chromebook | Down Home Country Coding With Scott Selikoff and Jeanne Boyarsky https://www.selikoff.net Java/J2EE Software Development and Technology Discussion Blog Wed, 26 Apr 2023 01:43:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 4595340 Switching input source between Chromebook (DisplayPort) and Digital Magnifier (VGA) https://www.selikoff.net/2023/04/24/switching-input-source-between-chromebook-displayport-and-digital-magnifier-vga/ https://www.selikoff.net/2023/04/24/switching-input-source-between-chromebook-displayport-and-digital-magnifier-vga/#respond Mon, 24 Apr 2023 16:10:22 +0000 https://www.selikoff.net/?p=16603 When I set up the Eyoyo digital magnifier, I was excited about being able to hook it up to a monitor. I did not anticipate how much explanation it would be to describe how to switch back and forth between … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.selikoff.net/2023/04/24/switching-input-source-between-chromebook-displayport-and-digital-magnifier-vga/feed/ 0 16603 Printing an Amazon Return QR code on a Chromebook via Staples https://www.selikoff.net/2023/04/24/printing-an-amazon-return-qr-code-on-a-chromebook-via-staples/ https://www.selikoff.net/2023/04/24/printing-an-amazon-return-qr-code-on-a-chromebook-via-staples/#respond Mon, 24 Apr 2023 15:46:37 +0000 https://www.selikoff.net/?p=16596 Continuing my instructional series for a less technically inclined relative of how to do activities on a Chromebook, this one is a walkthru of how to print an Amazon return QR code. The catch is there is no printer so … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.selikoff.net/2023/04/24/printing-an-amazon-return-qr-code-on-a-chromebook-via-staples/feed/ 0 16596 Chromebook and low vision accessibility https://www.selikoff.net/2023/04/15/chromebook-and-low-vision-accessibility/ https://www.selikoff.net/2023/04/15/chromebook-and-low-vision-accessibility/#respond Sat, 15 Apr 2023 18:29:01 +0000 https://www.selikoff.net/?p=16587 There are a few things one can do on a Chromebook to help compensate for vision problems. Browser settings Zoom in using the browser. Yes, I know this one is obvious so getting it out of the way. Chromebook settings … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.selikoff.net/2023/04/15/chromebook-and-low-vision-accessibility/feed/ 0 16587 Chromebook the fourth https://www.selikoff.net/2021/05/30/chromebook-the-fourth/ https://www.selikoff.net/2021/05/30/chromebook-the-fourth/#respond Sun, 30 May 2021 17:38:32 +0000 https://www.selikoff.net/?p=15106 Two years ago, I bought my mother her third Chromebook. The 2012 and 2014 ones were good choices. The 2019 was when I learned about the secret Chromebook end of life policy and inadvertently bought a Chromebook that expired in … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.selikoff.net/2021/05/30/chromebook-the-fourth/feed/ 0 15106 the secret chromebook end of life policy https://www.selikoff.net/2019/09/30/the-secret-chromebook-end-of-life-policy/ https://www.selikoff.net/2019/09/30/the-secret-chromebook-end-of-life-policy/#respond Mon, 30 Sep 2019 23:30:26 +0000 https://www.selikoff.net/?p=14011 My mother is a happy Chromebook user. I’m a less than a happy Chromebook purchaser at the moment. Why you ask? Here’s my history 2012 – first laptop. This was a second generation model (the first ever Chromebooks were in … Continue reading →

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the secret chromebook end of life policy was first posted on September 30, 2019 at 7:30 pm.
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]]> https://www.selikoff.net/2019/09/30/the-secret-chromebook-end-of-life-policy/feed/ 0 14011 creating a chromebook recovery disk https://www.selikoff.net/2019/06/13/creating-a-chromebook-recovery-disk/ https://www.selikoff.net/2019/06/13/creating-a-chromebook-recovery-disk/#respond Fri, 14 Jun 2019 01:19:51 +0000 https://www.selikoff.net/?p=9927 In the past, I have used the Chromebook utility to create a recovery image USB. This time, it hung at 0% on writing to disk. I tried with two different USBs. Then I started searching for a workaround A reddit … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.selikoff.net/2019/06/13/creating-a-chromebook-recovery-disk/feed/ 0 9927 Listening to Free Music on a ChromeBook https://www.selikoff.net/2019/05/17/listening-to-free-music-on-a-chromebook/ https://www.selikoff.net/2019/05/17/listening-to-free-music-on-a-chromebook/#comments Sat, 18 May 2019 01:01:08 +0000 https://www.selikoff.net/?p=9801 My mother decide she’d like to listed to music on here Chromebook. Conveniently the new Chromebook has good speakers. The gotcha is that she has limited bandwidth at home. Luckily, this is still possible via a “simple three step procedure” … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.selikoff.net/2019/05/17/listening-to-free-music-on-a-chromebook/feed/ 2 9801 Chromebook the third! https://www.selikoff.net/2019/05/17/chromebook-the-third/ https://www.selikoff.net/2019/05/17/chromebook-the-third/#respond Sat, 18 May 2019 00:24:13 +0000 https://www.selikoff.net/?p=9798 I bought my mother a Chromebook in 2012 and again in 2014. That one lasted longer and here we are five years later. It’s time to replace the Chromebook with her third one. Definitely a happy customer. I went the … Continue reading →

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]]> https://www.selikoff.net/2019/05/17/chromebook-the-third/feed/ 0 9798 chromebook and att wifi – part 2 https://www.selikoff.net/2017/09/10/chromebook-and-att-wifi-part-2/ https://www.selikoff.net/2017/09/10/chromebook-and-att-wifi-part-2/#respond Mon, 11 Sep 2017 00:44:21 +0000 https://www.selikoff.net/?p=7923 Two years ago, I set up my mother with an AT&T 4G wifi hotspot. Overall, she is happy with it. The hardware is starting to get less than optimal. It doesn’t keep a charge as long. I think a wire … Continue reading →

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chromebook and att wifi – part 2 was first posted on September 10, 2017 at 8:44 pm.
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