{"id":2118,"date":"2019-02-20T07:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T12:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2118"},"modified":"2019-02-20T12:47:38","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T17:47:38","slug":"this-weeks-newsletter-posted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/20\/this-weeks-newsletter-posted\/","title":{"rendered":"This week&#8217;s newsletter posted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week\u2019s new&nbsp;<em><strong>AskWoody Plus<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;newsletter is out; and for now you can&nbsp;<a aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/dispatches-from-the-browser-wars-front-lines\/\" target=\"_blank\">read it for free, online<\/a>. Here\u2019s what&#8217;s inside issue 16.6.0:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In the<strong> Langalist<\/strong>&#8216;s &#8220;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/dispatches-from-the-browser-wars-front-lines\/#langalist-0\" target=\"_blank\">Should you trust a hard drive after a major error?<\/a>,&#8221;<\/strong> I show you how to tell if a hard drive is still trustworthy after a significant event.<\/li><li>In <strong>Woody&#8217;s Windows Watch,&nbsp;Woody Leonhard<\/strong>&nbsp;sends &#8220;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/dispatches-from-the-browser-wars-front-lines\/#woodys-windows-0\" target=\"_blank\">Dispatches from the browser-war\u2019s front lines<\/a><\/strong>&#8220;<\/li><li>In&nbsp;<strong>Patch Watch<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Susan Bradley<\/strong>&nbsp;discusses <strong>&#8220;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/dispatches-from-the-browser-wars-front-lines\/#patch-watch-0\"><strong>Japan has its Y2K moment<\/strong><\/a><strong>&#8221; <\/strong><\/li><li>In&nbsp;<strong>Best Practices, Deanna McElveen<\/strong>&#8216;s Freeware Spotlight covers &#8220;<strong><a aria-label=\"MultiPack Visual C++ Installer (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/dispatches-from-the-browser-wars-front-lines\/#best-utilities-0\" target=\"_blank\">MultiPack Visual C++ Installer<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/li><li>Previous issues are archived&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/askwoody-newsletter-alerts\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s this about?<\/strong>&nbsp;Woody Leonhard has launched a new newsletter that\u2019s very much cast in the mold of the classic Windows<em><strong> Secrets<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;newsletter, with the latest articles on Microsoft Windows, PC maintenance, security, best apps, smartphones, and other important computing topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the original Windows Secrets gang have signed on, including Woody himself, Susan Bradley, Tracy Capen, myself, and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.askwoody.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">others<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eventually, the&nbsp;<em><strong>AskWoody Plus<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;newsletter will be by subscription, but for now it\u2019s open and free to all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on over and take a look!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:right\" class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em><strong>Permalink: <a href=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2118\">https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2118<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"104\" height=\"6\" data-attachment-id=\"1999\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/10\/around-boston-the-nearly-snowless-winter-continues\/seperator-short-grey\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SEPERATOR-short-grey.png?fit=104%2C6&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"104,6\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SEPERATOR short grey\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SEPERATOR-short-grey.png?fit=104%2C6&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/langa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/SEPERATOR-short-grey.png?resize=104%2C6\" alt=\"[seperator]\" class=\"wp-image-1999\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:left\"><strong>COMMENT \/ QUESTION<\/strong>  on <strong>THIS ITEM?<\/strong> <em>See the<\/em> <strong>Comment box<\/strong> <em>at bottom of this page!<\/em><br><b><em><br><\/em>NEW QUESTION? <\/b><em>Ask<\/em><b> <u><font color=\"#000117\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/font><\/u><\/b>!<br><br>(<em>Want free notification of new content? 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