Saturday, January 14, 2023

Stay Safe! How to Learn About Consumer Product Recalls

US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Do you know if a product has been recalled due to a major safety concern?

Not everything is as safe as we think it is.

Products are routinely recalled due to safety concerns.  

Examples includes electrical lamps, child car seats, vacuums, baby rockers and bicycles.

Sometimes the risk to consumers is low but in other cases the risk of death or major injury is very high.

The US Product Safety Commission recalls products due to safety concerns and posts this information on their website.

Often the company can send a repair part to make the product safe or refund purchases if there is a major death or injury risk.

Check out recalls at the US Consumer Product Safety Commission's website:  https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls

Recalls are posted and you can search for product recalls based on dates, categories and categories.

CPSC Search

In addition, you can sign up for recall emails:  https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/Subscribe

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    Friday, January 13, 2023

    How to Bounce Cats

    Sometimes you need to take a few minutes to get your mind off of work.

    And what could be more fun than bouncing cats?

    Check out Cat Bounce for your Friday Funday Website Cool Tip!

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    Remember, some cats are bouncier than others, so that means more force = more bounce. Use a gentler touch if you're losing cats.

    Enjoy!

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    Thursday, January 12, 2023

    4 Ways to Lock Your Windows Screen

    Microsoft Windows
    Do you lock your PC Window when you are not at your desk?

    Maybe you should.

    Your PC probably contains a lot of personal and business information such as financial data, photos, and browsing history.

    There are multiple ways to lock your Microsoft Windows screen.  

    Do you know them all?

    Here are four ways to lock your Windows screen:

    1. Windows-L
    Press and hold the Windows key and the L key on your keyboard. 

    2. Ctrl-Alt-Del
    Press Ctrl-Alt-Delete keys. Select Lock

    3. Start button
    Select the Start button in the bottom-left corner. Select your user icon and then select Lock.

    4. Auto lock via screen saver
    You can set your PC to lock automatically when the screen saver starts. 
    • Go to Control Panel 
    • Appearance & Personalization 
    • Change screen saver 
    • check the box for On resume, display logon screen. 

    Be sure to set a time for how long your PC should wait before starting the screen saver.

    That's it!  Enjoy!

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    Wednesday, January 11, 2023

    How to Turn On Stereo Sound for Your iPhone

    Apple earpodAre you hearing stereo sound on your iPhone?

    You might not be.

    By default, Apple turns off stereo sound and leaves audio as mono sound.

    This is so that all sounds play in both the left and right ear. That's great for people who have hearing issues.

    But what if you want stereo sound?

    Here's how to turn it on so that stereo sounds are played through the left and right channels.

    1. Go to Setting
    2. Select Accessibility
    3. Select Audio/Visual
    4. Mono Audio:
          - Turn off to use stereo sound
          - Turn on to combine the left and right channels to play the same sound content.

    That's it.  Enjoy your stereo sounds!

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    Tuesday, January 10, 2023

    Beware! AI May Take Your Job. Check this Cool Tip on How It Can Happen

    AI

    AI, Artificial Intelligence, has long been the subject of Science Fiction.  

    But now it's here for everyone.

    Several AI projects have been released recently, including ChatGPT.

    This AI project will write and create content.  From serious technical code to the humorous poems and songs.

    It's a glimpse of what's to come.  

    Will we start seeing AI generated news articles?  Computer code?  Malware? 

    So, let's try it.  For a sample, asked ChatGPT to write a poem about Robin Williams.


    You can try it out here: https://chat.openai.com/

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    Monday, January 9, 2023

    Draw a Perfect Straight Line, Square or Circle with This Cool Tip

    Shapes
    When using Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook or PowerPoint, you can add shapes, such as boxes, circles, and arrows, to your documents, email messages, slide shows, and spreadsheets. 

    But how do you get a perfect circle rather than an oval?  Or a square rather than a rectangle?  Or a straight line rather than a jagged one?

    The secret Cool Tip is to press and hold the SHIFT key when dragging the mouse to create the shape.

    Press Shift Key to draw perfect line square circle

    Here's how to do it:

    • On the Insert tab, click Shapes
    • Click the shape icon you want to draw, click anywhere in the workspace and drag to place the shape.
    • To create a perfect line, square or circle (or constrain the dimensions of other shapes), press and hold Shift key while you drag to create the shape.


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    Sunday, January 8, 2023

    Hide Memories from Your Facebook Feed

    Facebook icon
    Facebook is used by millions of people around the world.  

    Users connect to friends to enjoy viewing and posting photos.  

    For most people, this is a fun and rewarding experience.

    But this can turn around quickly when Facebook shares past posts, called "memories" in your feed that you'd rather no longer see again.

    Perhaps it's a photo from an ex-spouse or a dearly departed friend or relative.

    You can tell Facebook not to show you these "memories" based on a specific person or on certain days.

    Here's the Cool Tip to do it from the web:

    Hide Person

    1. Go to facebook.com/memories.
    2. Click Hide People under Settings.
    3. Click Start typing a name... and enter the names of the people you don't want to see memories with.
    4. Click Save.
    Hiding memories of someone will hide any tagged photos or posts of that person in Memories.

    Hide Certain Days
    1. Go to facebook.com/memories.
    2. Click Hide Dates below Settings.
    3. Click Add New Date Range.
    4. Select a start and end date for the date or dates you don't want to see memories from.
    5. Click Save.

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