I hate to break it to all of you, but summer is nearing its end. Camps are winding down and language refresher is over. Most of us have less than a month before we return to our posts full-time. I think it’s as good of time as any that we start brushing up on our […]

Has your computer been running sluggish lately? Take a look at your hard drive space and you might find the reason the old laptop doesn’t run like she used to. If your drive is near filling its capacity, there’s a good chance it’s slowing your computer down. When a computer program runs it creates temporary files to […]

Has there been a nagging message on your desktop asking you to install updates? It’s probably because this week was Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday. The second Tuesday of every month, Microsoft releases patches for its operating systems. It’s a good time to download and install the new updates to protect your computer. If you’re running Mac […]

Imagine this scenario, you are diligently working on the Partnership grant that your site has asked you to write for them (though occasionally stopping to check to see if a new Tech Tips has arrived) when you look to the corner of your screen and realize you need to run to the train station to […]

A couple of weeks ago we learned how to save the audio from YouTube files to use later in our English clubs. But what if you want to save entire movies? This week’s Tech Tip will teach you a very similar method for saving YouTube movies. To start off, open the video you want to […]

Take a look around you. Where are you as you read this? Are you sitting at home lounging in the comfiest chair you own or are you at a computer club or your site’s computer trying to get the most out of your limited time on the internet? If you are in the latter group, […]

Do you like reading the same websites daily? Do you have slow internet? Are you lazy? Are you like me and like reading the same websites daily but have slow internet and are lazy? Well, I’ve got the solution for you. Most websites these days are updated at least once a day and those that […]

Consider this. You know of this great song or video from YouTube you want to use for a listening session at English Club but where you hold it, you don’t have internet access. While it’s completely possible to pull the video up ahead of time and leave it on your computer until you use it, […]

If you’re like me, you use your computer a lot. I use mine daily and I’m constantly adding files and deleting files and moving files. I’m not always aware that there is so much being done to files on my computer. I mean, I mostly surf the net. But there are, in fact, many file […]

Imagine this scenario, a fellow PCV comes to visit because he/she has some downtime at their site due to it being the summer. The PCV brought their computer with so they can do some work at your site. But alas, you only have one internet connection and you need it to do your own work. […]