Getting  Along With Your Computer Column Archive

Just Have Fun

By Cate Eales
Appeared May 28, 2009 on castanet.net

Almost every week I try to tell you about something useful, something that will make your computing experience easier or more fulfilling.

Not today. Today I am going to tell you about websites that are interesting, fun, or just plain silly. If they turn out to be useful as well, don't blame me.


Spice up your life
When you're in the produce section of your local market, do you find yourself staring at all those peppers and wondering what they are? The prices and names are posted well above the peppers. Which ones are which?

If you'd had a look at the Visual Guide to Peppers, you'd know your Sweet Banana pepper from your Habanero Red Savina. You don't want to confuse the two! If you don't believe me, have a look at the Scoville Heat Scale, here.


Download YouTube videos easily
There are other ways to do this, but some of those other ways turn the process into a three-swear-word job. Firefox users will like the Add-On called Net Video Hunter. It just works.

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There's an instructional video, here, but there are also instructions for you whenever you use the extension. Now you can have the Numa Numa guy forever on your hard drive!

Whether you download the videos or not, be sure to watch the astonishing YouTube videos by Eveilen Lohbec. Start with "The Notebook" here. If you are captivated by that, you will like the others, listed down the right side of that page. Her website is here, and it is amazing.


So many webcams, so little time
Did you know that Castanet.net has a whole page of Scenic Webcams, from all over the Okanagan? Neither did I, but here it is. This is one of those pages that could accidentally turn out to be useful. I can see, for instance, that there is too little snow at Big White to go skiing, but way too much to go fishing. Right now, that resort in Osoyoos looks good to me.


Do not read this next part if you are planning on actually getting work done today
I warned you.

Here come the online puzzles.

Do you like jigsaw puzzles? Try the ones at How Stuff Works, here. If you don't like the History puzzles, try another category, like Electronics, where the Turquoise USB Flash Drive puzzle will drive you crazy.

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Want to play some miniature golf online? Go here.

If you like a little more action, here's another game that I'm terrible at.

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Double Wires was described to me as "a great game while on hold at work." It looks like they have a lot of other games on that site, too, but I can't ever seem to quit playing this one long enough to try anything else.


And now, I really have to get back to work
As I mentioned last week, we changed the name of our company to more accurately reflect what we do. We are now Computer Care Kelowna. Don't worry --- the old email will still work for some time to come, and the column archive is right where it always was. But you are welcome to stop by the new website, http://computercarekelowna.com/ and have a look around.


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Links
Visual Guide to Peppers http://missvickie.com/howto/spices/peppers/peppersdict.html
Net Video Hunter https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7447
How to use Net Video Hunter http://netvideohunter.com/pages/how-to-use
Numa Numa Guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60og9gwKh1o
Castanet.net Scenic Web Cams http://www.castanet.net/scenic-web-cams/all-web-cameras.php
How Stuff Works History puzzles http://history.howstuffworks.com/history-puzzles.htm
How Stuff Works Electronics puzzles http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/electronics-puzzles.htm
Mini-Putt game http://www.ibogleif.dk/spil/flashspil/minigolf/minigolf.swf
The Notebook by Eveilen Lohbec http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP-reW1eLYE
Eveilen Lohbec's Website http://evelienlohbeck.com/
Computer Care Kelowna http://computercarekelowna.com/
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Cate Eales has been helping people make online computing safe, accessible and fun for over 20 years. She lives in Kelowna with her husband, Eric, and her dog, Sandy. Cate is a partner in Computer Care Kelowna, helping individuals and small businesses with virus, spyware and malware eradication; personal computer training and management; digital image management; music transfer; and website design, hosting and management. Email Cate at help@computercarekelowna.com with your comments, suggestions, or questions. To browse the column archives, visit the Real Life Internet Solutions website at www.rlis.com.

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