More Than Pushing the Button
Blue Screen Radio for August 20, 2008

After the Vacation

Downloading

• Download your picture files at the first opportunity – don’t put it off. Accidentally deleting is very easy – and permanent!.
• Download directly from the camera or using a card reader if you have a removable card.
• Download to a folder on your computer and/or to a storage website

 This week's show was originally intended to cover topics related to kids and their computer requirements for school.  Being that the new school year is right around the corner, I thought it would be a good idea to start talking about things to consider when deciding on a new computer for your tech-savvy students.  I say it was "intended" to be that way because as I was walking out the door to head off to the radio station, I was approached by my three year old son, Isaac, with the usual round of questions:

• Daddy...  are you going to work now?
• Daddy...  where do you work?  At the radio station?
• Daddy...  will you be listening to yourself on the radio while you're at the radio station?
• Daddy...  can I come with you to be on the radio station?

Well, after several weeks of the same questions, I figured it was time to give him something other than the usual "No, Isaac...  you can't come with me."  And, instead, I said... "okay, Buddy...  get your pants on and grab a couple toys to take with you so you'll have something to play with."

 This week we'll be talking about keeping your system clean.  Here's the notes for our discussion.  There's some great programs out there that are free and very powerful...  it is my recommendation that you give these programs a try.  This week's show is my way of answering one of my listener's questions about their computer running really slow and funny, so I hope there are more of you out there that can use this information to save some dough!

Here's the programs that will help you keep your system clean and running smooth...

First, if you've never been to the website, I'd like to thank you for stopping by!

As you may or may not know this site is going through some serious changes.  First, the design of the site has been completely changed to a more exciting and "technologially up to date" design.  Second, we've brought back the Blue Screen Forums so you can easily ask your questions and possibly get help from other computer users making use of this site.

Here are some of the additions that you'll be seeing over the next month: