Some of you, no matter how much I beg, plead and urge, refuse to backup your critical data. I get it – it’s a hassle and really, nothing’s going to happen. Someone else will lose all of their pictures and documents, but not you. Well, I have a solution for all you procrastinators out there. [...]

This is a guest piece by Lara, my wife. Enjoy! Bill I visit my 150+ friends on Facebook on average 1-2 times a week. I’ve had the same email address and password for a few years now, and recently learned that I was hacked probably because I was complacent. Last week I came home to [...]

Sometimes you have to read the fine print, or in this case, the normal print. Companies like the Domain Registry of America send out “Domain Name Expiration Notice” letters to people like you and me that own domains. I get these every year because I only ever renew one year at a time. They contain [...]

Backups make us feel all warm and fuzzy. They’re great. Whether on-site, off-site or just on a jump drive, if we have a backup we feel like we can sleep better at night. HA Restoring and recovery are the thing. The actual ability to recover our files and systems is what should make us feel [...]

Inspired by LeBron James, my buddy Peter agreed to interview me about the question everyone in America has been waiting for. Will Bill choose the iPhone 4 and AT&T or make the jump to Verizon and get the HTC Incredible? Here is a transcript of the interview. Peter: Bill, this has been a long process [...]

Yikes.

I have had a busy few weeks with my family out of town on a road trip vacation to the east coast. Luckily my clients have not let me feel alone with a raft of issues from setting up new offices to backup to wireless challenges. In tech news, the new iPhone 4 has been [...]

Microsoft has released the latest version of its Office software. Office 2010 seems to have improved upon some of the features from 2007. Take a look here: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/cool-things-you-can-do-with-office-2010-VA101842280.aspx You may need the latest version of Silverlight to view the video. Like many others, I am still getting used to Office 2007 and probably will not [...]

Based on this NY Times article, there have been over 600,000 orders for the new iPhone on the first day it was offered. Go read that again. That is a lot of phones. They have pushed back the delivery date into mid-July instead of June 24 as previously planned. Apple always claims that whatever they [...]

WARNING: This post has nothing to do with computers. Think of it as a community service. Last Friday after work in the evening I decided it was time to get the sprinkler system working again. Let me begin by saying that I am terrible with plumbing. I can frame a house, lay a hardwood floor [...]