Friday, February 25, 2022

17 Feb: "Deed Search"

James Jones--How to Research Property Deeds

Because we had a request for it and with Mr. Jones permission, we recorded this session.  Here are links that you may use:

The closed captioning is a bit rough, but it's Zoom's best guess of what was said.


Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Bob's Bytes - "Random Stuff"

 From 10 Feb 2022

Topics of the Day ...

  • News & Comment
    • The Streaming Video "You can't connect" Scam
    • Why do streaming services keep getting more expensive?
    • The SpaceX Falcon9 Rocket "Suicide Burn"
    • Acronis jumps the shark
      • What's the opposite of "Jumping the Shark?"
  • Did you know ...
    • Click and drag a URL from browser to desktop to create a shortcut
    • Muting "Suggested" tweets from Twitter
    • <Win>-<PrnScn> saves a screenshot in the Pictures folder 
    • It's just cool - oversize, RGB light-up, mouse pad
  • Saving Web Pages - 5 different ways
  • Ripping CDs with Windows Media Player

Mouse pad: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08T18DQTJ 

Only here for the headline:  "Alleged crypto launderer Heather Morgan led a second life as the world's worst rapper"  (and yes she was)

PC Don has some old music for you:  http://www.pcdon.com/page90.html

The First of 2022

Topics of the Day ...

  • News & Comment
    • Don't worry about Log4j - except if you run server
    • The JWST is fully deployed, now on to calibration, 6 months to do that
    • A new robot in the Bloom household, smarter than I expected
  • Facebook & Verizon Tracking
    • Is Facebook tracking you, short answer - Yes, whether you have an account or not
    • Oh, and Verizon wants to really, really track everything you do too
  • What is 2FA?
    • Two Factor Authorization, now required for GMail and AOL
    • Has not be a problem so far
  • A Stupid State Governor
    • And I don't use 'stupid' lightly here
  • A Epic Rick-Roll
    • A good thing he wasn't in Missouri!
  • A Win11 FYI
    • Yes, it's free ... if you meet the requirements
  • Excel Pivot Tables
    • "Greatest thing since sliced bread"
    • Did you know Betty White is older than sliced bread?
  • A Virus (?) report and Question
    • How to diagnose problems (no it wasn't a virus) 
    • It was a 'Potentially Unwanted Program' (PUP)

What doesn't kill you mutates and tries again.  :-)

Spot the Scam

23 Dec 2021 - A Quickie before Brian takes over and talks Tax changes

Can you tell what's a phish and what's legitimate?