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#206 - IP4 Internet adresses 1/25/2010
#205 - Haiti – Robertson and Chavez and others 1/24/2010
#204 - Terrorism hits US - Whose fault? 1/2/2010
#203 - Plane Safety 12/25/2009
#202 - Book with Dwight Watt as character 12/24/2009
#201 - 2009 12/17/2009
#200 - Happy Thanksgiving 11/24/2009
#199 - Holidays and the price of gas 11/19/2009
#198 - Health-care or Health-care insurance reform 11/16/2009
#197 - Mozilla Firefox may have just converted me 11/16/2009
#196 - Ahead and did not know it again 11/5/2009
#195 - Rainy Monday in NW Georgia 9/21/2009
#194 - Rain in NW Georgia 9/21/2009
#193 - Computer oddities (power supply and Windows backup) 9/12/2009
#192 - So much for trying to slow down 9/11/2009
#191 - More on schools wanting passwords to social sites 9/2/2009
#190 - School wanting students Facebook/MySpace passwords 9/2/2009
#189 - Neice and nephew on cover of the Washington Post 8/27/2009
#188 - e-mails warning of account problems 8/21/2009
#187 - Google Books 8/12/2009
#186 - Thinking about 9-11 8 years later 7/28/2009
#184 - My picture on the cover of the Rolling Stone, uh Swainsboro Blade Plus 7/13/2009
#182 - COBOL 6/5/2009
#181 - Adding Machine Tape 6/5/2009
#180 - How to fix a USB mouse that acts strange 5/31/2009
#179 - Fixing a Motherboard 4/24/2009
#178 - Why Cleansing? 4/18/2009
#177 - Winthrop Basketball 3/16/2009
#176 - Terracotta soldiers 3/15/2009
#175 - Disable UAC on Vista 3/15/2009
#174 - Saturn 3/1/2009
#173 - Difference 2/26/2009
#172 - Create PDF people can fill out and e-mail the whole form 1/27/2009
#171 - Oil prices 12/18/2008
#170 - The Auto Bailout proposal 12/12/2008
#169 - How to fix XP when it keeps restarting/booting during startup 11/23/2008
#168 - Be careful what you ask for 11/4/2008
#167 - Gmail viewing for prying eyes 8/20/2008
#166 - Software Update 8/7/2008
#165 - Blacksmithing 6/22/2008
#164 - Cloudland Canyon State Park 6/18/2008
#163 - ishing 5/28/2008
#162 - Confusing Sign 5/26/2008
#161 - Oil prices and Balloon 5/7/2008
#160 - Watch out for domain spam messages 4/27/2008
#159 - Pine Tree Breeze 4/26/2008
#158 - Rev. Wright 3/31/2008
#157 - Thoughts from travels to the southwest US 3/31/2008
#156f - Followup on article 156 3/30/2008
#156 - Obama and Wright 3/29/2008
#155 - Democratic Party strange politics 3/11/2008
#154 - Mens Basketball 3/9/2008
#153 - Signs 3/6/2008
#152 - Signs that follow us 3/5/2008
#151– Bank Names 3/3/2008
#150 - Spygate, steroids and Congress 2/21/2008
#149 - Death Customs 2/20/2008
#147c - Correction for Votes for conventions and the Electoral College? 1/23/2008
#148- Stock Market Movement 1/23/2008
#147- Votes for conventions and the Electoral College? 1/22/2008
#146- How did the other experts react with the wise men? 1/14/2008
#145- Warnings on phishing, fraud, and incorrect e-mails 11/27/2007
#144- Cruising in the Country – Bike Ride 11/20/2007
#143- The Chattooga Century 8/13/2007
#142- Missouri church shooting 8/12/2007
#141- Thoughts and Observations 7/6/2007
#140 - God’s promise of blessings 7/5/2007
#139 - Wireless setup and web page glitches 6/5/2007
