Google teams with NASA for a fun educational teaser

Dateline September 27, 2022

Here’s a fun STEM fact you can share with your friends, families, and felines.

Today Google has created a special “feature”. If you type NASA dart in a Google search bar (or in www.google.com), you will see something interesting (and no, it’s not a malware attack).

I’ve tested this and it works with all browsers, computers, and mobile devices

Enjoy!!

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Star Trek’s original Lt. Uhura, Nichelle Nichols, dead at 89

It is with a sad heart to announce that on Saturday, July 31, Star Trek “TOS”  (The Original Series) Lt. Uhura, Nichelle Nichols, passed away in New Mexico of heart failure.

Beauty and Brains–Lt. Uhura taking control in the “Mirror, Mirror” alternate universe.

Ms. Nichols became an inspiration to millions of African Americans and young women aspiring to pursue white male-dominated careers, as Lt. Nyota Uhura. Star Trek was the first U.S. TV series had a black character in a recurring role portraying a serious professional role, paving the way for Diana Carroll to have the lead role of R.N. for the show Julia a few years later.

The New York Times has an excellent comprehensive article on Ms. Nichols, https://web.archive.org/web/20220801113838/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/31/obituaries/nichelle-nichols-dead.html.

Lt. Uhura was one of the elite “junior officers” of the USS Enterprise bridge crew, which comprised of Lt. Sulu (played by George Takei), and Ensign Chekov (Walter Koenig). Gene Roddenberry broke traditional Hollywood and US norms with a revolutionary, show based on a hopeful future with a multi-racial, multi-national, cross-generational cast and writers.

These are the Junior officers of the original USS Enterprise:

• George Takei is 85
• Walter Koenig is 85
• Nichelle Nichols was 89

Of the Senior bridge officers (Capt. Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. McCoy, Sr. Lt. Scott) William Shatner is the sole survivor, alive at 91.

~ The Computer Cat

This Phish Ain’t Byte-ing

Wanna see a live, wiggling, phishing scam? Last time I talked about what is Phishing and today I’m going to show you a real one!

Safe, Secure Voting – What Everyone Needs to Know

Did you know every State offers mail-in (or Absentee) ballots? Do you know if you’re still registered to vote this election? Do you know the deadline to register to vote and the deadline to request a mail-in ballot? if you have questions like these, you’ve come to the right place.

Video Conference Etiquette Part 2 – Lights, Camera, Zoom!

If you follow these simple things, you will look like a professional presenter.

Video Conference Etiquette

If you are lucky enough to have a job that allows you to work from home, you still have to talk with co-workers and attend office meetings. But there are some things you need to practice before going “On the Air”.

Wash Your Hands—And Your Phones Too!

With more people relying on their phones more than ever, the medical community says phone hygiene is a more important way to prevent the spread of the corona virus than wearing a face mask.  So play it safe and clean your phones and computers regularly and often.

2020: Out With The Win 7, In With The Win 10

Microsoft will no longer provide Windows 7 updates after January 14, 2020. But there’re still ways to keep your Windows 7 computer safe.

Support your local shop on Saturday November 30th!

With all the “Occupy Wall Street” protests across America and people generally tired of seeing the gap between the 99% and the 1% getting wider, here’s something you can do that will hit the 1% where it hurts — in their pockets!

Scareware is in the air!

It’s that time again! Everyone’s getting into the Halloween Trick or Treat spirit–including scammers using Fear to trick you to steal your personal information.

My Human has been getting a lot of calls and want’s me to let you know what tricks you should watch out for.

Big money in identity theft (sadly).

Identity theft has become such a lucrative international business, the bad guys can buy sophisticated equipment and professional call centers with operators that don’t sound like they are from a different country.

As the holidays-and tax season approaches, these bad guys target people in the U.S. over 50 years old, and the Baby Boomers.  They use “scarewords” to make people to respond without thinking. Things like “your social security number has been cancelled”, “warrant”, “charges”, “IRS audit”, “must respond now to prevent…”

Using a little common sense (to save your cents).

If you think about it and apply some common sense, what they say in those calls doesn’t make any real sense at all.

Personal finance cat columnist Michelle Singletary wrote an excellent article explaining these scams in the Washington Post that you can read in this link here.

Pass this information on to grandparents that might be a target. Halloween is for giving out candy (or sardines) to monsters, not information!

~ The Computer Cat

Internet in the Palm of your Hand

Have you ever been someplace where your iPad, tablet, or laptop won’t connect to the Internet like it does at home? I’ll explain why Internet is not everywhere and what you can do to get your device connected when you’re not at home.

“Hobbit” Trails To You…

In L.A.,  this would be “Wil-Shire Boulevard.” 

At For the Love of Nike, Jennifer takes us on a photographic tour of Hobbiton — the land of the hobbits as filmed in The Lord of the Rings — in Matamata, New Zealand.

via One Travel Destination to Rule Them All — Discover