A good result, and CHatGPT is really listening to what I am saying, unlike those aforementioned help desk personnel. Also, hyperbole is no challenge to it. If you are not happy with the result, just resubmit, and ChatGPT will give you a different recipe. My second recipe was for zucchini noodles with tomato sauce. I'm not sure about this one. I think I'll stick with Zucchini bread.

ChatGPT can do so much more. I tried this.

ChatGPT: Where is Niagara Falls? Tell me in Chinese.

Amazingly, I got a response in what sure looks like Chinese, but I won't attempt to reproduce it here.

ChatGPT and its less intelligent competitors that have already been on the scene are here to stay. I'm sure I will find ways to use it, but I don't mind at all scrolling through the links that a Google search produces. At least, that way I know the sources of the information.

Mirroring from an iPhone

Do you want to mirror from an iPhone? Swipe down from the top right-hand corner of your screen to show the control center. Then click on the double rectangle icon. Choose the Roku Premiere option and your iPhone screen will begin mirroring on your TV.

Mirroring from Windows

Do you want to mirror your Windows Computer? Open your settings, and choose "Connect to a wireless display." Then click "Connect" and choose "Roku Premiere." Your computer screen will duplicate on your TV.

Videos, live feeds, webinars

Relax on the couch and watch videos mirrored to your TV. I discovered a new use for mirroring when I wanted to watch a video I found in the library. Although I didn't have a DVD player for my TV, I did have a computer with a built-in DVD player so that the movie could just be mirrored to my TV. With mirroring, you do need to go back to the original device to interact. So, don't plan to mirror during a Zoom call. However, with recorded feeds or even live feeds where you don't plan to interact, a feed mirrored to your TV will allow you to watch it in a more relaxed seting, letting you step away from the computer and watch with your feet up.

Presumaby, there is a way to monetize Alexa purchases, but it has not worked out so far for Amazon. As one Amazon insider is quoted as saying, Alexa is a "colossal failure in imagination." However, I don't blame the Alexa product engineers since I, myself, can't see the value of telling Alexa to add a fleece jacket to my cart and then being invited by Alexa, to open the app and review my cart to verify the selection. There are very few purchases that I would just go ahead and confirm without further inspection. Not to mention reading the reviews.

Fewer improvements in the future

With huge cuts to the Alexa team, we will likely see a drop in innovation for Alexa skills, such as setting the temperature on the furnace, turning out the lights, or other conveniences that fail to earn money for Amazon once you have purchased the Echo device. Although Alexa may be a money loser for Amazon, it's still very handy for most of us users, as are many other voice activated apps. I would hate to go back to sending texts where I had to "thumb" in all the text.

To filter. go to Gmail settings,. choose the tab "filters and blocked addresses", and then create a new filter. Identify the emails you want to filter choosing "has the words", "subject", "from", etc. Then hit "continue." Here you can decide what happens. Assign them a label and then click the "skip the inbox" option. Any future emails thus identified will no longer even appear in your inbox. You can later open that Gmail label and you will find these emails waiting for your inspection. This makes it easy to manage emails based on your own priorities. You no longer need to label and archive this type of email every time you receive one and you will keep your inbox free of emails that you already know that you want to handle later.

We are often advised to minimize switching tasks in order to get the most work done. To only check email once an hour, say. But even better is to have an inbox not overflowing with email, to not have distracting emails. Besides filtering, turn off email notices from Linked in and other social media. Instead, schedule a time in your day or week to check social media sites directly.

All the files and folders on your G drive are private, but you can choose to share them with others. You can specify other people with Google accounts or just make a file available to anyone who has the link. To get the link, open File Explorer to your G drive. Right click to the option "Share with Google Drive", add permissions, and copy the link. This is especially handy if your need to share a really, really large file. Chances are your email provider will not allow you to attach anything over a certain size. So, being able to provide this link in place of an attachment is very helpful. If you are a Gmail user, Gmail makes it super easy and will just automatically copy your file to your virtual drive so that it can send the link.

See all "shared with you" files in one place

You can also view your Google Drive using a browser. Just go to https://drive.google.com/ You can see all the files you have stored in the cloud. In addition, you can see any file others have shared with you through their Google Drive. Just click on "Shared with me". You may have long ago lost that email with the attachment you want to review, but all those attachments are there for you to see on Google Drive, in alphabetic order, if you wish, with even a handy search option.

Sync files from any folder on your computer

Finally, after you install Google Drive on your computer, you can also sync any file or folder on your computer with Google Drive so that you will have an extra copy of that file on the cloud. Google Drive will automatically keep those files or folders synced so that if you make a change to a file or folder, that change will also be made to the file or folder on the cloud. In this case there are two copies of everything. If, instead you save a file directly to your G Drive, there is only one copy, and that copy is in the cloud.