Do you need a cable box from Cablevision?
On 2010/06/30
Beginning on June 15, 2010 many Cablevision customers were distressed to find they could no longer view TV stations on their televisions without a cable box. I have heard this from clients, friends and on several heated discussions on Facebook.
This is not true.
They now see the message below or something similar [...]
Customize the OS X Finder Toolbar
On 2010/06/26
I recently tweeted (@RichardFrisch)
Miracles do happen. My wife who lives in an assisted computing facility taught me something about Finder’s Column View I did not know.
If you own a Mac you use Finder, OS X’s file management application, which is similar to Windows Explorer. Have you ever [...]
Cablevision/Optimum Online outdoes itself
On 2010/06/19
I just ran a speed test on my Internet connection and was astounded by the results. I pay for Optimum Boost which is supposed to give me about 30 Mb/s downstream and 5 Mb/s upstream. The test showed over 55 Mb/s down. WOW!
Create a desktop shortcut to open your CD-DVD drive
On 2010/06/18
Macs have an eject key on the keyboard to eject discs from their optical drives. Most Windows machines do not.
I describe below how to create a desktop shortcut to do that for Windows computers. The shortcut can be assigned to a keyboard key, pinned to the Windows 7 Taskbar or added to [...]
Jack Dorsey’s Square having trouble getting going
On 2010/06/18
I signed up for Square’s credit card processing quite a while ago. I am still waiting. Today I received this email:
Dear Square user,
We announced Square with the phrase: “0 to $60 in under 10 seconds.”
Square’s goal is to enable people to accept payments immediately, everywhere. [...]
RHFtech Help Desk (and more) upgraded to WordPress 3.0
On 2010/06/18
This site uses WordPress. It is a great content management system. WordPress.org recently announced a new version. I decided to bet the store and upgraded to WordPress 3.0 from 2.9.2. I backed up everything first and then clicked the “upgrade automatically” link on the notice at the top of the administration [...]
Optical discs are so “yesterday”
On 2010/06/13
ISO and DMG files can replace optical discs, even if you have an optical drive on your computer.
Netbooks and MacBook Air portable computers do not have built-in DVD/CD drives. How do you use a DVD or a CD with them? You can connect an external USB optical disc [...]
Considering a smartphone – a dialogue with John
On 2010/06/10
John asked me, “What smartphone would you recommend?”
A smartphone is a complex purchase. You will likely have to keep the instrument for 2+ years, so you really should like it. Some of the major questions are:
How much does the phone and monthly plan cost? Which data plan is right for [...]
Not all large communications companies treat their customers like dirt. Cablevision bucks the industry trend.
Large telcos do not have a good image. They have earned their reputations by gouging customers, restricting competition, under-investing in plant and infrastructure, being slow to adopt new technology, providing poor customer service and overpaying their executives.
I [...]
Microsoft Mice and Apple Fingers
On 2010/06/03
Use a finger or use your whole hand: this is the basic difference between Apple and Microsoft. I bet Steve Jobs excelled at finger painting in kindergarten and that Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s current CEO, and Bill Gates, Microsoft’s founder, did not. This is why Apple succeeds with the iPod, iPhone and iPad, and is an [...]
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