Our next challenge will have you using your creativity and patience. I want you to create a maze in the Paint program that comes with Microsoft Windows. If you’ve never used your Paint program, it should be listed under Accessories. Start with a short, simple maze and work your way up to a more intricate design. [...]
Creative Home Computing
Computer Projects, Tips and Tricks For the Non-Techie
24
Mar
Today In History
Published in Computer ProjectsYour first challenge is to search the web and find out what happened today in history. (Depending on which day you take the challenge, your answers may be different.) Then let all of us know how your search went. Was it difficult? Did you find any unusual facts? Anything else that you discovered? Using google as your starting [...]
20
Mar
If you enjoy computer crafting, the people at Crafty PC have a book called “Creative Computer Crafts” that has a number of interesting crafts you can try. The book is going out of print, so it’s available right now at a very good price. If you are outside of the U.S., beware of shipping charges [...]
18
Mar
Using the “Yet Another Related Post” Plugin
Published in WordpressSince I’ve got a fair bit of content on this blog now, I wanted to be able to show related posts that I’ve done in the past. There are a few different WordPress plugins for that. The first I tried was the Related Post plugin, but I wasn’t sure how to make it work. Non-techy [...]
15
Mar
PDF to Text
Published in Home Computing TipsOkay, I’ve had enough talk about spam and computer safety. Let’s talk about something more interesting. Did you know you can change PDF documents to text? Why would you want to? I’ve found a few reasons so far. For one thing, you can create PDF’s of your blog posts, then convert them to text. That [...]
Learning Internet Marketing
- Are We There Yet?For those of us that have signed up to attend NAMS (Niche Affiliate Marketing System) in Atlanta, the excitement is mounting. We are starting to sound like a bunch of kids asking "Are we there yet?"Well, two more sleeps and we'll be there! I'll try to keep an update of the goings-on for the time as often as I can. Better yet, follow me on […]
- Niche Affiliate Marketing System - NAMS UpdateSummer is moving right along. Too quickly, in fact. In three short weeks I'll be in Atlanta again, attending NAMS. Short for Niche Affiliate Marketing System, this will be my third time going to the workshop. Three days of hands-on working with some of the top affiliate marketers on the Internet.For the first time, NAMS will be split into four learning […]
- Introducing Granny BloggerIf you've ever felt that you were too old to learn Internet marketing, take heart from this story, written by an 85-year-old marketer (also known as my dear mother).When I was a young girl attending public school in the 1930's, my city of Toronto, Canada had a population of less than one hundred thousand people. Now there are over 2.5 million peopl […]
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