A long time ago in a galaxy far away…I was addicted to EverQuest (aka EQ or EverCrack). I’m not kidding. I played EQ at least 30 hours a week starting around mid 1999 (on dialup) and continuing until 2005. Genia played. The best man at our first wedding was my best friend in EQ. Scott and his wife drove down …

This is one of the more common “issues” that I encounter. Probably many of you reading this blog may be guilty. When someone asks you to type an address (URL) in your browser (ex: www.smartergeek.com), that means you should type it in the ADDRESS BAR of the browser! Sure, you can type in the search bar of Google, Yahoo, or …

———— Question from Email: ———— Rex, I have a customer that is having a real problem with her wireless signal in a 2 story hotel. She has tried everything from getting another Netgear range max router and still can not get a signal on her outer areas of the 2nd floor. I recommended the WRT54GL and the DD-WRT firmware. That …

*Originally posted on my old message board in Feb 2005. Copied here as it is popular. Well, this is the story of how a Panasonic SV-AV20u was donated to me by someone with whom I have done a lot of computer work. The device is pretty cool as it will work as an mp3 player (sort of), video recorder (.asf), …

Well this might be considered “encouraging” if it weren’t so discouraging. According to a report, 48% of over 22 million computers scanned were infected with malware used in phishing scams and password stealing apps. I’ve preached this over and over – your anti-virus is only 1 layer of security. Don’t be lulled into a false sense. You have to stay …

I’m sure glad I have the ability to create video tuorials for clients. A few years ago, a client in Canada hired me to create a series of software video tutorials that they marketed. Part of the deal was the purchase of the software for me – and it works great. Anyway, I have a very nice client who uses …

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Ok – this is just insane. This guy was trapped for 65 hours in the Haiti quake rubble – and what did he do? Dan Woolley used the tools and technology at hand to help save himself. You have to read this one: Buried in Haiti rubble, U.S. dad wrote goodbyes But with iPhone info, he treated his injuries and …

Retweeted: 3-25-2010 For those of you not familiar, the Amazon Kindle is a cool device. I don’t own one, but I have several customers that do. You can carry around hundreds of “books” with you in a device smaller than a typical magazine. It’s also cool since there is an iPhone app and a PC app. They even stay synchronized …

There is a story floating around where a limited number of AT&T users were directed into the Facebook accounts of someone else. Personally, I think the headline is more sensationalistic than anything – “scary web error” – come on now. This appears to be a misconfiguration for a proxy forwarder on the part of AT&T where the session cookies from …