The Computer Tutor

I recently got a phone call from a business client. I’ll call him Matt for this story. Several months ago, Matt had a hard drive crash on his business computer. For a lot of people, this would have been a disaster. But thankfully, Matt had allowed me to set up an automated online backup for [...] Read more »

David Tams lives in Halls Head, Western Australia. On September 28, 2014 he finished the Waterous Trail on Foot 50 miler in Western Australia and became an ultramarathon finisher. Congratulations David!

Fun fact: One of David's 5 children has autism, and he ran this race to raise money for Camp Autism. And his effort included running the first SEVEN hours of this race in the rain.

I got this question from one of my clients, Jim, recently: “Scott, whenever I move the mouse to wake up my laptop from Sleep Mode, I can’t access any website. I open Internet Explorer and it just says “Page cannot be found”. If I close Internet Explorer and wait a minute or two, I’m always able [...] Read more »

Barbara Neel lives in Brandon, Florida (near Tampa). On February 7, 2015, she completed her first hundo by finishing the Iron Horse 100 mile Endurance run. Congratulations Barbara!

Fun fact: Barbara got very frustrated with a problem toenail during this race - enough so that after the race she went to a local podiatrist and had it removed.

I use Google Maps all the time. By far, the feature I use most is the GPS aspect. When I make an appointment on my Google Calendar, I put the address in the “Location” bar. Then, when it’s time to go to that address, I open up my Waze app on my phone, and the [...] Read more »

Melissa Modec lives in Duluth, Minnesota. On October 18, 2014 she became an ultramarathon finisher by completing the Wild Duluth 50k Ultramarathon. Congratulations Melissa!

Fun fact: At one point in the race when Melissa was considering dropping out, she thought about how that could be teaching her kids that it's okay to give up when things get tough. Then she went on to finish the race.

Last week we talked about the fact that even though it might appear that your email got hacked, it probably didn’t. In most cases it’s just a spammer using your email as the “From” address. But what about when your email actually DOES get hacked into – meaning some malicious person has gotten into your [...] Read more »

Samantha Reilly lives in Sarasota, Florida. On February 7, 2015 she finished the Iron Horse 100 Mile Endurance Run ultramarathon to become a 100-Mile Ultrafinisher. Congratulations Sam!

Fun fact: On the dark trail in the middle of the night, Sam experienced some hallucinations - she saw "eyeballs" watching her from the woods as she ran by.

A few times each month, I’ll get a phone call or an email from someone who thinks their email account has gotten hacked into. And why do they think that? Because their inbox is filling up with emails that are bouncing back, that say “This email message could not be delivered”. They might get a [...] Read more »

Nathan Gehring lives in Boca Raton, Florida. On January 31, 2015 he finished the Skydive Ultra 50 miler in Clewiston, Florida and became an ultramarathon finisher. Congratulations Nathan!

Fun Fact: This was not only Nathan's first ultra, it was also his first time skydiving. The adrenaline from jumping out of the plane kept his heart rate up all day!