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Favorite Software including smart phone apps and useful web sites

They are not chosen for their general appeal but rather the sites I want to find when I am logging in from someone else's computer and do not have my own list of Favorites to draw on.   It also includes links to some programs that look interesting.  If I have not actually tried them, I usually note that.

How to Remotely Troubleshoot a Friend’s Windows 10 PC Without Any Extra Software (Gain remote access with an assistant on the other end)

Some of my favorite Windows shortcuts

Some handy Windows 10 and probably 11 tricks

What various parts of the Windows 10 screen are called

A few HTML tricks.  In developing this web site, I have developed a couple of tricks.  I have moved a couple of web pages and I wanted a way to tell the user where they went to and I wanted to be able to have special screen for people browsing from small screens like on a smart phone.

LibreOffice (Replaces OpenOffice):  A free substitute for Microsoft Office.  Click HERE for detailed info. If you are not a heavy user of Office, it is a good substitute.  The only big nuisance is you have to change the default format to match what Office uses.  My notes explain how.

Urban Legends  (Every time I get an urban legend masquerading as truth, I respond, usually with info from one of these sites.  This occurs more than once a month.)
     http://www.snopes.com/
     http://urbanlegends.about.com/
     http://www.factcheck.org/
     http://www.truthorfiction.com/
     http://www.politifact.com/

Buying a new PC

Graphics and Video Editing software on the Desktop

Hints for smarter Google Searches

Some notes on non-computer subjects I have accumulated that might be of interest to others
          Use of OverDrive to listen or read library books and some of my favorite audio books
          Podcast Usage and some favorites

Photo and video programs for smart phonesPhoto and Video Software on iPhones
and some other smart phones

 

 

Link to Maps apps on smart phonesMaps, mostly hiking/skiing related on the iPhone and some other smart phones

 

General Apps on iPhones and some other smart phones (Only partially developed so far) 

General Computer Related Web Sites  such as checking connection speeds, free online PC help, generally free useful software etc.

General Non-Computer Web Sites such as medical links and interesting non-computer related web sites and Criminal Justice Web sites.

Winter
    USA
      I90 Road Conditions
      WSDOT Pass conditions
      Summit at Snoqualmie Ski Area

    Canada
        http://www.skisilverstar.com/
        Weather Radar around Silver Star
        Weather forecast for Silver Star (only up in winter) 
        Sovereign Lake Cross Country Center
        BC Road Conditions 

 

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