On Computers

First there was the Drones Club, then Drone Racing and now: making some money with drones. Our friend Lee gets his family a tech present every year. Last year it was drones. Lee’s 20-something daughter, a civil engineer, started using hers to offer aerial photography and video to construction sites. Then she started her own drone business, offering these services as a certified remote pilot in Wisconsin. If you Google the phrase “how to be a drone entrepreneur,” several sites come up. The first, from Virgin.com, describes several possibilities. One is farming. Drones have been crop-dusting in Japan for 15 years, and U.S. farmers are getting started. American farms are much larger and farmers here are looking for drones that […]

Read more

Filed under: art, drones, email, gadgets, health, Internuts, maps, small business | Comments Off on DRONE ENTREPRENEURS

Topics this week: Free word processors and dictation, smart shopping, pinpointing your location, annoying ads.

Read more

Filed under: Microsoft, shopping, TV, web, word processing | Comments Off on A WORD TO THE FRUGAL

Topics: DOS reconsidered,
gadget transfers photos from PC to iPad or the reverse,
Gamer’s Keyboard
Password Manger

Read more

Filed under: digital, gadgets, keyboards, passwords | Comments Off on A HARD MASTER

Topics: A better way to do email, alternatives to cable TV, Internuts, trends, and kid’s coding book.

Read more

Filed under: email, health, Internuts, kids, programming, trends, TV | Comments Off on EASILY DONE