Just went through a major online disaster – my web hosting company damaged my blogs during a big upgrade of their shared hosting and database infrastructure. And they did it in such a way that I couldn’t recover using the blog and database backups I’d so carefully kept up!
Had to move out
The blog damage was [...]
The “dirty low-down” on computer products to avoid – and to look for!
As a professional independent computer consultant, I sometimes have to deal with poor product choices my clients have made. And new clients often arrive with problem products. Fortunately, clients I’ve had for awhile usually follow my purchase recommendations or let me design their [...]
Do quick fixes and preventive maintenance with the best tools.
In this video tutorial, I show how to use the $30 ‘JV16 Power Tools’ product from Macecraft Software to do a Windows Registry clean or repair, and how to use some of the many other tools included in the ‘Power Tools’ kit to make your life with [...]
When choosing computer products, stick with “defacto industry standard” ones.
In other words, unless you have a good reason to do otherwise, go with the “Big Names” – the products which have won the biggest market share. Usually there are excellent reasons why those are the most popular products.
But there are exceptions. For instance, some companies [...]
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This service isn’t just for Windows, but I thought I’d share it anyway – highly recommended!
Are you a web site owner, blogger or webmaster who needs a fast and easy way to see your traffic metrics? These days, there are several online near-real-time traffic monitoring services – some are pretty darn clunky (that’s a technical [...]
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