Archive for June, 2010

This Megabytes!

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

hard drive icon This Megabytes!This post should be one that you keep handy for reference. I’ve been approached with questions a lot in the past about “what is a megabyte” or “what is a gigabyte”. While I may not be able to break those answers down to the most tiny deal (because to be honest, I don’t think I could tell you anyway!), I can give you a break down as to how “mega”, “giga” and all those other bytes relate to each other.
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Let Me Tell You About the Birds and the Tweets…

Monday, June 21st, 2010

8 Let Me Tell You About the Birds and the Tweets…With the explosive growth and usage of Twitter these days, many people are left in the dark as to what the heck it is and why so many people are finding a use for it. While I’ve tried to explain Twitter in plain English using the gift I have known as “speech”, I’m finding the explanation very hard to get across, thus giving me more of a “speech impediment”. On a lighter note, isn’t the marketing for Twitter “so freakin’ cute”?!! (see bird to the left)
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Scooby Doo and the Mystery of the “Weird Words”

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

captcha 150x150 Scooby Doo and the Mystery of the “Weird Words”Recently one of Jabloggy’s regulars submitted a question about the “weird words” you’re sometimes required to type to submit a form on any given website. Not one to pass up the opportunity, I decided to serve up some good ol’ fashioned Scooby Doo and the gang for this one. (RUH-ROH!)
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First Amendment Abuse: The World of Blogging

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

Newspaper Feed 128x128 First Amendment Abuse: The World of BloggingSince I’m using a blog to communicate with and educate my adoring fans, I figured that talking about the world of blogging as my first topic would be most appropriate. icon smile First Amendment Abuse: The World of Blogging And if you haven’t heard the term “blog” or “blogging”, what awesome rock have you been living under? icon wink First Amendment Abuse: The World of Blogging Most, if not all, people have heard these terms at some point, but only a certain percentage truly understand what they are and mean.
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Jabloggy 101: This Blog’s For You

Monday, June 7th, 2010

pleasantsuprise1 Jabloggy 101: This Blogs For YouAre you one of the many people who feel left in the dark because you can’t tell the difference between RAM (computer memory) and a Ram (an animal with weird horns)? Is all the computer lingo and tech jargon making you feel like you should be the Flintstones’ neighbors (stuck in the stone age)? Well, you’ve come to the right place.
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