Gaming for Geezers: Beware Other Players

Gaming for Geezers: Beware Other Players

There are a variety obstacles standing in the way of older people enjoying games. Many get hung up on the technology and the difficulties those inexperienced with computers may have playing at all. Others may object to having to shell out cash for new equipment and...

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How a $30 LED is Saving Us a Ton of Time

How a $30 LED is Saving Us a Ton of Time

Sometimes a real-world object is the answer to a virtual-world problem. We manage data backups for one of our clients.  If  you have ever done that job for even a small network, you know it can be a challenge.  The ideal situation is for it to quietly copy all the...

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New, More Realistic Password Rules

New, More Realistic Password Rules

Passwords are a drag. They are seen by many users not as the first barrier to keep out bad guys, but as an obstacle to the user's convenience. The rules have been complicated, obscure, and frankly, many seem ridiculous and more trouble than help. NIST, the National...

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Welcome to the Gaming Multiverse

Welcome to the Gaming Multiverse

For children, everything, even work, is play. For adults, everything, even play, is work. So instead of just jumping in like a kid at Christmas armed only with boundless enthusiasm, for us old tired grown-ups, maybe it would be a good idea to first study the lay of...

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WordPress Video Tutorials

WordPress Video Tutorials

We have started a Youtube channel to share WordPress video tutorials.  We are making videos to answer your WordPress questions.  The channel is called WP Coffee Break, and the idea is we can answer one WordPress question in the time it takes to have a cup of coffee...

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Facebook at 15 Needs to Grow Up

Facebook at 15 Needs to Grow Up

Fifteen years ago, Facebook was born in a dorm room at Harvard. Unheralded and little noticed at first, Mark Zuckerberg's baby took over the campus with surprising rapidity. First Harvard, then the Ivy League, then high schools, and by September 2006, the world. Now...

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