As a PC consultant introducing his clients to email and the web, I personally recommended and installed America Online (AOL) at least fifty times, probably more. To keep current with AOL, I had an account myself until two years ago. … Continue reading
If the name Jim Rhodes and the company name deadlock Design ring a bell, you may be one of maybe thousands of webmasters who installed Jim’s free Refer Me script. Written in Perl, it’s a basic cgi script which visitors … Continue reading
If you’re buying, building, or reformatting a PC, please don’t connect it to the Internet via broadband — cable modem or DSL — until you read this. Instant Infestation. One of this morning’s Lockergnome newsletters included the article Practicing Unsafe … Continue reading
When it comes to software, I am a firm believer in the maxim that less is more. I prefer software that has a small footprint (uses less not more disk space and active memory or RAM). I like software that … Continue reading
It’s happened to all of us. A friend sends an important document but you’re unable to view it because you don’t have the appropriate software. For example, to open a meeting notice created with Microsoft Publisher, you need Publisher or … Continue reading
No, I didn’t test ’em all, but John Bang posting as “Interceptor” over at Suggest a Fix PC Support Forums did. Big thanks, John. His antivirus software test results are witty, informative, and, based on my experience with Symantec, McAfee, … Continue reading
It was a bright sunny day in the late 1970s. I had just wrapped up my first year as a Radio Shack District Manager. In appreciation, the company had swapped out my modest black Ford Granada for a creamy white … Continue reading