Review: Anything for Free

There are many web sites that offer or provide information about free stuff. Some of the sites are quite useful, while others are just scams. I rarely visit them, but this week I’ll look at a blog focused on this topic. While the author does attempt to keep the blog focused, it appears that at [...]

Do You Provide Private Advertising on Your Site?

When I switched over to WordPress from Blogger I wanted to explore the option of private advertising. I have explored, and continue to do so, other means of advertising on my blog, but have never really tried private advertising. To start this venture I needed a template that could support advertising, and a means of [...]

How I Converted from Blogger to WordPress

Blogging Platforms

About two weeks ago I decided to take the plunge and move Technically Easy to WordPress. At the time this blog was hosted on Blogger, and I wanted more control over all aspects of my blog. As I began to learn WordPress, and thought about all that I needed to do I was overwhelmed. I had [...]

Why My Computer was Shutting Off By Itself

Through my years of working with computers I have encountered many issues. Some related to hardware, but most seem to be associated with software. When I do encounter an error, I like to find the root of the problem, so I can add it to my knowledgebase. Recently, I ran into a problem where my [...]

Technically Easy is Moving to WordPress

After some careful thought I decided to convert Technically Easy from a Blogger blog to a WordPress blog. I had been mulling this conversion over for some time, but have put off doing it. I have liked using Blogger because of the ease of its use. Now i think it is time for me to [...]

Review: Geek and Money

There are probably thousands of people with blogs and web sites that are trying to make a lot of money online. There are many avenues, some good and some bad, that you can take that will help you achieve your goal. The problem, however, is that most people take one of the bad avenues and [...]

Which Storage Devices Have You Used?

As many know I have started archiving pictures and data to keep the information secure. As I was creating my process of storing the data I began to think about the many different storage mediums that I have used in the past. I started using computers in the mid-80s which is an eternity by computer [...]

Screen Resolution Names

I recently was flipping through a computer store flyer and checked out some of the laptops. As I read through the specs of the laptops I was immediately drawn to the screen resolution. I was expecting to see the resolution stated in pixels, but it was not. Instead they used the name associated with the [...]