What a Geek!
The date was August 24, 1995. I was sitting on my girlfriends couch doing what all guys are doing with their girlfriends at that age when in crashes her father threw the front door like a raging bull. I immediately jumped up from the couch mustering up the best “we weren’t doing anything” look I could, only to watch him dart off to the right and go flying up the stairs carrying a small blue box. “What the hell was that all about” I asked. “Oh, he’s going to his office to install this thing he has been...
read moreBrowser Wars – But Don’t They All Do The Same Thing?
First lets start off with the basics. What is a Browser. Every time you visit a website, check your email online or check Facebook, your using a browser. A browser is a software application that translates all the crazy code people who make websites use and makes them into an easy to read, eye pleasing format. For example, if you look above you will see my wonderfully constructed header image. Its nicely placed and sized, but the code needed to put that there looks like this: <img title=”browser wars”...
read moreWhat is a UPS and why do you need one?
A UPS (Uninterruptible power supply) is an incredibly simple but important device that no computer should be without. It’s a battery that plugs into the wall. You then plug devices into the battery and use that to power them. Now you may be asking, “why wouldn’t I just plug my computer or monitor directly into the wall?” and that’s a good question. Computers have many parts that are sensitive to fluctuations in electricity. Most of the time the current coming into your house or office is pretty consistent but we...
read moreTo Netbook or not to Netbook.
Netbooks are a relatively new phenomenon with the first one being released in late 2007. Since then we have seen literally hundreds of models hit the market with over 10 million units sold. If you are not familiar with the term, a Netbook is a new breed of laptop. Its main purpose is (as the name would suggest) going on line. Many companies (Microsoft, Google amongst others) have launched entire software suites that exist only online. This is known as “Cloud Computing”. Both have stripped down versions of Word, Excel and other software...
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