Posted on March 27th, 2023 by Joy Schwabach
Publishing a book through Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing turned out to be both easier and harder than I thought. After tearing my hair out at first, I discovered Amazon’s template for a five-by-eight inch paperback. I also noticed a lengthy guide and a long video tutorial, but I can never sit through those. So whenever I had a question, I hit the chat button and got a live person. They didn’t always know the answer but kept me moving right along, encouraging me to skip design elements I didn’t need. Besides texting, I could have talked on the phone or emailed them. Each time, they were available within seconds. I’m working on a historical novella for a retired professor of […]
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Posted on March 20th, 2023 by Joy Schwabach
Floppy disks, a creation of the 1960s, will never die. Or will they?In a video that went viral this month, a Chuck E. Cheese employee is seen loading a 3.5-inch floppy into a computer. The floppy is used to send data to animate Chuck E. Cheese and his robotic friends. There are many other entities that use floppies as well. Even our military does. The US Air Force operates six Boeing 747-200 airplanes, each 36 years old, that get updates from floppies. Two of these are Air Force One planes. Airbus, the European rival to Boeing, aswell as some business jets, also use floppies. Why don’t they upgrade to USB sticks, SD cards, or wireless transfer? It would cost thousands […]
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Posted on March 13th, 2023 by Joy Schwabach
It’s getting difficult to tell a legit email from a fraud. Recently, I took a foolish chance. I clicked on a link in an email that appeared to be from Amazon. The website I landed on showed the address “Amazon.com” at the top. It even had one of those security locks. But it wasn’t Amazon. The site said that my Amazon credit card had been unlinked from my account. It asked me to call Amazon’s number, an obvious red flag. Amazon never lists its number. Lesson: If in doubt, always go to the company’s website. Never click a suspicious link. According to retired FBI special agent Jeff Lanza, these kinds of frauds are increasing. Over 15 million Americans have been […]
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Posted on March 6th, 2023 by Joy Schwabach
I went to my first Amazon Fresh store. I walked in, selected stuff and left. No check-out necessary. As I walked in the door, I had a choice of “just walk out shopping” or the traditional kind. To use “just walk out,” I was shown how to use either the Amazon app or an Amazon credit card. When I stuck my credit card in the turnstile, its screen flashed green and said “Go.” Everyone else must have been using “just walk out” too, because there were four checkers just standing around, looking bored. The store looks like a combination of Whole foods and a regular supermarket, though I also saw Amazon’s inexpensive “Happy Belly” brand, especially in the spice department. […]
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