#138 - Looking back at Computers 6/4/2007
#137 - CD Drive Name Windows 98 to XP 5/25/2007
#136 - Job announcement 2/15/2007
#135 – Vista and Office 2007 1/22/2007
#134 – Canaries in the Woods? 12/22/2006
#133 - Users not doing text messaging on Verizon Wireless billed 11/20/2006
#132 - Causeway Error Fix 9/20/2006
#131 - God of Second Chances 9/18/2006
#130 - Trojan Horse BackDoor.Agent.BA virus fix 8/9/2006
#129 - "Remember the Titans" review 6/5/2006
#128 - What does Internet Explorer 7 offer? 5/28/2006
#127 - China Trip Diary 5/3/2006
#126 - Wireless Networks Hints 4/26/2006
#125 - Iraq - Civil War? 3/19/2006
#124 - More Tools to combat Spyware/Adware 3/15/2006
#123 - E-mail reminders 1/30/2006
#122 - Voter ID Cards 1/20/2006
#121 - Taking care of your new computer (or your old computer) 12/16/2005
#120 - Trip to Arizona 11/4/2005
#119 - Moments 9-25-2005
#118 - Oil prices 8-24-2005
#117 - China and Religion 7-20-2005
#116 – The best of times and some not so good 6-30-2005
#115 – Fighting Spyware Update 6-24-2005
#114 – Party Politics and Ethics 12/29/2004
#113 - Be careful what you ask for 12/25/2004
#112 – The Election 11/1/2004
#111 - Why Americans do not vote 9/29/2004
#110 - Exodus (Bible Series 3 of 67) 9/28/2004
#109 - 2004 Campaigns, 527s and what is the plan? 8/30/2004
#108 - Windows XP SP2 8/30/2004
#107 - Delaying Elections 7/27/2004
#106 - Traveling with the Internet 7/1/2004
#105 - The G-8 in Georgia 6/7/2004
#104 - E-mail and g-mail 6/1/2004
#103 - Viruses and pop-up ads 5/3/2004
#103 part 2 Viruses and pop-up ads 5/9/2004
#102 - Developing a club web page (Kiwanis article 1) 3/25/2004
#101 - The recession Bush’s, Clinton’s or who’s fault? 3/10/2004
#100 - Diary of an accident 12/13/2003
#99 - When the horse throws you; get back on. 11/23/2003
#98 - The Trinity 11/17/2003
#97 - Parasailing 10/25/2003
#96 - Government accounting or not the accounting you learned in school 7/31/2003
#95 - Why I am proud to be an American 5/26/2003
#94 - Genesis (2 of ~67) 4/28/2003
#93 - Various observations on various subjects 3/27/2003
#92 - Iraq, the United Nations and WMD 3/11/2003
#91 - Apollo I, Challenger and Columbia Do we keep exploring space? 2/24/2003
#90 - Iraq, WMD and War Does it all have to be one thing? 1/28/2003
#89 - The Bible (1 of ~67) 1/24/2003
#88 - Reason for season and celebration 12/27/2002
#87 - Fall Football Fun 11/12/2002
#86 - DC Area shootings 10/11/2002
#85 - Overreacting or Acting Stupidly 9/18/2002
#84 - Enron - What to learn? 5/28/2002
#83 - ANWR, Middle east oil fields and the environment 5/6/2002
#82 - Easter - A day to celebrate 3/31/2002
#81 - First Class Airport Screening 2/28/2002
#80 - Signs Revelation of the real meaning 1/30/2002
#79 - Spreading the Light 1/18/2002
#78 - Was Christmas a success? 1/4/2002
#77 - Christmas 2001 12/25/2001
#76 - The United Nations 11/30/2001
#75 - Anthrax - Domestic or foreign terror? 10/23/2001
#74 - Air safety 9/26/2001
#73 - Atlanta Olympic Shooting Grounds…Keep or Close 9/25/2001
#72 - American Terrorism 9/17/2001
#71 - Blue lights - What do I do? 8/1/2001
#70 - Vanishing surpluses 7/16/2001
#69 - Looking forward and back 6/21/2001
