Add to your disaster planning of backups and password lists, alternative Internet access. If you don’t know if or how to use your phone as a hotspot, now is the time to learn (make sure your cell plan supports hotspotting.) Also, try using just your phone for a week to find out what all you really need to access in times of bad weather, no electricity, and having to get online someplace else. Or, have a plan to relocate some hours away and learn what you would need to make that work.
When trying to figure out the death date of your tech it is useful to know at least when the manufacturer no longer supports your device. End-of-life (EOL) is when no more software updates or hardware repair parts are available for your device. https://endoflife.date/ is a simple looking but device filled site for finding when your phone or computer has been discontinued or no longer receiving support. If you don’t find your device on this site you will have to contact the actual manufacturer. Predicting when your device actually will stop working is always harder and more frustrating as your device may still be working fine.
If you remember how Google used to show good search results, there is a way to sort of bring those back. Google seems to bring up many sort-of related and often hardly related at all results. But, if you are looking for specific phrases you can use the Verbatim feature, found under the Tools menu and then click on All results to find and click on Verbatim.
There are some very solid reasons why you should make larger or more expensive purchases using your computer and not your phone. The most obvious is that you can actually see more information at the same time. It is also easier to be distracted on a phone. And, flipping back and forth to different screens to price compare is more difficult on a smaller screen.
Just as you can find major news for the date of your birth, now you can also find what the weather was like for when and where you were born. Try https://bdayweather.com/ , it turns out I was born on a day with a high of 81 F and it was sunny, not what I would have guessed for an almost fall date.
US passport holders can renew their passports online if: you are 25 or older; your old passport was issued between nine and 15 years ago; you are not changing name, gender, date or place of birth; and you have your old passport in front of you. Start at http://travel.state.gov/renewonline and make sure you allow time for making a good digital photo to upload.
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