My new computer is almost set up. I have to say that it has been an adventure. I still have a few programs that don’t work on Windows 10 that I haven’t found replacements for, including my voice recognition software. 😦 But I am at least able to function on the new computer and will be resuming my regular blogging schedule over the next few days. There are a couple of stories I missed during my little forced hiatus that I need to write about first.
Many thanks to everyone for your patience!
It is that time of year again. Every year, Microsoft’s Eric Ligman, Director of Sales Excellence, offers free Microsoft ebooks on his blog. The books offered come from various authors and publishers and consist of tech books, how to resources and reference guides for Microsoft productls.
Titles are mostly PDFs with some EPUB, MOBI, Zip, and DOCX formats as well. Formats vary according to title. Topics include:
The giveaway started on July 10 and doesn’t list an end date, so I don’t know how long these will remain free. There is more info on Ligman’s blog here.
Tuesday, July 12, 2016 is Amazon’s second annual Prime day. This is an exclusive sale just for Prime Members and it will feature over 100,000 items.
According to Amazon,
New and existing members in U.S., U.K. , Spain , Japan , Italy , Germany , France , Canada , Belgium, and Austria, will find deals across nearly all departments and categories, ensuring there will be something for everyone. Members in the U.S. can shop starting at midnight PT , with new deals as often as every five minutes throughout the day.
Some of the highlights include:
TVs: The deal inventory of TVs in the U.S. will be nearly 2x than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined.
Toys: Members in the U.S. will find toy deals nearly all day on Prime Day.
Specials to order with Alexa: There will be benefits to being an owner of an Amazon Echo, Echo Dot or Amazon Tap on Prime Day. (Keep an eye on your Alexa app!)
Streaming Movies and TV: Members will find unbelievable deals on some of today’s top rated TV series and popular blockbuster films to rent or purchase and instantly stream on Amazon Video.
Kindle Unlimited: On July 12, Prime Members in the U.S. can save up to 40% on a Kindle Unlimited membership.
Members can shop deals on all devices, across nearly all categories, in all Prime countries.You can find more info on Prime Day here.
Not a Prime member? You still have time to sign up for Prime! There’s a 30 day free trial. In the U.S. Membership includes unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping on many items, access to unlimited streaming of tens of thousands of movies and TV episodes with Prime Video, more than one million songs and thousands of curated playlists and stations with Prime Music, early access to select Lightning Deals all year long, free secure, unlimited photo storage with Prime Photos and one free pre-released book a month with Kindle First. 🙂
Hey, fun times. My computer hard drive died and I have been hobbling along, trying to get by with my Chromebook and a few tablets. It is just not working. Even checking email is a hassle. While I love my Chromebook, I am a power browser and trying to do daily link posts without crashing the few windows I can have open on 2GB of RAM has been frustrating.
Today, I ordered a new desktop computer and will be busy getting ready for the new machine and trying to figure out who can do data recovery on my old machine. Shopping for a new device as we are moving both into Windows 10 ecosystem and transitioning into a true cloud age of computing has been interesting. I work with most things from the cloud, but since I also make video and audio files and do recording, I need programs that can run locally too. (And, yes, there is a blog entry coming about the experience.)
Anyway, with all this going on, I will be taking a few days off from my regular daily posting schedule. That means no Friday Echo and no Daily Links and Deals posts. I may be posting the odd piece, but I probably will be not be back to a regular schedule for a few days.
I’ll be posting any interesting finds on Twitter, my Google Plus page and on the Ebook Evangelist Facebook page.
So, does anyone have any good computer malfunctions stories to share? Have you ever gotten “the click of death”?
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