Anyone who’s used one knows that USB flash drives are fast, ultra-portable, hold an incredible amount of data, and are very convenient to use.

For the past few months, I’ve carried a 4GB one that holds all of the data, tools and documents that I need and want to be able to access while I’m at work. When I was doing more tech support, I carried a [more...]

Many of us who have worked in PC tech support know what it means to “blow away a PC.”

It’s another way of saying, “reformat a PC’s hard drive,” and you typically do it right before you install or reinstall an operating system.

But a Salt Lake City mortgage company employee recently [more...]

It’s been more than ten years since I wrote ComputerBob’s Guide To Web Hosts.

Much of that information is dated, but a lot of it is still relevant today, including what to look for in a data center to host your Web site.

Unfortunately, no matter how technologically advanced [more...]

In my home office, 2 of my 3 PCs have 32-bit CPUs, so I run a 32-bit version of Debian Linux on them.

But my newest PC has a 64-bit CPU.

So I run a 32-bit version of Debian Linux on it. [more...]

I think the cheapest car my wife and I ever bought was back in the late 1970s, when we spent $200 on a 1966 Volkwagen Beetle — the last of the 6-volt Beetles — that wouldn’t even start.

That was all we could afford at the time, so that was what we bought.

I learned a lot about fixing cars — and more specifically, [more...]