Month: January 2022
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Why do Seniors Hate Tech?
I have found in the past that every time that I have really angered one of my senior citizen students was not when I send them my bill after a class. It was during the class when I told them they are totally capable of learning how to use a computer, they just don’t want…
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Teaching computers using English not Geek
One of the biggest problems with being a computer teacher is that sometimes we forget how to speak English. We forget that Computer Geek is its own language. This is fine if we are trying to talk to other geeks about what needs to be done on a computer. However, when attempting to teach an…
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The Power of Keynote App On a Mac
By now you may have guessed that I have been using Apple computers for some time now. (More like 20+ Years). One of my favourite programs is Keynote. I really like it because I have found the Office version to be very clunky. Keynote is what happens when you give PowerPoint to an artist and…
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How to tell your MacBook is infected with malware
It’s Monday morning. My coffee is still too hot to drink. I’m sitting on the sofa in the front room with my headphones on listening to a blog post about Apple malware. (I convert text to speech for my Dyslexia). I had to stop the audio because the advice the really bad advice the author…
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Lonely Hearts Scam: Day 7 “The art of faking Romance”
The tide has shifted again. Over the last week, Alice has brought up investing in bitcoin, starting a business or investing in her plastic surgery clinic when she moves to Sydney. This makes me think that it’s more of an investment scam more than a lonely heart. Then this happened. Remember dating….when you meet someone…
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Why are phone scammers still using the same old scam?
We all have received those calls from scammers claiming to be from NBN, Telstra or Amazon. As much as we try we can’t get them to stop. Makes us think they are stupid because we all know better. But it’s not stupid. It’s math. It is still a call center. For those of you who…
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Anti-Vaccine website types, Humorous look at bad bad science..Yes bad!
I study disinformation and online scams. I have a database of over 350 websites that claim that vaccines do not work. Here are some of the types that I have discovered. I will not list the websites as I do not want to give them any traffic whatsoever. (Full data will be released with the…