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Decluttering your Digital World
Working on organizing and decluttering your home can make you feel great and truly transform your living space. But, in the twenty-first century, that is not everything. It seems that half our life is not actually in our physical surroundings; we spend a lot of time...
Great — I am stuck at home
Being stuck at home during the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918 must have been dreadful. No TV, not even radio. The only technology that might have been available was the telephone, but even the operators who manually connected the calls fell sick. A hundred years later...
DKCC Changes to Address the Corona Pandemic
Our office at 335 Waterloo Street will continue to remain open with the following restriction: we ask that you stay outside after making your presence known to us, and wait until the previous client leaves before entering the office. Because our reception area is...
Smart and Secure Internet Use During COVID-19
COVID-19 has changed our world dramatically, and the impact may last for years to come. But life has and will go on, and we will have to adapt and perhaps change the way we do things. For now, we’re all trying to practice healthy “social distancing”. Read More at...
Coronavirus challenges: Social distancing, telework, technology and helpful tips
We’ve been told constantly that the less we interact personally, the less chances the coronavirus will have of spreading. But social distancing doesn’t include the internet, which has become the best means of staying productive and in contact with family, friends,...
Computer repair is like detective work
Recently, I gave a presentation to a group of Fauquier High School students who wanted to know about my business and what qualifications are needed for computer repair. Besides some necessary certifications and practical experience, I told them that they need, “good...
Enjoy the Outdoors with Technology
You might say gardens are for healthy exercise and visual enjoyment, so what need would a gardener have for technology? Well, for starters, it can help you enjoy and share your garden. My wife and my 85-year-old mother-in-law love to take photos of their gorgeous...
The kindness of strangers inspires attitude of gratitude
Tis the season to be jolly and thankful. It’s also the flu season. So, when a few weeks ago I came down with bad headaches and a fever, I decided to just snuggle up in bed and tough it out. I had had my flu shot, so I thought I was immune. But when the headaches,...
Seniors, Are You Ready to Surf the ’Net?
Technology for Independent Senior Living While collecting thoughts for this article, I remembered Dr. Robert Iadeluca, who was living on his own until a few weeks before he passed away last summer at the age of 98. Every day he did a handful of things on his desktop...
Local businessman remembers a past November
My wife and I had been celebrating my sister’s birthday at her flat on the other end of West Berlin. Just as we got home, we got a phone message from my mother-in-law in Warrenton, saying something like “Check out CNN! The wall is coming down!” My first thought was,...
Tech Toys for Christmas
Soon it will be time to start thinking about Christmas and what to give to friends and family. I’d like to share some techy things that would make good gifts. Smart Devices Voice-controlled devices such as Amazon Echo or Alexa will continue to flood the market. You...
The phishers are trying to hook you
Recently a client arrived at my office to pick up a fixed computer, telling me that on her way in she got a call from “Apple” telling her she needs to verify her apple account ID. She was asked if she was near a computer. She said no, “I’m on the road,” and the caller...
Digital Parenting
When my wife and I were parenting in the nineties, modern technology was just emerging. I introduced our three little girls to simple, slow-paced but enchanting computer games such as “Grandma and me,” “Putt-Putt saves the Zoo,” and other educational programs. But...
‘Your computer is infected, contact Microsoft’
One of my business clients recently had a doozy of a scam experience. I would like to retell it, so you can pull some lessons from it and prevent something like it from happening to you. The spiel is always a bit different, but the concept is the same. Just imagine...
Staying connected
Maintaining close connections to family, friends, and the community improves life quality and happiness immensely. This is especially true for those living alone. Case in point: My widowed mother is still living in her old apartment in Munich. I set up her computer...
