Ever feel like your electronics don’t last? Do you feel like things aren’t made like they used to be? You’re right. They aren’t. And, as consumers, it’s partly our fault. Planned Obsolescence – The Concept It’s a pretty simple idea (albeit a disturbing one) with a fancy name…planned obsolescence. And it’s applied to the vast […]
Aaaah, Spring. Daffodils and tulips poke their heads through the last bits of snow covered soil, the birds awaken you with their beautiful songs, and all you can think of is how excited you are about Spring cleaning your computer! No? Not excited? Wellllll…..do it anyway. You’ll be happy when you’re done. Cleaning your computer […]
Computer viruses are the flu of the technology world. And just like viruses in the human world, you can help prevent infection. Remember your mom yelling at you emphatically reminding you when you were a kid to wash your hands so you didn’t get sick? Remember the doctor saying, “An ounce of prevention….”? They were […]
Did you know that 85% of home burglaries are committed by people with brown hair? We made that up. They’re usually wearing ski masks so we don’t know what their hair color is. There are many misconceptions about the need for home security like “My German Shepherd is all the protection I need”, or “I […]
Safe Online Shopping – 9 Tips to Stay Protected It’s nearly that time of year again! Time for family & friends, holiday cheer, the magic of Christmas, warm fires, cut-out cookies, work parties, running around like a lunatic shopping….gaining ten pounds from attempting to comfort yourself with food after all the insanity of shopping…. […]
Unplugging. It’s a thing. In days of old people called it Tuesday. Our grandparents weren’t inundated with constant noise. They spent their days in relative silence. If they were lucky they had a radio that they all gathered around a few times a week to listen to a program. Their lives were simpler. Modern day […]
Your computer was hacked. What do you do? Take a moment and imagine with me. It’s an average Sunday, first thing in the morning. You’re in your sleepy clothes, hair sticking up, sitting on the couch, cup of coffee in hand. You open your computer to see what’s going on in the world and a […]
We all know it; we just choose to close our eyes to it. You know what I’m talking about…this throw-away society that we’ve become. We, collectively, can no longer deny the necessity for electronics recycling to become integrated into our waste disposal routine. To do anything less is to be irresponsible. In so many ways […]
So here we are, two thirds of the way through summer, and what have you done? Maybe the more important question to ask is, what have your children done this summer? There have been more beautiful days than I have been able to count thus far. Unfortunately for us working stiffs, most of us are […]