I’ve decided to document the trials, tribulations, and a word that starts with “T” that means “I seriously contemplate suicide because this won’t do the thing I want it to do”. Let’s go with t…fuckingkillme. I’m going to break this down into sections, as each will have a different goal and solution. Keep in mind two things. One, I have no actual training in computers. All I know, I know from a wicked crazy amount of Googling, and flat out clicking things to see what happens. A lot of my struggle has simply been because I have no clue what I’m doing. Second, I’m doing this on a real, full…

Back in the long long ago, music was kept on these limited storage capacity devices called records, which were replaced by cassettes, which were replaced by CDs. The main problem of these ancient contraptions was they could only hold a few songs at a time. To listen to something else, you had to PHYSICALLY SWITCH to a different one. With the advent of the MP3, came the MP3 Player. Suddenly, you could hold 100s then 1000s then 10000s of songs. All on one tiny little box.

With the latest internet security failure, Heartbleed, everyone’s talking about protecting their accounts. Here are my tips. Keep in mind, there are many ways to keep your accounts safe. Also, and I can’t stress this enough, if someone wants your information badly enough, they will find a way. You’re only defense (besides staying offline) is to make it as hard as you can for people to crack.

Do you remember having to add your contacts into your phone every time you upgrade or get a new phone? Maybe you still do that. There’s no reason to ever have to do that again. Using Google Contacts, you can link your contacts to your Google Account, not your device. When you get a new phone, you enter your Google Account, and your contacts will be there waiting for you.

I’ve decided to take a break from my socio-political rants to talk about a lighter topic, computers. This will be a three part series talking about the top three Operating Systems: Windows, OSX, and Linux.

I’ve decided to take a break from my socio-political rants to talk about a lighter topic, computers. This will be a three part series talking about the top three Operating Systems: Windows, OSX, and Linux.

I’ve decided to take a break from my socio-political rants to talk about a lighter topic, computers. This will be a three part series talking about the top three Operating Systems: Windows, OSX, and Linux.

I’m often asked for help making computers fast again. There are really two options here. Clean the computer or get better hardware. First, let’s start with software options. These are free options that only cost time.