What's Noo?
A blog for noobies by Patric Welch, techie and all around fun guy.
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I woke up this morning and noticed this instant message waiting for me on my computer from a good friend of mine: Are you finally ready to lose some weight with no effort, well I am living proof that those acai berry pills everyone is talking about actually work, I lost 22 pounds in two weeks and it only cost me five dollars over at http://regontown.com For a split second, I thought my friend was trying to tell me something. After all I have put on a few pounds over the past few months. But that thought quickly faded as… Continue reading...
It was bound to happen to me eventually. Over the weekend, my computer got a virus. Well, it didn't really get a virus. More like a virus wasted a bunch of my valuable time. The reason I didn't actually get the virus is because I use Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare anti-virus program. And it did its job. Sort of. Close, but no cigar As soon as the virus was detected, OneCare popped up a message letting me know about the virus and gave me an option to clean the virus. I thought all was good until a few minutes later,… Continue reading...
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Recently, I was helping a client with her computer when I noticed a security alert pop up in the bottom right-hand corner of her screen. The alert detailed a virus that her security software had detected (thank goodness for the security software). When I clicked the link for more information, the virus was described as one that is commonly obtained from a file downloaded using a file sharing service. Right around that same time I noticed an icon on her desktop for LimeWire. Can you guess what LimeWire is? If you said a file sharing service, you are correct. How… Continue reading...
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Some people have a negative connotation of the Internet due to the abundance of viruses, fraud and scams. But what if you could use the Internet to avoid a scam? I recently used my TiVo HD DVR to subscribe to a video podcast called Scam School. Scam School is the brainchild of Brian Bushwood and aims to expose scams to the public to prevent people from falling for them. I was a little skeptical when I watched my first episode. My guard is usually up pretty high when it comes to scams but I have to tell you, I fell… Continue reading...
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I'm a big fan of eBay, mainly because there's a never-ending audience for things you are trying to sell that you think no one would ever want to buy. Take for instance the used irrigation system controller I sold on eBay for $38 after the service man who was upgrading the system told me he was going to throw it away. Or the bundle of typewriter supplies I sold on behalf of a client of mine on eBay for $21, just when you thought the typewriter was extinct. But what I don't like about eBay are the unfortunate people that… Continue reading...
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