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I appreciate your site and am in awe of the stories that you have encapsulated inside of it.
Your web site is the first I look at every morning, a good way to start my day.
Dear Bob; After reading your submissions and from a less than intellectual perspective, I am almost ready to not only jump, but leap at the opportunity to disgorge myself of the "Microsoft Windows" environment. The major problem I have is that is that my computer knowledge is that limited, I'm unable to do this task without help. Just to inform you I took a computer repair course several years ago and the result of that was that it only made me dangerous to be around anyone trying to make repairs or revisions to their problems. I truly enjoy all of your commentary though as well as each and every article I've read. Hopefully I'll find someone local better than I to make the transition. Many, many thanks for all your help and suggestions. Keep up the great work. I extend my hand in gratitude and appreciation for all you have helped.
I have had some of the same thoughts as you. Thanks for making the issue clearer though. I am not locked into MEPIS and may just move to Debian as you have. I read most of your adventure and found it very helpful, it would serve as a guide to the change over if I make the trip... Keep up the good work as I really enjoy your journal.
(From the "MepisLovers" Mepis Linux support forums): ComputerBob.com in particular is the reason I am here — his dual boot article and calm clear written explanations encouraged me. MEPIS is his favorite. In addition, he doesn't "reek geek" he truly is a geek and knows how to explain things.
At times in this book [Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance], when the author talks about taking care of a bike, his "voice" reminds me of yours when you're talking about computers! Maybe I'm imagining things, and probably you wouldn't think it's anything like you, sort of like when someone says they know someone who looks "just like" you and you end up thinking that person looks NOTHING like you... But I think it's the slow, systematic approach he takes to things, the attention to detail, and the love he has for the machine... In many ways, it's like working on a computer. I'll be looking forward to you next book: Zen and the Art of Computer Maintenance.
Hi ComputerBob: You're the real deal. Thanks.
Thank you! You are the most dedicated teacher I have ever had. For a first time, before the first lecture I had read chapter one, I felt that I would not pass this class because I could not understand it. We are so glad that we have you our teacher. You explain things that are very difficult to understand in a simple way, and caring about your students.
You're arguably the best geek I have ever met!
I just wanted you to know my PC Support/Web Design students have truly found your site useful. So useful, it made the Research Site Wall of Fame. :D Your site is up there with other research sites such as: HowStuffWorks & Whatis.com. Thank you from High Tech North in Florida!
Remember that you have positively impacted all of us.
Thank you for your help! Thank goodness for experts like you who help people like me!!
I've always enjoyed browsing your site and taking in the expert advice you have on computer and web subjects. I've checked in almost daily for the last three years, if nothing else, just to get your fresh perspective. I nominated your site to DevX's Daily Sightings (which aren't daily anymore). They liked it and said they would feature your site on November 1st. They may have contacted you already. You will probably see a traffic spike at that time.
You are a great person, not to mention a wonderful teacher who makes class fun and understanding.
I came from Africa three years ago and I have been at this college for the past 12 quarters. You are the best teacher I've ever had the whole time I've been here... Thank you for being our teacher.
Glad to see the high scores on the quiz. We couldn't have done it without a good instructor. Thanks for being so positive.
(Received January, 2005): I took your Intro to Computer Science in 1999 as I was thinking about transitioning from a chemist to an IT professional. I loved your class and found it was just what I needed to make an informed decision and make sense of the want ads. I made the switch in 2000 and am very happy. I wanted to take an Access class this Spring and remembered that you taught one at xxxxxxxxxxxxxx. I held on to your URL for all these years and imagine my surprise when I learned you now live in Florida. I am happy for you (21 degrees F and sleeting right now in MN) and hope you will continue to teach in FL. It is our loss that you are not here to teach any more.
I miss you both as a person and as a mentor... I feel you have so much insight and are so skilled at instructing at various levels... I'm sorry Bob, but if you are not instructing that is a terrible void for all concerned.
