Blast from the past: originally published December 31st 2001. I’m a big fan of Windows Update; one easy place to find all the updates needed for your system. I’ve found it works with Windows 95 up and long as your version…
Blast from the past: originally published May 3rd, 2002. Once you have a small business up and running with a handful of computers you have to look at a serious backup strategy. Programs can be reinstalled, updates downloaded again, but…
Blast from the past: originally published November 15th 2000. Backup should be a key component of any computer user’s routine. No matter what we do with our computer, there are files you don’t want to lose. The only way to…
Blast from the past: originally published November 23rd 2001. What do you do when your ISP goes out of business, or changes it’s name? Both events have occurred in the Hamilton, Ontario area recently where I live, and have affected a…
Fantagraphics keeps the hits rolling throughout 2011 and The Arctic Marauder is the latest in their Jacques Tardi translations line. Here’s the publisher’s blurb: In our ongoing quest to showcase the wide range of Jacques Tardi’s bibliography, Fantagraphics reaches all the way back…
Blast from the past: originally published April 3rd 2001. There’s only one way to describe Counter Strike; a PC phenomenon. For those few who haven’t heard of it, here’s a short history. Half Life, a first person shooter with an…
Anything by Travis Charest goes right onto my “must-have” list; he’s an amazing artist that seems to keep getting better. Unfortunately, he also seems to be getting slower with new work sorely lacking. I anxiously awaited Weapons Of The Metabaron from Humanoids:…
Blast from the past: originally published August 20th, 2001. Whenever a game comes along with a new spin, you just have to check it out. Just such a title appeared: Tropico from Gathering Of Developers. You are a dictator of…
In 2008 The Umbrella Academy took the comic world by storm, winning an Eisner for best limited series and cementing the creative team of Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba as up and comers. It was followed up by a second…