Screen Capture for an iPhone

There is a simple way of taking a snap shot picture of whatever is currently displayed on the iPhone screen. It is described in the iPhone help files under the camera. To record the screen, press the top off-on button at the same time as the home button, the round...

Three Microsoft Windows Products I Actually Like

The first computer I bought with my own money was a Mac. It was love at first sight. I became a “pod” person. Back in 1985, it was like all of us Mac fans shared this secret. We knew how “insanely great” the Mac was, but those not part of our secret society didn’t...

Life Is Too Short To Drink Cheap Wine

For 35 years, I’ve occasionally drunk wine. For most of this time, I didn’t have much of a discriminating pallet, even with a few casual wine tasting classes and visits to wineries. And then I had a chance to sample a glass of Silver Oak Cabernet. This was a $70...

The Best BBQ Chicken in the World

The best BBQ chicken in the world is “beer in the butt” chicken. I heard about this way of cooking chicken on a grill many years ago, tried it and was hooked. Apparently, I am not the only one. I did a Google search and found more than 16,000,000 entries for beer in...

Could this be the Ideal Breakfast?

A bowl of instant oatmeal with a handful of blueberries could be one of the healthiest breakfasts to eat. It’s a great trade off between low calorie, filling, quick and easy and it’s probably pretty good for you.   A study published in 2008 reviews what we know...