(Received January, 2006): You probably don't remember me but my name is xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. I was in your first class CSCI 2070 Data Communications that you taught at xxxxxxxxxxxxxx College. I believe that was in 2000. I am writing to you tonite because i was wondering if you could answer some of my questions. I am building a website for my neighbor, they started up their own business and their website now is just a page and they asked me to build one for them. The questions they have are... Thanks alot and hope to see you some time.
I wish to let you know how much I have enjoyed your journal articles on Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and MEPIS Linux. I am now using MEPIS and Ubuntu, on separate machines... I have had somewhat the same experience as you having tried Mandrake, SUSE, and Red Hat Linux distros, which I found wanting. I went back to Windows XP having decided to wait a while longer to use Linux. When you started writing about Linux again I thought it was time to try the new free distros... Please keep the articles on Linux coming as there are (already) plenty of newsletters on Windows available.
I can't speak for everyone but I do know that more then once this web site has helped me with homework problems and basic computer things. Thank you ComputerBob for taking the time needed to help the ones who don't know so much about computer stuff to be able to communicate and understand them. I have also found out about many computer terms that I've been miss using. (I am saying this not as a student trying to kiss up, but as a person learning how to use/speak the computer).
Thank you, I only wish this class was longer.
Thanks for the great tips. They are a big help and I started to do the needed changes to my Web site... Once again I thank you for your helpful insight and valued opinion.
Congratulations on the site. Fun, informative and, the hardest of all, interesting.
Just wanted to let you know that I was successful in my upgrade to Windows XP! I'm extremely happy with my computer's performance. I've installed the latest version of AVG and all seems to be working fine. Thanks again for all your efforts!
You have a terrific website. I read the testimonials and everything I would have to say seems to have been said....so I will just say "ditto" and thank you very much for your time, money and effort in making all of the information available. I wish I had found it sooner.
Even if I never take another course with you Bob, I shall never forget what a difference and impact you made upon me in a world that otherwise lacks heroes. You are someone to be celebrated and above all appreciated... you make a difference... and what could be more important than that?
You are the most dedicated teacher I have ever had, and I am looking forward to other classes with you.
"Never Alone" -- What a beautiful article!! I sent it to a fellow peacenik. With world events swirling all around, at times shocking my sensitivities, this article was like a safe haven. A message about the purpose of life.
You are a great person and a wonderful teacher. Keep on motivating students who never thought they could actually work with computers, let alone understand what they are doing and why they are doing it.
You are a great instructor!!!!!
I LOVE YOUR WEB SITE! I recently entered cyberspace and have found alot of useless info (a bit let down!) But tonite while searching for info to help me with an e-mail problem I ran into your site and WOW!!! By far the best I've seen yet.
Thank you for your input on the Firefox browser. It was easy to install and works great.
I want you to know that I consider you one of the finest professors that I have had... You have a way of connecting with your students. I will always appreciate you for the time you have taken with questions and the endless energy that you have provided.
This is my first quarter going back to school, and you have been my main teacher. You are wonderful.
Thanks for the great work you do and provide free of charge to those of us who are cyber challenged!
I can't remember when I happened along your Website, but am so very glad I did. For the past 3 years, I have been visiting your sites' Software link, and along with your opinions, have downloaded shareware programs to ultimately protect my system against hackers, pop-ups and viruses... Thanks ComputerBob. I would have never known about these sites or how they worked, if it wasn't for you and your Website. I give you an A+. Keep up the good work!
I owe a great deal of thanks to you Bob. You have taught me so much for which I am sincerely grateful. You spark ideas, and create a better foundation for frontiering additional avenues for self-discovery and foremost in asking questions when there appears to be no answers.
I am so glad I had the opportunity to learn from the BEST!! Thank you for all of your help with my life and computer problems. You are like my mentor and I hope that it is okay for me to keep bothering you when I need help with my future goals. You are a success in all that you do.
You are an awesome teacher!
Thank you. This is the first time I found your site and I have really enjoyed it. It is very interesting.