#68 - Barbara, Jenna and the spotlight 6/6/2001
#67 - Politics, Money, Jail and Copyrights 6/3/2001
#66 - Fun, fun in the summer …. Or not? 5/23/2001
#65 - Rabbis, Baccalaureates, and Churches 4/23/2001
#64 - Deregulation and re-regulation 3/31/2001
#63 - Tax cuts, refunds, and lock boxes 2/28/2001
#62 - Follow the money 1/22/2001
#61 - Concession and acceptance speeches 12/14/2000
#60 - The homogenization of America and the world 11/28/2000
#59 - Have the votes been counted? 11/27/2000
#58 - The Electoral College 11/16/2000
#57 - Observations on the election and the aftermath 11/14/2000
#56 - Conceding or not, and does action or intent count in voting? 11/11/2000
#55 - George W Bush and the DUI 11/6/2000
#54 - Democracy American style 11/5/2000
#53 - Diary of Brazil Mission Trip 10/27/2000
#52 - Many mansions? 10/19/2000
#51 - Wen Ho Lee - Traitor? 9/27/2000
#50 - Napster…What should be done? 9/3/2000
#49 - Signs, signs, but I don't understand. 8/18/2000
#48 - Responsibility of the press 7/10/2000
#47 - Challenging your mind 7/7/2000
#46 - Who owes - New York City or the Braves? 6/30/2000
#45 - The NRA café 6/13/2000
#44 - Be careful what you ask for … 5/24/2000
#43 - Gore-McCain - The perfect ticket? 5/9/2000
#42 - Virus hell - Melissa says I love you 5/7/2000
#41 - Elian and the raid 4/26/2000
#40 - Elian and the flag in South Carolina 4/18/2000
#39 - The "separation of church and state" 4/3/2000
#38 - Symbols - The Confederate flag and others 3/12/2000
#37 - Sticks and stones … 2/24/2000
#36 - Courthouse renovations 2/9/2000
#35 - John Rocker versus Elian Gonzalez 1/21/2000
#34 - The Southern Baptists and Chicago 12/15/1999
#33 - 2000 or 2001 - The start of a new millennium? 12/8/1999
#32 - The myth of brand gas superiority dies 11/28/1999
#31 - Jesus was a vegetarian? 10/24/1999
#30 - Separation of Powers- Who pays attention? 9/30/1999
#29 - Censorship and filtering software 8/18/1999
#28 - The Hills 7/7/1999
#27 - Hate Crimes - What is new? 5/27/1999
#26 - Reactions to Columbine by the Media and Political Leaders 5/21/1999
#25 – Reactions to the school shootings in Colorado 4/21/1999
#24 – Bill looks more and more like John 4/21/1999
#23 - Keep America Beautiful 3/19/1999
#22 – Atlanta Suing Gun Makers 3/10/1999
#21 – And a child shall lead them 3/1/1999
#20 - Surpluses, Tax Cuts, and Tobacco Settlements 2/16/1999
#19 - Y2K Funnies 1/25/1999
#18 - Time Bomb 2000 - Book Review 1/4/1999
#17 - Gingrich, Livingston, Clinton, etc. 1/4/1999
#16 - The NBA 1/4/1999
#15 - Impeachment 12/17/1998
#14 - Y2K Rumors and more 12/2/1998
#13 - Coaches and colleges 11/30/1998
#12 - Laws and more laws 10/22/1998
#11 - Clinton - To hold impeachment hearings or not? 10/7/1998
#10 - Observations on the Forbes 400 9/30/1998
#9 - Education - Where do we stand? 9/24/1998
#8 - Observations 9/20/1998
#7 - ATMs (Automatic Teller Machines) 9/11/1998
#6 - Guns and Society 8/27/1998
#5 - Clinton...the future 8/20/1998
#4 - Railroad Safety 8/10/1998
#3 - Y2K (Year 2000) The good news or solutions - Part II 8/3/1998
#2 - Y2K (Year 2000) - Hoax or Real? 7/29/1998
#1 - Death of the Square? 7/27/1998

