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The Backup Broken Promise

This post is a warning. It isn’t simply about backing up your files. While it is important to back up your files this post is about more than just backing up your files because it is about what types of files you should backup. Now before you close the browser window or think that I’ll just be telling you to get rid of that awful (and probably useless) undergraduate paper you wrote with a group on the parts of a cell for a mandatory biology course I want to assure you that I’m not talking about that either (though you … Continue reading →

The Dusty Boxes 2

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The buildup to this post (part 1, if you will) can be read here. And lest you think I’m sending you to something unimportant: the buildup is all. In fact, the buildup is so important that I really suggest you read it first. Have you ever exerted a great amount of effort moving something or keeping something that you never looked at or used? Yeah? The buildup is important. At any rate, last time we left off I was opening a box from my college years in Minnesota (at least that is what I thought at the time). When I … Continue reading →

The Touchscreen Climb

Computers are becoming more and more important these days. They house all sorts of data from the professional to the personal. I have all of my creative work in digital form, all of my graphic design work, all of my academic work, all of my gaming (though few and far between), all of my music, family videos, and all of our family pictures. That list is anything but exhaustive. There are certainly more categories of important information housed on a hard disk. In fact, it’s probably a toss up as to what would be more damaging: house fire or hard … Continue reading →

Is It Almost Time For A New Computer?

If you are like many people, then your computer is an essential part of your home, to say the least. You may use it for work, your family uses it for entertainment, and everyone uses it to stay connected with friends and relatives. Everyone in your house (except perhaps the baby and the dog) uses the computer. How do you know that the computer that you use every day will work tomorrow, when you need to send out that important email or your child has to do some research for a school project? Like many electronics, computers have a life … Continue reading →