On Computers

CNN.com/StudentNews — brings you a daily news video without all the usual violence. (We generally think of TV news as “yesterday’s shootings and fires.”) Each show is ten minutes long.

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Stockpile.com lets you buy shares in a company such as Apple or Facebook as a Christmas gift. A share of Apple is around $120, so if you only have $60 to spend, that’s half a share. You can buy the virtual version online or a physical gift card at various stores, such as Kmart and Office Max. The recipient can trade it in for a retailer’s gift card, if they don’t want the stock.

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“21 Big Dogs Trying their Best to Be Brave.” Google that phrase  or click here to find some hilarious three-second videos and photos. There’s a big dog trying to tiptoe past a cat on the stairs, a huge dog clinging to his owner in a swimming pool, and a third running away from photos of Julia Roberts.

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Epson.com/community/wrapping-generator   Choose your message, a holiday or birthday theme, and a background in whatever colors you wish. Presto! Out comes one sheet of wrapping paper suitable for a small gift. Be sure to click “settings” or “setup” and check the box for background graphics or images. We used it and printed the person’s name onto the wrapping paper.

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Another reader recently upgraded to Windows 10 and said her computer isn’t handling her camera card as well as it did when she had Windows 7. Before she upgraded, she’d get a pop-up message every time she stuck in her camera card. This asked if she wanted to import photos or do something else. That was nice, but now she doesn’t get a pop-up. She’d like to go back to the old way but her time travel machine is in the shop. Well, you can still work with photos the old-fashioned way: Click on the picture of a folder in the lower part of the Windows 10 screen to bring up “File Explorer,” or click the start button and then […]

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Google Maps, a free app for smart phones, is now a tour guide as well as a path finder. Tap the “Explore around you” link. Along the top of the screen you’ll see “breakfast,” “lunch,” “dinner,” “coffee,” and “drinks.” Under each meal category, you’ll see “best,” “make it fast,” and “make it cheap.” We didn’t agree with their “best” choices for lunch nearby but it also gave us alternatives.

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Asus has made a “Chromebit.” It’s an $89 four-inch black stick you plug into your TV to turn it into a Chrome computer. Temporarily, of course.

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A reader said she was intrigued by the Kindle Fire’s ability to switch to a “reading pane” view, with enlarged text and the graphics and ads removed from any website. She’d been straining her eyes trying to read anything on her Samsung Galaxy S2 phone.

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ChemicalOfTheDay.squarespace.com gives you info on thousands of chemicals in the products we use. Joy switched her “natural” skin lotion after finding out it has phenoxyethanol, an aromatic form of ethanol that has raised some issues. Whole Foods and other stores have a variety of lotions without harmful chemicals. NOTE: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates there are approximately 75,000-80,000 chemicals in daily use, of which only a few hundred have been tested for toxicity.  The European Union equivalent agency says the number is 140,000. A Canadian agency says about 30,000 are in common use.

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Take a walk through the British Museum, save on air fare. Go to Google.com/cultural institute. Search on the words “British Museum” for a virtual tour. Pack a lunch, this is a very large museum.

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