up.
  • NSC not re-opening on July 6, Governor is not authorizing Phase 3 re-openings.  The NSC is ready, watch Carla's video on how they are going to do it.  Specific instructions for making appointments and useing the computer lab is still TBD.
  • The Simplisafe Security System is ... duh ... simple to setup and use. Learn all about it at https://simplisafe.com
  • Windows 10 "Quick Assist" is a easy to help/get help by remote access.  But caution, only let 'trusted' helpers access your computer.
  • Microsoft OneNote: There are several free versions: included with Windows 10, included with MS Office, available at Outlook.com, and apps for Andriod and iOS.  Bob uses it as a free and easy OCR of scanned documents.

Thursday, July 2, 2020

25June - Multi-wavelength Astronomy

By Judi Provencal, UD Professor


Opening Videos:

To Scale: The Solar System:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR3Igc3Rhfg
VFX Artist Reveals the True Scale of the Universe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCTuirkcRwo