A Blog and Web Site About The McDougall Family
Sometime ago, someone mentioned that they would like to add their name to their photos like I do. I do it a couple of different ways, depending on where the picture is located (on my computer, or on my phone). This is not a step by step tutorial, but rather, a guide to share what […]
Read MoreLast night, (Friday, August 27) my wife, Carol, and I were looking at the near full moon. There was a bright start to the right and a bit lower than the moon. Carol commented that she doesn’t remember that star being on the right side of the moon. I guessed that maybe it was a […]
Read MoreWell, it happens to all of us. Another birthday. When we are young, we look forward to our birthdays, as we get older, we don’t really care to be reminded that we are growing older. This year, though, I was looking forward to my birthday. Look at the pictures, and you will notice that one […]
Read MoreUbuntu 9.04 – code named Jaunty Jackalope, was released on April 23. I am always (maybe too) eager to upgrade to the next version of Ubuntu as new features are always added, making it an even better operating system. Yes, for the uninformed, Ubuntu is a computer operating system. Your computer may run Windows or […]
Read MoreIt is very rare that I delete a post after it is published. I made this rare exception yesterday. The post was about a school teacher that reprimanded a student after he shared Linux disks with his fellow students. The computers at my house run under Ubuntu Linux, NOT Windows. Many Many people believe that […]
Read MoreUp to this point, our main computer printer has been a HP Photosmart D5360 inkjet. It is a very nice printer, but as you probably know, the price of ink is outrageous. I refill my own ink cartridges, which helps; but, that is a pain, and the whole deal is still expensive. 99 percent of […]
Read MoreIf you frequent McDougallsHome.net, you may have seen the widget displayed above. What is this “Ubuntu 8.10” thing? Your computer, that you are looking at right now, has an “operating system” that controls the computer and runs the programs you want to run. On your computer, the operating system is probably Windows XP or Windows […]
Read More(Updated – Original Post Sept 1, 2008) I have a quite old Toshiba laptop. Carol and I are going on a missions trip to Moldova in October. Many on our team to Moldova are bringing a laptop computer along so they can check e-mail, use Skype, and other stuff. My old computer had Windows 98 […]
Read MoreHave you wondered how I got those nice frames around my photos? And, how about the text or “watermark” with our web site lightly on the photos? I use a great free program called FSResizer by FastStone. Visit them at www.FastStone.org for several very handy photo tools. FSResizer is specifically made for Windows. I do […]
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