You are an outstanding teacher and a great person. You have enriched my life with knowledge, integrity, and humor. And I will forever be grateful to you for this wonderful experience.
I will be taking more classes of yours. They may not apply to my degree, but I know that good teachers are hard to come by, and gosh darn it, I'm gonna take advantage of you! ;) You explain things that are very difficult to understand in a simple way that isn't just jibberish. I think it's really an art.
You're great and sorely missed here in MN.
It's been a pleasure taking classes from you this past year. You not only bring knowledge to your classes, but extensive experience... I take these classes mainly to gain from your experience. I can buy the book and learn it on my own, but it's all the experience that makes the difference. Nothing can replace that! As you may remember, I took my first class in Web design from you last year. The textbook was lousy, and it was only your teaching abilities that made the class worthwhile. I am now taking my third class, all from you, because of what I get out of your classes.
I enjoyed taking your class and appreciated all the help you gave.
Hi Bob! Once upon a time, I was a student at IHCC, with you as my instructor. I always appreciated your work ethic and values.
Thanks, oh guru of making Geek-Speak Chic!
Thank you so much for sharing your time, concern and tremendous knowledge with us!... Your kind heart and very generous spirit and phenomenal mind are very much appreciated!
You are the MAN! Thank you!
You take the time to answer students emails, answer question, and have a Web site with all the class materials so that it makes it easy for students to succeed in your classes. Looking at the grades for the entire classes that I've taken from you, that should speak for itself. You're by far the best computer teacher I've had at any level by far.
I just wanted to post my praise for this class and this instructor! I've been using computers for over 20 years and, like most people, learned by watching/trying. I took this class to try and understand WHY and HOW the computer worked, and I'd have to say it was time well spent. I learned something in every class! Bob, you did a great job teaching a technical subject in English so even I could understand it. You have truly found your calling. Thanks for a great semester!
Thanks for the hundredth time.
It has been my pleasure to be your student. I have learned a lot from you and your classes. You also made learning fun.
It is very obvious that you love to teach...henceforth, that is why you are such a GREAT teacher!
My new computer is so much more functional now that I understand how to use its systems properly... and I owe it all to a gift you were given that you chose to share... You sincerely care, and that makes all the difference in the world... I'm grateful to have such a great person as you for an instructor.
Thank you and God bless you.
Thank you for your ongoing hard work and commitment to making Geek-Speak Chic for those of us who are computer challenged! You are the best!!!
The CB web page grows and has so much good info that I refer to it and get unjammed by some of the items I see here. Thanks.
You are a great person, not to mention a wonderful teacher who makes class fun and understanding.
Thank you for all your help and being patient with my typing.
You're a genius!
In retrospect of where my PC was when I first unpacked it from its box in comparision to the deluge of software I was ultimately hooked up with through class; your site; and this forum, I am amazed I could even tolerate my PC before. You have a good thing going here, Bob. Thanks again for sharing your gift with the world.
Just wanted to say I enjoy your website, I take a quick look every day. And also, it's good reading your posts at mepislovers. I'm a Mepis user myself. Thanks for your work on the website!
My computer is only working now as a result of your advice. I'm a ditz in the operation avenue of software as I'm sure are others, we're thankful for you and others like you that are able to save our butts. Many, Many thanks again!
Thanks for all your help! My file sharing and Internet sharing are working perfectly! You're amazing!
Your ComputerBob entry for today, good stuff! Made me want more. It must take incredible dedication to keep this up every day. I hope you get lots of good feedback. I really appreciate your efforts and look forward to seeing what you've put in there every day. I look at lots of different computer-related sites, and I have many of them bookmarked. A handful, I look in on each day, and yours is one of the best of those. "Straight up," as my homeboys used to say. No clutter, you just get to the point, speak your piece, and go on to the next day. Thanks for what you do, Bob.
You are an excellent teacher and I enjoyed learning from you.
Thanks for working so hard on your web site!
Thanks soooooooooooooo much for the help last night. I couldn't have done it without you. Well..........maybe I could have, but it would have taken longer and it wouldn't have been near as much fun (and I would have been sweating a LOT more). You're great and wonderful.