Question Answer columns published in newspapers

Newspapers include the Swainsboro Forest-Blade, Blade Plus, Walker County Messenger and Catoosa County News #41 Question: How can I have the BCC box always available in Outlook Express? 1/20/2010
#40 Question: How can I put all administrative tasks in one folder? 1/13/2010
#12 Question: What do B, G and N mean on wireless devices? 6/17/2009
#11 Question: How do I copy text from a document or the Internet to a document I am writing? 6/10/2009
#10 Question: What do I do when my Internet/network icon at bottom right shows me on the Internet but no web pages work? 6/3/2009
#9 Question: How do I stop getting so many messages in Vista asking permission to copy , paste or do other stuff? 5/27/2009
#8 Question: Where are places I can share pictures on the Internet? 5/13/2009
#7 Question: How do I keep everyone from knowing who I sent an e-mail to? 5/6/2009
#6 Question: My computer will not turn on, what can I do? 4/29/2009
#5 Question: What are Normal Mode and Safe Mode? 4/22/2009
#4 Question: What do I do when my Internet/network icon at bottom right shows me on the Internet but no web pages work? 4/8/2009
#3 Question: What is the difference between a 32 bit and a 64 bit computer? 4/1/2009
#2 Question: Should I get the new Internet Explorer 8? 3/25/2009
#1 Question: I get lots of pop-up ads on my computer? What causes this? 3/18/2009

Georgian Kiwanian Articles

New directions for technology (September 2009)
Georgia Kiwanis Web 2.0 (July 2009)
Communications and Storing Pictures (March 2009)
Photo editing software (January 2009)
Website contest and district website (September 2008)
Tech Updates (August 2008)
Website upgrades (May 2008)
E-mail Etiquette (March 2008)
Technology Update (TV) (February 2008)
Looking back at Computers (June 2007)
Wireless setup and web page glitches (May 2007)
Notes from your Technology Chair (April 2007)
Notes from your Technology Chair (March 2007)
Vista and Office 2007 (February 2007)
Discussion Board (January 2007)
The World is Changing (November 2006)
Editing Digital Pictures Part 2 (October 2006)
Editing Digital Pictures (September 2006)
Editing Digital Pictures (August 2006)
What does Internet Explorer 7 offer? (July 2006)
Wireless Networks Hints and Web Page Competition (June 2006)
Web Page Competition (May 2006)
Spyware Update (April 2006)
E-mail reminders (March 2006)
Taking care of your new computer (or your old computer) (January 2006)
Pictures on the Computer (October 2005)
Winners and More Information About Spyware (September 2005)
Web History (May 2005)
Buying a new computer (November 2004)
Spam and web pages (September 2004)
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (October 2004)
Dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s(August 2004)
Setting up a small network to share an Internet connection(June 2004)
Viruses and pop-up ads(May 2004)
What Word Processor do I need? (April 2004)
Choosing an operating system (March 2004)
Communicate better with e-mail (February 2004)
Web Pages (January 2004)

Tech Tips

1 - Virus Protection 10-20-2004
3 - Spyware 1-16-2005
4 - E-mail BCC 1-16-2005
5 - Switches and Hubs 1-16-2005
6 - E-mail Forwarding 1-16-2005
7 - Steps to run Spybot S and D 1-16-2005
8 - Download locations for free anti-spyware and anti-virus programs 1-16-2005
9 - Steps to run Adaware 1-16-2005
10 - Adding Outlook Express to Toolbar in IE7 6-10-2006

HTML Basic Guides by Dwight

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Reference Sheet

Guide to Binary and Decimal Number Conversion by Dwight

Binary and Decimal Conversion Guide

Video Lectures by Dwight Watt

DTAE Probes facilitated by Dwight

2006 CIS Degree, Diploma and TCC proposed Probes
2001 CIS Degree and Diploma Probes (was co-facilitator)

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