Tutorials
These tutorials are geared toward beginner to intermediate computer users and cover a wide variety of topics. If there's something else you'd like to see here, let me know by sending mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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How to Use Good, Unique Passwords
Monday, 15 August 2011 15:51
This tutorial shows you how to use the KeePass password manager to maintain your passwords and use a different, strong password for each site you log in to . First, I want to address the basic question: why is it a bad idea to use the same password on every site? The short answer: because now all your online accounts are as INsecure as the least secure site that you visit. Read on for more discussion of the problem and a step-by-step tutorial for using my favorite solution, KeePass, to manage your passwords.
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How to Rip Audiobook CDs in iTunes
Saturday, 08 January 2011 19:16
Why rip an audiobook? Because listening to audiobooks on iTunes is much more convenient than carrying around a big case of CDs. Also, most CD players don't do a good job of saving your position. This tutorial shows you how to use iTunes to rip audiobook CDs in a way that makes it easy to manage the audio files.
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Using Images in Joomla Articles
Saturday, 08 January 2011 11:43
This tutorial explains different aspects of dealing with images in Joomla, including uploading, inserting, making advanced “Lightbox” images and slideshows, and resizing images on your computer.
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Joomla Basics
Friday, 07 January 2011 02:16
The great benefit of the Joomla content management system is that anyone can edit the content of the articles with very little training and no knowledge of HTML or web programming. ·This tutorial covers the basic tasks you'll need to know to edit existing content in Joomla.
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