Using this camera for kids is like shooting fish in a barrel

We recently babysat our neighbors' kids, ages 9 and 6, and had as much fun as they did with a camera that prints black-and-white photos. It's called myFirst Camera Insta 2 and is $100 on Oaxis.com.

We were impressed by how quickly the girls got the hang of this thing. We only had to show the oldest how to do it once, and she taught the youngest, who got it just as quickly. Take a photo, press the Gallery Mode button, then the Print button. If the paper jams, just give it a little tug. This happened once in our tests.

This is not a Polaroid-type camera. The prints you get come out on a roll of thin paper much like the receipt you get from a grocery store. The paper is coated with a light-sensitive chemical. We're guessing this one is silver nitrate, which produces images only in black-and-white. It uses no ink and comes with extra paper rolls, enough for 240 photos.

The kids loved the look of it and said it was so much more satisfying than taking photos on a cellphone. The camera we received is pink. It also comes in blue. You can add a 32-gigabyte microSD card for virtually unlimited photo taking. These sell for less than $10 but you don't have to have one.

The camera has a selfie mode and a video mode, with various filters and templates for framing your photos. If your little ones want to make a scrapbook, they can add some tiny stickers it comes with. The camera is marketed for 4- to-11 year-olds. We read about some who enjoy using the printed pictures as tickets or play money. Our little ones love it.

If $100 sounds like too much to pay for a kid's camera, we found something similar on Amazon for $60. It's called the Dragon Touch InstantFun Instant Print Camera for Kids.

BIGGER, BETTER CLIPBOARD

The worst part of upgrading to Windows 10 was that some of our favorite programs stopped working. One of them was a clipboard extender that makes it easy to copy scads of items to paste in later. Now we've discovered that Windows 10 has a built-in extender.

Clipboard extenders allow you to copy a bunch of items into your computer memory and choose them from a menu when you're ready to use them. Without an extender, you're limited to copying and pasting one at a time. Sometimes when you're on a roll, you'd much rather copy a bunch, usually from various websites. You would think this is so useful that it would be the default operating position for the clipboard. But no, it's Microsoft, so you have to hunt for it.

Type the word "clipboard" into the search bar at the lower left corner of your screen. When it pops up, click on Clipboard Settings, and click the button under Clipboard History to turn it on. You can hold up to 24 clips, including images. There's no stated limit on the size of the clip. To retrieve a clip, hold down the Windows key (looks like a flag) and tap the "V" key on your keyboard. You'll see a list of all the items you've copied lately. Click one to paste it into Word, an email, or whatever application you have open.

DEAD PHONES

We can't count the number of times we've been out with a dead battery on our phone. So we were pleased when Anker, maker of one of the leading portable battery chargers, sent us its latest unit, the PowerCore 10K Wireless, $36 on Amazon.

It can charge three phones at once. To use its wireless charging feature, you need a phone that's compatible with Qi, a wireless charging technology. Or you could use an adapter, like the Nillkin Magic Tag Qi Wireless Charger Receiver, for $13.

What we like best is its ability to charge a phone three or four times before needing to be recharged itself. That makes it useful to carry around. It weighs only 7.4 ounces and is about the size of a cellphone.

MAXED OUT

We signed up for the new HBO Max's seven-day free trial, which we initially thought was free for all AT&T customers. We tried the much-touted HBO Max original comedy series Space Force starring Steve Carell and John Malkovich, but found it lacking.

INTERNUTS

SpotSkinCancer.org has some helpful tips. The site is sponsored by the American Academy of Dermatology.

"5 Best Logo Design Software Apps Reviewed." Search on that phrase to find an interesting list from dailylogochallenge.com. Sites like Hatchful.com and Looka.com offer lots of logos you can customize for free.

WhereisRoadster.com. Remember when Elon Musk put a Tesla in space? This site monitors its location and offers fun facts. For example, it has orbited the sun 1.5 times since its launch in February 2018. It has exceeded its 36,000-mile warranty 31,803 times. We also like the YouTube video "Spaceman Star X -- Elon Musk Put a Car in Space." A disclaimer at the bottom says, "Please note that this site is not in any way affiliated with Tesla, SpaceX, or Elon Musk."

Bob and Joy Schwabach can be reached by email at bobschwab@gmail.com and joy.schwabach@gmail.com.

Business on 06/06/2020

We had to shoot this HUGE fish for our safety (100 Pounder!)