Can't put up the blog!

Question:

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Deanne wrote:

This is the message I get when I try to put it up

ERROR

Your HTML cannot be accepted: Tag is not allowed: <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">

Answer:

Are you typing on the Blog interface or are you cutting and pasting? If you are cutting and pasting you need to use basic text instead of pre-formatted text. To do this copy your text from word and paste it into Notepad (you'll find it under Start/Accessories/Notepad). This makes all the funky formatting that causes these errors go away. After you've pasted into Notepad you can copy and paste from notepad directly into the blog and it shouldn't come up with any errors. You can also try selecting all in Word (Ctrl+A) and choosing Edit/Clear/Formats from the menu. Then try copying and pasting. This gets rid of a lot of junk formatting that Word embeds in your docs but sometimes you have to go back to raw text to make it work. The easiest thing is to type it on the blogger interface and save it as a draft until you're finished creating (Save often or you could lose data). This avoids all outside formatting from creeping in.

external drive problem

Question submitted by Loree on Wednesday, July 9, 2009 at 07:45:48
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Question: All of my photos from iphoto have been sent to my Digital Western External drive, along with itunes and a few other files. All of a sudden my photos are not loading when I click on iphoto even though the external drive shows that that there are 29GB of info on those files. What happened to my photos? Yesterday they were there.

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Answer: When you move files from one drive to another your managing program needs to rediscover the files in the new location. Usually this is done from the File menu of the program. In that menu choose Add Folder to Library. Then you need to choose your external drive to tell it to look at your external drive for pictures and it will create a library of the contents.

Buying A New Computer

It always feels like an apples and oranges comparison. When buying a computer I always ask myself:
What is it going to be used for?
What's the price range?
What to look for in comparing one to another:
Size
Weight (for laptops)
Processor type
Processor speed
Memory RAM (Max it out if you can afford it 4GB minimum currently)
Hard Drive Capacity
Always check the chatter about the specific model and brand (only current chatter) if there is any.

And always remember, they are obsolete before you buy it so don't get stuck on latest and greatest thinking (unless price is no object). If you're a real variety junkie than buy a Costoco computer replacement deal. Then you can get a new one every 6 months.

Hope this answers the majority of buying questions.

Ed Smit
Questions@JustAskEd.net