When was the last time that you took a black and white photo? My first camera, way back in the dark ages, was black and white, but I’ve taken colour film and digital photos since then. This week’s photo challenge took me back to the past, thinking about black and white photos, and computers too!
Category: Computer tips
New iPad and Converting HEIC Files
A couple of weeks ago, I got a new iPad, because the old one was acting strangely. It shut down a few times a day, for no apparent reason, and it was “jumpy” sometimes, when responding to taps. I like the new iPad much better, and it cost less than the old one did!
Introduction to R Course
An announcement for an Introduction to R course arrived in my inbox recently, so I checked it out. The course is free, and offered by the Knight Center for Journalism. There are lots of tweets about R, and how awesome it is, so I signed up. Did I make a big mistake, or will this be a good investment of my time? Will it complement Excel?
Windows 10 Bored with Your Background
One advantage of working from home is that there aren’t too many interruptions. Just turn off the phone, shut down the email, and focus on getting things done. Last week though, while I was working on an Excel file, a large message popped up on the other monitor. “Bored with your background? Update your desktop background, or create a whole slideshow of pics.”
YouTube Not Eligible for Monetization Problem
On my Contextures YouTube channel, I’ve posted almost 500 Excel videos, since starting way back in 2008. There’s a bit of advertising revenue from the videos, and I usually just check the grand total each month, and put that amount into my records. Today I took a closer look at the revenue for each video, and was surprised to find that one was flagged as “not eligible for monetization”. After some troubleshooting, I think that I’ve figured out what the YouTube “not eligible for monetization” problem was – see if you can spot it.
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Colouring Book Day
This Colouring book is no longer available
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Make It Easy to Read
Happy New Year, and best wishes for a prosperous 2017! And, to get things off to a good start, I’ll post a short, New-Year’s-related rant about accessibility – please make your products/articles easy to read.
Monthly Website Backups-Stay Safe
Do you do regular website backups? Today I’m making some structural changes to one of my blogs, which is hosted on Hostgator. The instruction page on Hostgator warns (ominously) that you should make a full site backup before beginning. That sounded like good advice, so I decided to follow it!
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