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Dear reader,

In a discussion about possible posts with some colleagues, I realized that there were subjects that you might want to know that I either don’t want to or simply shouldn’t write about.  I say shouldn’t because it’s not an area of expertise or more realistically – someone has already written about it better than I ever could. This post will be a mishmash of links to sites that do what I don’t.  Hopefully, it will provide useful reading.

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I received an email from my sister that said:

I have a webcam which I never thought was bad but whenever I video-chat with anyone they always say it’s grainy and the picture is not very good.  So, I was planning on getting a new one and was wondering what to look for.  Is expensive always better?

Great questions!  There are two major concerns with a webcam (other than price) – Frames and Resolution.  However, before you think about buying something new, consider the following options.

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Q:

Bill wrote:

I need to get some old emails from [my previous email provider] to be able to transfer them to Google so I can forward them to people. I can read and likely print the defunct notes, but can I transfer them to my Google email accounts?

A:

Thanks for the question Bill.  The good news is that I have an answer… the bad is that it’s not super easy and there isn’t a quick tool to help.  However, you can do it and I’m going to show you how.  There are three main steps:

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