Thank you so much for designing this web page, your web page is used alot in my web design class.
I'm sure that lots of people just don't take the time to say something. All I can say is, I know that personal preferences vary, but three sites I like to check on daily are yours, Lifehacker, and lxer.com. And then of course the forums that I frequent, and my email, a few news sites, and a few sports pages. But as far as daily things done by one person, you've got something special going on. Some sites like /home/liquidat and Raiden's Realm are pretty good, but yours is "a friendly place where somebody can get their bearings with a cup of coffee" type of place.
Thanks a lot for sharing your experience with kmail problem, your solution worked for me too. I spend some time trying to make it work and like you try a lot of things. Thank you again.
THANKS! I send out info to parents at our preschool, and over the past couple of years had parents who could not open my attached documents becasue they were in .doc format. I did not know how to create a PDF that any parent could open, till today that is... I decided to check the vast offerings of advice on your site, and not only found info on PDF format files, but a FREE download to create them. It took me all of a few minutes to download the free software, create my first PDF and send it out to the parents. Why I didn't do this two years ago???? Stupid is as stupid does, or in my case didn't! Thanks ever and always.
Your web site is very interesting and filled with a lot of information. You obviously put in hours/days creating it. I have given the "address" to several of my friends.
Thanks to your inspirational journals I am learning more and more about the world of Linux.
Keep up the work that you are doing. You're helping many people.
He made it fun and he was patient. I don't know if there is another computer instructor, but I would choose ComputerBob again. It's easier to learn when it's fun/relaxed.
The instructor was helpful and made you think things through to solve your problems and was always there when you needed assistance. Solving your own problems is a good thing, because then you know the next time what to do.
I am very impressed with your site.
Teacher's willingness to help never makes student feel stupid for asking a question.
Best instructor I have had at this college.
How can this course be improved? Have two Bobs teach!
ComputerBob's Web site was a big help.
Have recommended this course to many people already!
Instructor - excellent. Very knowledgeable.
Bob has a great presence. He makes you feel very comfortable.
Enjoyed most the teacher student open discussion method and the teacher paying individual attention whenever we needed it.
Bob is an enthusiastic and knowledgeable instructor. He brings his experiences and skill to the classroom and teaches in a respectful and non-condescending manner.
The instructor was very knowledgeable and very approachable. He was funny too.
ComputerBob is a great instructor and I will be taking more of his classes.
The instructor was enthusiastic and extremely helpful.
Bob is an awesome instructor. One of the best I've ever had.
I was reticent about enrolling because some instructors do not relate very well to beginners. I am so pleased to have Bob as my instructor: he is knowledgeable, concise, patient, witty and enthusiastic for starters!! I will take as many classes as I can from him!
ComputerBob is a very knowledgeable person. I think his message board and the course outline being on-line should be done by more instructors -- great way to communicate.
I enjoyed the teacher. He explained things very well and clearly.
The teacher's open and friendly attitude to Really Teach and be involved with students during a lecture or whatever, and not just teach trivia.
He makes learning fun and practical!
It is very rare to find a teacher who is able to radiate a good energy level that will put the enthusiasm and enjoyment of a class in the manner of ours.
He is outstanding. He loves to teach and it comes out very strongly in class.
ComputerBob explained things very clearly, never seemed frustrated by our questions, and was likable/approachable. He's very knowledgeable and seems to really enjoy teaching.
I believe that he does a good job teaching the class and has a passion for teaching the three courses I took from him.
The instructor is funny and very personable. He made the class light and enjoyable and I learned a lot.
I learned a lot and the instructor makes the subject material very interesting.
The professor was easy to approach and made things easy to understand.
The instructor is not pretentious, and he tries to make learning an enjoyable experience.
Great being able to log on to his Web page to confirm assignments, questions, etc. He was always available to answer a question if you had one.
The instructor was very patient with the beginners.
