Cuyahoga County Computer Recycling

April and August are both “Recycle Your Computer Month” in Cuyahoga County, so residents with unwanted computers, monitors or printers may want to visit the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District website in order to find out where to bring their equipment for safe handling and disposal.

The website answers many frequently asked questions about the program, including what happens to any private data on the hard drive with any computer you bring in.

Quick and Dirty Podcast Tips

I recently came across the Quick and Dirty Tips family of podcasts and wanted to recommend them to anyone looking for a few short, but helpful series to add to their daily podcast listening.

Just a sample of their titles:

The episodes are usually under ten minutes in length, but extremely helpful. Check them out!

Microsoft Windows “Mojave”

It’s no secret that many computer users around the world refuse to even consider an upgrade from Microsoft Windows XP to Windows Vista, but one has to wonder how many of those decisions have been made after careful research, or just snap judgments based on word of mouth.

According to Cnet News, Microsoft recently tried an experiment in which they brought together a number of loyal Windows XP users who refused to make the switch and asked them to take a look at a brand new upcoming operating system they called “Mojave”.

The reviews of the “upcoming” operating system were surprising, at least to everyone other than Microsoft, with 90% of the users leaving positive feedback. However, Microsoft had another surprise, when they informed those users that “Mojave” was actually Windows Vista.

The rest of the article talks about how Microsoft, now a year and a half after the original release of Vista, is finally starting to take serious action in marketing and advertising to correct the somewhat out of control “anti-hype” that surrounds Windows Vista.