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  Do you have a folder full of recipes clipped from newspapers? Are your cookbooks bulging with handwritten recipes, perhaps dating back a generation or two? Are you in the process of giving your cookbooks to Goodwill because you just google recipes now?   Don’t lose those old, favorite recipes! It is relatively easy to digitize your favorite hand-written recipes these days. In Part 1 of this series, we explained how to use the Camera and Photos apps to digitize old recipes. Today, we will demonstrate how you can use the Notes app to scan and organize these recipes. The neat thing about the... Continue Reading

In the world of advertising, one of the most iconic slogans that exists is Nike’s, “Just Do It!” Together with its famous “swoosh,” it has made Nike one of the most recognizable brands on the planet. The slogan also has an inspirational message that reminds us to not get stuck obsessing about a decision – but rather get started. Just doing it creates momentum that moves you forward rather than being unproductive. We don’t always have to have it all figured out before we can start. As important as that message is, some of us have a rather different problem; being able to... Continue Reading

Historically, according to the Centers for Disease Control, up to 40% of premature deaths from major diseases could be prevented with lifestyle modifications. In addition, most illnesses are stress-related. These figures don’t even take into account the Covid-19 pandemic that resulted in a higher proportion of severe illness and death from the disease among individuals with pre-existing health conditions. While obviously not all health problems are preventable, these figures should scare you if you are not managing your lifestyle adequately. We now have the science to know that what... Continue Reading

  Anyone who cooks, bakes and saves recipes has a file or box of recipes that are hand-written or clipped from newspapers. Often these recipes are family favorites that have been handed down through the generations. Yes, you can find almost any recipe by googling it, but somehow the results just aren’t quite as tasty as great-grandma’s potato salad or dad’s barbecue sauce. A much stained recipe card holds the magic ingredients and process and may be on its last legs. It’s time to digitize!     I can think of two ways to digitize these old recipes–take pictures of them or scan them.... Continue Reading

Because so many things that we deal with in psychology cannot be physically measured, the field lends itself to various interpretations about all sorts of things.  There is no equivalent of an EKG or MRI or blood pressure cuff to objectively measure empathy or resilience or even love.  As a result, there is no uniform psychological theory that is adhered to by all psychologists. One of the issues that divides various practitioners in the field is the importance of the past.  Like most psychologists who have been trained since the latter third of the 20th century, I tend to place... Continue Reading

We all have to deal with some commitments and deadlines and requirements in addition to having things on our schedules that we choose to do. The bottom line is that most of us lead pretty busy lives. There are essentially two ways of dealing with busy schedules: either let the course of events control us or take control of the course of events as much as possible. I prefer to do the latter. We may have to be at work or an appointment at a certain time, and our family’s meal and activity schedule may have a defined structure to it. But most of us have more flexibility in our lives... Continue Reading

Many of us are guilty of benign neglect of our digital devices and as a result, sometimes they do not work at optimum capacity or we find ourselves paying to expand our cloud storage. Here a five tips for getting your digital devices into tip-top condition for 2023. 1.Clean up your Photos app. Photos and videos take up a lot of space on your devices; when you run out of storage, your device just might not operate correctly.  BoomerTECH Adventures guide Ed’s iPad is currently very uncooperative as you can see from the image below.   Step 1, identify duplicates. iOS 16’s new feature allows... Continue Reading

While this is the time when people tend to make resolutions having to do with specific habits or behaviors, I think that this is a particularly good time to look at whether you are maximizing your potential and sharing your awesomeness with the world by being involved with your community.  That community may include your religious, political, service, school, professional society, or other organization. One of the easiest things to do is to complain about what’s wrong in the world, including that part of the world that’s closest to you – the community in which you reside or... Continue Reading

There are very few things that we can do during the last week in December to change the quality of the outcome of the year.  Hopefully, not many of us would want to change it to any great extent, but I do feel that it’s appropriate to have a level of discontent about the past in order for us to resolve to do better in the future.   That’s what New Year’s resolutions are all about – resolving to make positive changes moving forward even if we are generally proud of how we’ve functioned in the past. The fact that we start using a new calendar does not automatically assure... Continue Reading

BTA Guides Chris, Jill, and Ed discuss the key features of the Health App on your iPhone. In this podcast we explain what the Health App does, why it is important, and what features are included. The importance of having your health information in one place cannot be overstated. Using the Health App allows you to see critical changes or alerts, get insights from your health data, and learn more about essential health-related topics. Originally Published on https://boomertechadventures.com/ Continue Reading