Google II

I am now going to make it inexcusable NOT to use the computer. Do not call me if you are not prepared for some drastic changes to keeping curiosity alive!

First, I will install Firefox (Mac & Windows)

Second, I will make sure the home page is Google

Third, I will put Firefox shortcuts in the Start Menu, the Quick Launch Bar, and the Desktop; there will be no excuses for not being able to find it.

Finally, I shall put it in the Startup menu, so that the very first thing you see after boot up will be Google.

So no one will ever again have to put his thumb out to hitch a ride on the information highway! Your own car shall be warming up in the drive.



Archie specializes in tutoring and training of seniors in PC security, Windows, Internet, and Microsoft Office. He holds the CompTIA A+ certification and is often featured speaker at Goodwin House in Alexandria; he can be emailed at ama3@tfci-us.com

The Google Gene

I am no longer so concerned about losing ones memory as I am of losing ones curiosity. I am appalled at the number of people who have had computers for years, still do not know that Internet Explorer (IE) and Firefox offer the same thing, that to find something on the internet does not mean looking in Outlook Express or doing a Search on ones own computer.

So anyone who has been with me has the Firefox homepage pointed to Google; it is simple, has only one space, smack in the middle, to possibly enter anything. For the more adventurous, I might set IE to Yahoo.

But that so many people don’t know this, disturbs me. It’s hit one button on the desktop (Mozilla Firefox) and one is on the web! The excuse I am getting is, “Well, I don’t have the time.” The fear of loss of memory has conquered the loss of curiosity.

I have a laptop on my coffee table, in front of the TV; I have had a small desktop in my – unused – dining room. I have always had a computer in front of the TV.

I watch PBS, History, and Travel channels, and sometimes movies. Two weeks ago, I had decided to watch Topper. Besides Cary Grant, who were the other actors? So, hit Firefox button, type Topper in the Google box, then hit enter.

I just lost my cell phone and did not look forward to replacing it, what with all the useless bells and whistles on them now. So I Googled (hit my Firefox button and typed in) cell phones review

I recently was put on a new medication; naturally I Googled it for side-effects and primary purpose; for example, I do not have anything close to high blood pressure, so why was I being given a beta blocker?

Quaeso ergo Google. I question therefore I Google. Hey, where did that Latin come from? Googled Latin English dictionaries online!

So there are other, major sites besides Google.

www.wikipedia.org World’s Home-made Encyclopedia

www.imdb.com Movie/TV database

www.bartleby.com Quotations (like Bartlett’s), thesaurus

But you could have found all that out through Google, too …

Archie specializes in tutoring and training of seniors in PC security, Windows, Internet, and Microsoft Office. He holds the CompTIA A+ certification and is often featured speaker at Goodwin House in Alexandria; he can be emailed at ama3@tfci-us.com