High Speed Internet - Port George - Rose's Memorial Page - Computers
Driver Instructor Training - Audio - Video
This website includes a variety of information, with some of the topics listed above, and more in the menu down the left hand side.
There is so much more that can't all be listed on one introductory page. Have a look through the various sections.
Our goal is to provide good reliable information or links to it, to make computing, electronics, gadgets and other things an enjoyable part of your life, in simple terms, easy for new users and experienced to understand.
Latest Additions (Only a sample shown here. Check your section of interest from time to time.)
Home Theatre Upgrade Tips, some simple ideas to make your home installations easier and professional looking for very little cost. (July 2009)
Rose's Memorial Page is always getting additions. Check each section for new additions. (March 2009)
Highway of Heroes - please click on the red ribbon on the right, or this link.
Staples Mailmate Shredder - Great machine when it was working, but it didn't last long.
Logitech Harmony 680 Remote - Takes longer than 30 min. to program, but an excellent remote
Metapad - Best notepad replacement program, one you will use many times a day.
AZZ Cardfile - Replacement for Cardfile.exe. The best update for that old Windows 3.1 program. Or a great program to try if you have never used a cardfile program before.
AZZ Cardfile Version 4 - has arrived with many more features. Definitely worth upgrading, or having a look if you have not tried AZZ Cardfile before. (March 2009)
PDF Manuals - Think PDF manuals are a pain? Times have changed. Here is why PDF manuals are better if you learn to take advantage of their advantages. (March, 2009)
Toshiba Laptop makes French Characters - Does your notebook computer suddenly print French characters in Skype or MSN Messenger? This could be the fix.
Logitech Harmony 520 Remote - Non-functioning keys. Keys that do not work. Here's a solution.
Links Page Updated - Live Cams (Nov. 8, 2008)
MetroFactor - is the name of our online stock car racing group. A simulator that is as real as it gets. Check us out.
MetroFactor schedule and stats updated every week.
Firefox Extension - section updated. (October 2008)
freeCommander - the best file management program. (September 2008)
Keyboard Shortcuts - updated (Keyboard shortcut to Quick Launch toolbar, etc.) (September 2008)
Registry Warning - If you plan to change the registry, or use one of the many registry cleaning programs see our registry warning before you do it, not after
CCleaner - An excellent program for removing unused junk files from your computer.
Mini Tripod - Excellent accessory for video or still camera pictures.
Laptop - Notebook Touchpad Settings - customize your touchpad settings to make it faster and more useful.
Screenshot - the easy way. Without using extra programs, this is already under your fingertips. PrintScreen or Alt + Print Screen easily makes your screenshot. Here's how. (Aug.2008)
FARR - Find And Run Robot - This is the fastest program launcher for keyboard users. And it does many other things lightening fast too. (June 2008)
Remote Desktop Connections - Instructions found in out Computer Section. (January, 2008)
Driver Instructor Training
Straying away from computers a bit, we have added this section to our site. I spent many of my working years as an operator instructor for buses and other large vehicles. These are some tips that may help other driver instructors. (Good information for the operators too.)
Time Anywhere
Want to know what time it is anywhere in the world? Go to our Links page and use the World Time box in the top right column. Very handy and fast.
Get the time for any province in Canada by clicking the link See Time In All Provinces of Canada in the left menu.
Port George
Some history of the place near where I grew up. It is located on the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia. Some pictures of the past and present. Under Entertainment in the menu.
Historic Pictures of Nova Scotia
From the 1800 to 1900s: From part of a family collection. Halifax - Middleton - Harbourville - Cape Breton - Truro - Antigonish - New Glasgow, and other places.
See Halifax without the bridges, see Bedford when it was a dirt road, see train stations from the past, and more..
Links
Check the links page often. Additions added on a random basis to various categories. There are also links on the various subject pages.
Information is not official, and is only an opinion gathered from personal experience. |
| If I make negative comments about any software or hardware products, it does not mean that the item or its company is bad in any way. It just means that my personal experience with it was not favourable. On the other hand if I make positive comments in a similar fashion, it only means my personal experience was satisfactory. |
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New Map June 25, 2009
(Small updates are often done to the site with no change in this date.)
July 2, 2009 (The date indicates the last major update.)
Canadian Military Pension - the unfairness continues for evermore, the decision has been made. The only hope is that others in the future will not be subject to such mis-doings. |
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