Cate Eales

Author's details

Name: Cate Eales
Date registered: December 20, 2010
URL: http://cateeales.com

Biography

I'm an American living in Kelowna, BC (Canada) with my husband, Eric, and my dog, Sandy. I miss the Peet's Coffee and Mexican food that is so easy to find in my beloved San Francisco Bay Area. But not the traffic. Having given up driving way too fast, I still stay up too late and drink far too much coffee. I own and operate a mobile computer business, Computer Care Kelowna, providing on-site service for home and business customers. My weekly column, "Getting Along With Your Computer" appears Mondays on castanet.net. The column archive is available any time at the Real Life Internet Solutions website.

Latest posts

  1. My Life In Tech: The Chitka Incident — April 23, 2013
  2. My Life In Tech: How Many Geeks Does It Take To Change A Lightbulb? — April 15, 2013
  3. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year — December 20, 2012
  4. My Life In Tech: Just Shoot Me — December 13, 2012
  5. My Life In Tech: America Online (Canadian Version) — August 21, 2012

Most commented posts

  1. Public Art in Kelowna: Fruit Stand — 3 comments
  2. My Life In Tech: The Chitka Incident — 3 comments
  3. Public Art in Kelowna – Levels — 3 comments
  4. Public Art in Kelowna – Reach for the Stars — 2 comments
  5. My Life In Tech: Password Hell — 2 comments

Author's posts listings

My Life In Tech: The Chitka Incident

DDS logfile shows browser hijack

A good customer recommended me to her sister-in-law because her sister-in-law needed some help finding her way around Windows 7.  My customer said, “I live just around the corner.  When you’re through there, would you come over and take a look at my computer.  I’m having some issues.” No problem.  I know better than to …

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My Life In Tech: How Many Geeks Does It Take To Change A Lightbulb?

Warhol's Light Bulbs

One night as I was doing the wash I flipped the light switch for the light in the laundry room.  Big flash of light, then darkness. The light fixture in the laundry room is a globe that I have to stand on a ladder to remove before I can change the light bulb. Three things …

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Permanent link to this article: http://cateeales.com/2013/04/15/my-life-in-tech-how-many-geeks-does-it-take-to-change-a-lightbulb/

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

It’s that time of year again.  That time of year when we wrestle technology to the ground and live stream our Christmas tree.  This year is our 16th year.  We were doing this back in the last century, when it was called “webcasting.” Here is our tree.  As Eric puts it, “as always, the best …

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Permanent link to this article: http://cateeales.com/2012/12/20/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year/

My Life In Tech: Just Shoot Me

PDF User Manual

The last couple of week have been hectic, and the last few days have been long ones.  The economy must be improving.  People are buying computers, tablets, and routers.  And it looks like this is a great time for people to catch up on the maintenance they’ve deferred for eight or nine months.  The good …

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Permanent link to this article: http://cateeales.com/2012/12/13/my-life-in-tech-just-shoot-me/

My Life In Tech: America Online (Canadian Version)

YOUR registration number & password

Full disclosure:  I am a Charter Member of AOL.  I loved it.  I still have friends I met, some In Real Life and some online, through AOL. But that was back in 1980-something. Today, after I fixed a printing problem for a new customer she asked me to go through a pile of papers, manuals, …

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Permanent link to this article: http://cateeales.com/2012/08/21/my-life-in-tech-america-online-canadian-version/

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