Mind if I use an alias for my name?

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It's not anything about me not trusting you. It's just that I have a very unusual name and if anybody I knew saw what I posted it they would probably be able to trace it back to me and at this point I do not feel like having my acquaintances know about my AS. Just call me W (I hate that other W).

Im 20. I'm male. I'm a college student. I'm new to this. And I have a confession to make. I am very bad with computers. Yeah, I know, a 20 year old Aspie who doesn't know computers. I blame my parents for that. I never had very much computer access during my first 18 years and I was homeschooled for a good portion of that. Now that I am in school I have computer access but I have very little idea how to use them compared to even NTs my age. So please be patient with me about technology, I'll learn it, but my starting line is miles before almost everyone elses.

That sucks. I learnt how to use computers when I was a kid.

I was fully computer literate by the time I was 8.

Tim

If you really need any help with it, you can go to the technology section. Bunch of guys (including me) can help.

Don't feel bad about not revealing your name. I've had three aliases on WP and yet i still haven't revealed my true name...

Welcome to WP!! !

I have a Mac OSX and I'm having problems getting an image to go down to the 140x140 pixel limit and be under 16KB for my avatar. Anyone know how to do this. Please don't be too heavy on the computer jargon, I suck at it so far. PM me if you wish.

I had the same problem. I wanted to put my own picture up, but I couldn't so I had to stick with one of the premade ones.

I think you can load a piture on this site for free and size it there......


http://photobucket.com/register.php?link=topmenu



Then I think you can cut and then paste it into area of your .....My Account,page.....I am a computer noobie as well(at the ripe age of 43,)I got my first computer this past year.

I use irfanview, the free photo software i think I myspace uses. I was able to resize with that no problem. I don't know if they have it for mac tho.

I have been using computers since I was 4.

Hey der

Computers took up entire rooms when I first saw them. Nobody is born with the knowledge, it's not a charactor defect. I use Adobe software for the photos, cost money, too much money. If you do a search for "free software" you should see some links. Major Geeks is a very trust worthy site. http://www.download.com/ this is a good spot too for software, you can pick your OS, just watch the trials from the free. My advice is try a few and see what's easiest and free, not trail, but free, unless you have money and I don't Google tool bar is a handy little free add on for searching, in a pinch you can do sort of a spell check using it to. If you don't have an antivirus, look for Avast, there is a free version. My grandson does computer security, they don't think to much of the main stream cost money ones, but they don't laugh at this one. The thing will update itself and I've had it do it more then 2-3 in the same day and even on weekends. Try and get that out of the name brand versions. It does not have a user friendly interface, but comes set up, no need to fool with it, just make sure the update check boxes are checked and you're good to go. Not sure if it comes in a Mac OS, but I would suspect it does.

The basics for doing the photo up load are this. Crop your photo till it fits the size 140 x140, save it to a folder on your hard drive where you can remember it, make a folder if you think it easier to remember, then my account link to the left, edit profile and at the very bottom is a button to upload the photo from your hard drive. Hit the browse botton till it opens the photo and hit upload, if the photo is too big it will tell you it's too big, reedit (crop) the photo till it uploads. Some one correct me on this one, but I think .jpg files are bigger then .gif, so it you are given the optiion in the save as.. try a .gif file instead of the .jpg. Sometimes you can lower the quility of the photo in an option, that will reduce the file size as well and you won't see much of a differance when it pops on here. Now if you like doing pictures after you get the software, always save them as a .jpg file, you'll get better results when editing them further down the line.

GoatOnFire, lol, I like it, I wish I'd thought of it first
postpaleo

I do the same thing. I only show my real name on my cat site. I don't use it here because I don't want people at work finding out I'm on this site. At work, I am probably at my most "normal," because I am working in my area of strength.

I wonder if your woeful lack of computer experience has anything to do with why your introductory post was somewhat better written than the average introductory post around here.

Anyway, welcome to WrongPlanet forums!

Welcome W,

I have been working computers since they had tubes, then you had to learn everything to do anything. Now with anything made in the last few years, hardly anyone uses 1%, and it may take a while to find your way, but it is intuitive, just dive in. Help is a good way to get confused, who writes that stuff, Marketing?

Ask questions, it makes nerds feel useful. Lot of them around here.

I too am deep south, most are scattered, half of England, all of Austraila, caused by aspieness, when everyone left, the aspies never noticed, they were in the house, those who went out were given free boat rides to Austraila.

Please continue expressing your thoughts in whole sentences, it is so different.

Having lived on both sides of Texas, do not tell anyone anything. If cornered say, My Doctor says I carry infectious West Nile Virus, I do not get it, just the people who come in contact with me, so do not touch me, and I do not shake hands.

I love this place!