Castro County News Articles


Following is a list of most of the articles I've written for the Castro County News. The articles are listed in chronological order with the oldest at the bottom. I think I have the correct date on these - but I wouldn't swear to it. To open them just click on the article name (you will need Adobe Acrobat reader). I hope you enjoy my articles and continue to read and support our local paper. Click here to download Acrobat Reader 7.0 if you don't already have it.

(Please note that I will not post new articles on this site for at least 4 weeks after they run in the paper.)


ARTICLE NAMEBRIEF DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTDATE
I've Been Bit!MP3 & Digital Music Players 09-02-04
Are Your Kids Safe?Sexual Predators on the Internet 08-19-04
Do You Wiki?The Wonderful World of Wikipedia 08-12-04
Does Your Computer Smoke?Why Smoke Is So Bad For Computers 07-29-04
Visions of The FutureWhat Does The Future Hold For Computers? 07-22-04
Never Trust a Skinny Cook...Good Rules To Live By 07-06-04
But All My Friends Have One...Why Kids Don't Need Laptops 06-31-04
Free Internet Service!!!Is your wireless router secure? 05-27-04
If It Ain't Broke... Why Windows Updates Are So Important. 05-06-04
Hamsters & Inkjet PrintersShould You Repair or Replace an Inkjet Printer? 04-22-04
Come Thunder! Come Lightning!Protecting Your Modem From Lightning 04-15-04
What is Software Picacy?The Truth About Software Theft 03-25-04
The KAZAA MonsterSpyWare - Episode II 03-18-04
All That Unwanted E-MailSetting Up Filters To Remove SPAM 03-11-04
Urban Myths, Hoaxes and Internet ScamsHow to pick out an internet scam or myth 03-04-04
Do I Need a Firewall?Why you should have a firewall on your PC 02-26-04
Where Did I Put That Old Paper?Find my old articles on my website 02-12-04
Where's My Attachment?Open attachments in Outlook Express - XP Desktop Icons 01-08-04
To Click or to Right-Click?Learning to right-click - cleaning your mouse - optical mice 12-24-03
Internet ShoppingUsing your credit card on the internet. 12-17-03
Highest Quality, Lowest Price!Clone computers and the techies that build them 12-11-03
HPs, Compaqs & EdselsWhy not to buy a pre-packaged computer at Best Buy 12-04-03
What's A Computer Good For?The computer as a tool - finding movies on Yahoo! 11-11-03
Why Do Computers "DIE"?Why a clean computer is a happy computer 11-06-03
But I Already Fixed My Computer...Scandisk, defrag and other urban legends 10-23-03
Time to Say Goodbye...Why it's time to upgrade your Windows 95 10-16-03
Don't Open That e-Mail!The dreaded SWEN virus 10-09-03
Why is My Internet So Slow?Slow modems - wireless and cable internet 09-25-03
Who's Working On Your Computer?A+ certification 09-18-03
Keep Your Data SafeTape drives and CD writers -why not to use floppies 09-11-03
The Wonderful World of EbaySo what is all the hype about eBay? 09-04-03
The Scoop On RefillsDo you really save money on refills? 08-21-03
XP & 2000 Users Beware!Windows Security Updates - PLEASE READ! 08-14-03
Help! I'm Running Out of Space!How to tell how much RAM and Hard Drive space you have 08-07-03
Out Of Memory!How much RAM does your computer really need? 07-30-03
Spam, Spam and More SpamThat funny square pink meat - junk e-mail 07-23-03
Should I Shut Off My Computer?Why you should shut off your computer 07-10-03
Nothing In Life Is freeSpyware - Episode I 07-03-03