Windows Power Toys             Microsoft Power Toys started as a collection of small utilities distributed freely to Windows 95 users. ...

Potpourri             This month we look at some of the things affecting science and technology in the news.   Computer Prices are Rising...

Useful Software for Free The holidays are over. You got that new computer you were waiting for but no software. On the other hand,...

Happy Windows 10 End of Life             This New Year 2025 Windows 10 is supposed to reach the End of Life.  It is scheduled to occur on...

More Tech Gift Ideas             Currently it is getting close to Thanksgiving, near the end of November and I am writing my December...

Holiday Tech I find myself near Halloween thinking about the end-of-year holidays, not the ghoulish season at the end of October. This...

Android Android 15 will be released to Googles Pixel phones this month (October), it is has inspired me to review some of the features in...

Back to School 2024 It is August and as I am writing this if school hasn’t started already, it will begin shortly. Last year I worked as...

Summer Potpourri    This month I thought I would hit some short topics, light reading for the vacation season.  Since we just completed...

Space 2024: Part 2 I have had an interest in space since I was a young boy and watched John Glenn’s launch into orbit on TV. I used to...

Every now and then, I move away from computer technology and look at a different area. This month we look at what is going on in space.

World Password Day 2024 World Password Day occurs on the first Thursday each May. This year it is May 2nd. The day makes a good reminder...

Raspberry Pi It has been a little over two years since I wrote about the Raspberry Pi Computer.  I missed Pi Day this year because I was...

Printers – Part 2 This month we continue with our discussions of printers. As I mentioned last month I am in the market for a new...

Printers This month I thought I would start writing a series on computer peripherals.  Peripherals are those add-on devices that go along...

Late Holiday Shopping Ok, so this could be for those late shoppers looking for technology stocking stuffers or it could be for those that...

Programming Languages First Program In 1976 I wrote my first computer programs in Fortran, a language that had been created in the 1950’s...

Ghosts of Christmas Past So, it is October and I find myself writing the annual Christmas column so it will be published before Black...

As long promised, I am now ready to begin my “Using our tools” series on the spreadsheet. Dan Bricklin developed Visicalc, considered by...

Back to School 2023 Another August and another school year. Welcome to our annual Back to School Edition of Tech Sense. The last two...