For getting started or a quick review, this is the basics of how things work. I take tech down to the roots.
Have you ever hit “Send” on an email, assumed it went where you sent it, but the other person swore they never received it? We expect it to just work, right? Well, like so much of our technology, because we don’t see what’s going on behind the scenes, it’s feels a bit like magic –…
I looooove me some chocolate chip cookies. I also have a deep affection for Pepperidge Farm Chessmen and homemade shortbread. You know what other kinds of cookies I like? I like some kinds of computer cookies. Those aren’t sugar cookies that I baked in the shape of a laptop, but that’s something I may need…
Have you ever wondered what your computer is doing while you’re not clicking anything? It’s almost always still busy with background processes. Background processes are tasks that your computer runs behind the scenes while you’re using other programs. I’m going to explain today what background processes are, what they do, what they look like, and…
When it comes to digital storage, we all know that having enough is good, having some to spare is better, and having all we need is best. We also know that we can fit more smaller-sized files in a space than larger-sized ones. Most of us have a basic grasp of smallest-to-largest. But it gets…
I’m pretty old, so technology in general all seems new to me. Unfortunately, though, our tech devices don’t last forever. We’re putting them through more abuse and destructive behavior than the industrial systems. We drop them, we frequently charge them, and we constantly make changes to them with new and updated apps. Our mobile devices…
We use so much technology today that we seldom think about it. Email comes in, you surf the web, you make a purchase and pay with a credit card at a website, and you watch a video on your phone, tablet, computer, or television. These are all very different technologies, and yet they all seem…
This post will conclude the series on ports and connectors. You can find links to the other posts in the series at the end of the post. Today’s entry features connectors that let us store, expand, and extend our devices’ capabilities. Many of these are less visible than the video or audio parts, but they’re…
Continuing last month’s post on ports and connectors, we’re going to cover audio connectors and network connectors today. I’ll also talk about some legacy types of connectors that were common when I was cutting my technology teeth. You may not recognize some of the older technology, but I still encounter it often enough that it’s…
I’m not a great cook, and when I’m trying out a new recipe, I can get the kitchen pretty messy. It would be nice if I could try it out in a kitchen that self-destructs at the end of the experiment. Anyone with me? How about with technology, though? Well, in the computing world, we…
Our Internet capabilities have grown tremendously over the past two decades. Most of that progress is thanks to improvements in the Internet itself. As recently as 2000, the idea of three people in a home watching three different movies on three different devices was inconceivable. Today, if we can’t do that, we figure something’s wrong…
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