Archive for the ‘Computers’ Category

New project

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

My teen age son has decided to undertake a new project, he is building a computer from the ground up. I am not sure I would want to fight this battle but he thinks it will be fun, and at his age that is half the battle. He is getting the kit to build this computer from Easy AS My PC the kit comes with easy to read instructions and all you need is a screwdriver. If this kit is an easy way to build a computer, I think I will try it myself, it looks so very easy. Check out the web site at http://www.easyasmypc.com if you want to build your own computer or if you simply want to upgrade your existing computer they can assist you there too.

HP 1020

Monday, May 5th, 2008

I have used a Hewlett-Packard 1020 printer since they came on the market several years ago. Much to my dismay I found out today that they have discontinued making this fine printer. I am not sure what I will do when mine wears out, I like the way it works it is pretty efficient on ink, the ink cartridges are a bit expensive but by getting them refilled it is not so bad. It never fails I start to like a product and it is discontinued.

Weekly duties I hate

Friday, April 25th, 2008

What is that weekly chore you hate to do? If you ask 100 people what their top hate to do chore was, and I bet the number one answer is “taking out the trash”. And I bet that another answer in the top 5 would be “backing up my computer files.”

Well, if you find the right backup service and set it up right, backing up your computer files can be easy and fast, and not nearly as bad as doing trash duties.

Online Storage and backup is one of the safest and easiest ways to protect all that data on your computer. You just spend a few minutes setting it up, and even that is easy to do.

Find an online service like IBackup. With IBackup, you make a folder on your desktop and then you drag and drop the files or folders that you want to back up. If you can drag and drop using Windows Explorer, then you can do a backup on IBackup. Or you can set it up to automatically do the backup and send you an email to confirm that it was done.

How easy is that? Very. Add the fact that you can do backup on Iphones and on your Mac computer makes this that much easier to add to your daily duties. Find the site for your mac computer here at http://www.ibackup.com/ibackup-for-mac.

If you don’t have a backup process in place and in use, add IBackup to your computer and do away with the problems associated with not having your system backed up.

Breakfast

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

As with many people who sit at their computer for a lot of hours every day, most of my meals are consumed at the computer also. The list of favorite computer desk food is long and includes cold pizza, dry cereal and a lot of caffeine laced soft drinks. The best of these is Mountain Dew which has a lot more caffeine than the other soft drinks with possibly the exception of Jolt cola if they even make that any more have not seen it in a while. And let us not forget the top consumed food at every computer desk in America…..Fast food.

Web Host

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008

The search for the perfect web hosting site continues, I have found that others are looking for the same thing on a daily basis. I have found a great web site that lists the top three web host companies. The top three are

1. Web Hosting Pad at $4.95 a month and no set up fees. It is in the right ballpark, unlimited domain names huge band width, unlimited database and unlimited email accounts. This web host has everything I have been looking for.

2. Start Logic also at $4.95 a month a bit less band width, also has unlimited E-mail accounts, your first domain is free, point or park unlimited domains, and with a free point and click web site builder. This web host is a close second.

3. Host Monster at$5.95 a month and having the same band width as number two, it also has unlimited E-mail accounts. A free site builder is a plus, plus free domains forever and having unlimited domains puts this web host at a very close number three.

The web site to find this information on is http://www.kaushalsheth.com/. I have found this web site to be very useful and informative, I will be using it a lot in the future. This site also has a lot of templates for word press blogs and is well worth a visit.