Retro computing is a hobby that has been around since the 80’s, when the first mass market computers created, began to become obsolete. As these computers began to fall from grace, we as humans of course kicked up our collector gene and started hoarding the machines as they were phased out. This hobby has seen continued growth over the past… Read more →
The question of how long computers live is a hard one to answer, both because it is an ever evolving field, but also because the lifespan of a computer changes depending on your needs. This can be summed up into two categories, how long a computer can physically survive and how long the computer is actually useful for. At the… Read more →
You have most likely heard of the internet, you may even in a brief moment have wondered what it actually is, but you most likely don’t really know what it actually is or how it works. The internet is a great many things, a lot more things than you may even be able to imagine, it is also very few… Read more →
You have probably heard a bunch of stuff about how computers work and how they are put together, a lot of which probably sounds like nonsense, because it often uses tech lingo that is hard to understand without direct knowledge of it. This is why I will try and explain things in a bit more easy to read fashion. Most… Read more →
The single most important security feature on any computer is you, the person behind the keyboard. As I said in the computer history article, there is a big focus on security with most reputable companies, so most computer systems are pretty well protected in the first place. This brings us to you and people in general, we are the biggest… Read more →
“Back in the day” computer illiteracy was a very different beast than it is today, most urban legends about people using CD-ROM trays as coffee cup holders is actually something I have seen in the real world. Today there is a 50/50 chance that you and many others don’t even know what a CD-ROM is, but if it was still… Read more →