The instructor is a great person. I signed up for two more of his courses.
The instructor was very personable.
I have recommended this class to several employees at work to touch up on a lot more computer knowledge.
ComputerBob knows a lot about computers and his sense of humor made class enjoyable.
I enjoyed having a teacher that was very approachable, and knew how to explain things so you can understand.
ComputerBob is awesome! I really enjoyed his class!
The instructor is able to help students at many different levels of familiarity with computers.
He made the class fun and it was easy to comprehend.
He's so knowledgeable! He really knows how to communicate and speak in laymen terms. He has a great sense of humor too!
I must say ComputerBob works hard so we can understand the course.
He knows how to share what he knows well. And he's a nice guy.
Very knowledgeable, student friendly (always available for questions and any help needed), patient, teaches in laymens terms and very conscientous that all understand concepts before moving on.
He taught in such a way that asking questions was fun, not intimidating. There was nothing I didn't like about the instructor.
He wanted us to have an understanding of the course and material - He did it and went above and beyond the call. He was here to help us, not just to make us learn. He was interested in making us understand the info - not just memorize it.
His excitement on the subject is refreshing.
His Website is great.
I couldn't improve the course if I tried.
I definitely would recommend him to others. He knows what he's talking about, and can teach it just as well.
Thorough and helpful. Very patient.
Did not totally rely on books - used his hands on knowledge and experience. I appreciated that.
ComputerBob is patient, thorough and an overall excellent instructor.
ComputerBob's teaching style and demeanor were one of the best learning experiences I've had.
I recommend ComputerBob for all student because he is qualify for this course and they will enjoy their time studying this class.
Very good teacher, helps people when they need it.
I liked everything. There wasn't anything I didn't like.
Nothing to improve upon. He is a good teacher and knows his stuff. His attitude toward the students was good.
Bob makes you feel comfortable. He made class interesting and material easy to know. Nothing to dislike.
Treated us very well.
He indicates his expectations and requirements for the course. He explained materials very good.
I will recommend ComputerBob to any student at any time. He knows the course material, simplifies it and teaches it to the students with the least knowledge. This is a rare qualtilty in instructors.
What I liked most about this course is that I now have a knowledge of networking and I am no longer scared of the discipline.
Very comfortable asking questions. Course was very well layed out.
ComputerBob knows a lot about computers and he knows how to get the information to the students.
Teaches very well and I can understand what he's teaching.
Very smart, very funny, and very nice. Nice environment.
He makes the class fun and easy.
He's incredible.
He is nice and he knows the material.
He is very good instructor.
The main value I learned from this course is the value of a good instructor to teach it. ComputerBob is the best instructor I have ever experienced in my academic career. ComputerBob is a caring, considerate, patient, and well-informed person. I would "highly" recommend him to anyone. I would further recommend him as nominee for the Golden Apple award from Phi Theta Kappa.
I liked ComputerBob. He is truly one-of-a-kind and I'm grateful that I had the oppportunity to take this course. ComputerBob is hands down the "best" instructor at the college.
He explains clearly about the subjects that he talked about.
His greatest strengths are his rapport with the students, sense of humor, clarity and organization. Excellent intstructor!
Knows his stuff/interesting. Gets on the level of total beginners.
Sense of humor. Very knowledgeable. Fair and patient.
Ability to communicate information to students in a way that is easy to understand.
I learned that computers are not as intimidating as I once thought. They only do what you tell them to do.
He shows his knowledge in terms and ideas that are easy to understand.
He's patient with those less knowledgeable of the computer (first timers).
I learned not to be intimidated by computers - you can do many things yourself and understand them.
I learned a lot more about computers than I was expecting.
Very skilled training techniques and has a very good delivery method. Examples were appropriate for workplace.
Bob was an excellent trainer. It was a very comfortable learning environment.
ComputerBob has a very down-to-earth way of explaining things that relate to day-to-day events and make it understandable.
I hope it's OK that I'm calling you with a computer question after all this time, but I figure that's why God put you on the earth.