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Gizmodo shows us how Google works – Interesting

Jul 01
Posted by Shane Keenaghan in Internet, Uncategorized

In my training courses and in my day today contact with people I’m often explaining the importance of incoming links on your website and other related topics. Most of my explanations come from my own limited experience of using web services, and things I’ve read and experimented with myself.

The infographic that Gizmodo is very interesting and gives a nice explanation of how Google works on searches.

I think I have a better understanding now…only just…

Here’s the link:

http://gizmodo.com/5577220/how-google-actually-works-in-case-you-were-still-wondering

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Simple way to protect your children online

Jun 24
Posted by Shane Keenaghan in Computing for Kids, Internet

I’ve used the OpenDns service a lot online to get faster and more secure connection and I’ve always been impressed with it’s service, but I see now they’ve added a FamilyShield service to make the web safer for children when browsing.

Normally with OpenDns you just set your DNS settings to their DNS:

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220

This often gives a faster browsing experience. I’ve also tried these settings on PCs where there was a problem with the internet connection and it has almost always solved the problem for me.

Now, by using these settings they’ll also block unsafe sites. Just go to http://www.opendns.com/familyshield/ to check it out. You can manually set it up yourself or use their simple service to set it up for you.

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Do you know if you’ve just received a dodgy (Spam / Phishing) email?

Nov 18
Posted by Shane Keenaghan in Email

This was posted a while back on several websites, including lifehacker.com, and gizmodo.com if I remember correctly, but I think it’s incredibly important, and is becoming more so as we get more dependent on email in our work and social lives

http://www.sonicwall.com/phishing/

Check it out, it’s a short and simple quiz to test your ability to recognise a spam or phishing email that you’ve received. The great thing about this quiz is that it points out how you can recognise the evil email with good examples.

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Computer Won’t Turn On

Nov 18
Posted by Shane Keenaghan in Computer Problems

It’s the worst thing in the world if you’re computer won’t turn on when you need it, yet it’s often the simplest solution in the world, we just don’t think of them at the time.

Here are some simple things you can try if your computer won’t turn on (I’ll add to this list as I think of more):

  • Things anybody can check…
    • Is there a floppy disk in the drive?
    • Is there a USB Key plugged into the computer? (This shouldn’t really make a difference but it often does, try it!)
    • Is it plugged in (Yes I know this is so obvious, and you’ll feel like an idiot if that’s what’s wrong but still won’t you be happy when your computer turns on!)
    • C heck the plug (at both ends), then check it again
    • more to follow…
  • Things you need to know a bit to be able to check…
    • Perhaps a newly installed RAM module or other item of hardware isn’t installed correctly. Check whatever you just installed. Reseat the RAM and check all the internal cables (Hard drive cables etc)
    • Sometimes just reseating the RAM modules can help, even if you haven’t been near them at all. Just try that and see what happens!
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