A few decades ago, I worked for a couple of years as an end-user support guy in a departmental administrative office at a major midwestern university. At that time, all of the department’s PCs were IBM 5150s (the original IBM PC with two floppy drives and no hard drive). Secretaries would insert a DOS disk in the left floppy drive and [more...]

Yes, I know that it’s nowhere near the Easter season, but that’s because the Easter eggs to which I’m referring don’t have anything to do with the Easter season.

If you like finding Easter eggs, you’ll probably enjoy [more...]

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a survivor of domestic violence, so I consider it an honor to work as a volunteer at a local domestic violence center. Along with serving as a legal advocate, I’m happy to help out wherever and whenever I’m needed.

This past Tuesday night, I was helping take care of a group of 12-15 kids of all ages while their mothers [more...]

Thank you, Lord, for all the ways that you bless me and show me how much you love me.

Thank you for strengthening me through the many difficult times of my life and for surprising me with countless undeserved joys.

Thank you for filling the cavernous holes in my heart [more...]

Everyone knows that, for almost the past 2 years, most Windows users have chosen to keep using Windows XP instead of “upgrading” to Windows Vista. XP certainly has several advantages over Vista, but when’s the last time you tried to reinstall Windows XP onto a computer?

Even if everything goes right with the installation, it’s going to be [more...]