Welcome To ComputerBob.com

Aha! I can tell that you’ve visited this site before!

In fact, you’ve been here several times before.

Do you want me to tell you when you were here, and exactly which links you clicked on, and exactly which of this site’s pages you visited?

And which other sites you’ve visited lately, [more...]

Almost 6 years ago, I began using Firefox, Mozilla’s free and open source Web browser in Windows, instead of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.

Since July of 2006, I’ve been using Linux full-time intead of Windows, but I kept using Firefox as my Web browser.

Needless to say, I’ve had a lot of experience [more...]

Overnight last night, this site had its 4-millionth visitor!

Thirteen years ago, I started this Web site.

Over the years, I’ve put thousands of hours and thousands of dollars into this labor of love. [more...]

Over the past three decades, I’ve had the honor of helping probably tens of thousands of people troubleshoot and learn how to use their computers, including everyone from preschoolers to senior citizens to domestic violence survivors.

Helping to change others’ lives is very gratifying work.

I suspect that there are few people alive who [more...]

Microsoft has used plenty of advertising slogans over the years.

Who can forget, “Where do you want to go today?”

And “I’m a PC.”

And “It just works.” [more...]

Yes, I remember the first manned moon landing — like it happened 41 years ago this past week.

Friends of my parents, George and Marge Samels (what ever happened to them?), had recently moved to Kentucky, so my family had made the trip down to see them.

I sat on their living room floor, [more...]

In addition to plenty of lightning, the Sunshine State also has plenty of sand.

In fact, we don’t have any of the black dirt that northerners are used to seeing in the ground.

Our “dirt” is sand. With [more...]