What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
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I received some feedback on one of my recent posts regarding full screen vs. widescreen DVD formats asking if I could explain a little more about digital television. I’d be happy to! Let’s start with the basics. If you are watching television on a standard, square screen television hooked up to an antenna you are receiving an analog signal. Some of you cable subscribers out there with a “basic” subscription to cable are most likely receiving an analog signal as well. The analog signal is interpreted by your television through varying amplitude and/or frequencies of the signal. Analog signals also… Continue reading...
A current poll running on the Noobie web site asks readers which communication method they prefer the most. Choices include standard telephone, cell phone, e-mail, instant messaging and text messaging. As of today, a majority 68.4% of the people who have voted in the poll have selected e-mail as their preferred method of communication. Which leads to another interesting question. Is e-mail the preferred method of communication for all communication? Certainly not, right? Case in point. I read an article today that RadioShack notified about 400 of its employees via e-mail that they had been layed off. No face-to-face communication.… Continue reading...
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A question I often get asked is whether someone should buy the full screen or widescreen version of a DVD. The easy answer? Widescreen. It’s a no brainer for me. Look around in your retail stores. How many square televisions do you see on the shelves? How many widescreens? Of course I always hear the argument from someone that has a standard (square screen) television they recently purchased and plan to keep for the next um-teen years. To which I respond, you should still get the widescreen. But this decision really comes down to personal taste. If you play a… Continue reading...
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Earlier this week I was coaching a client of mine and helping her set up a remote connection on her office computer to enable her to work from home. This is fairly simple to set up but I ran into one little problem–she only had the Home version of Windows XP. Windows XP Home, unlike its big brother, Windows XP Professional is lacking (or in some cases cleverly hiding) several features that Microsoft has deemed most users with computers in their homes will not need. Unfortunately, the ability to allow remote connections is one such feature. Whenever I buy software… Continue reading...
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I recently came across a promotion from SitePal that allows you to put a talking, animated person on your web site. The person’s look can be completely customized from male to female, from brown hair to black hair, from blue eyes to green eyes. You can even make their eyes follow the mouse as it moves around the screen and react accordingly. My first thought was that this would be perfect for noobies. Imagine a talking character right on a web site walking you through, step by step, on how to sign up for your mailing list. Or walking you… Continue reading...
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