About Me
My love for personal computers began
back in 2002, the golden age of the PC era. I was a businessperson with a
lot of free time and passionate about Chess as a kid. I was introduced to
online chess playing sites by a friend who prodded me for my lack of even the
basic knowledge in computer terminology. That was when I decided to rent a
computer for a month or so to get a feel of the various functionality in a
PC. That was it. I took to the PC medium as a fish in water. After “playing”
with that awesome (for that time) machine for just a few minutes I was hooked!
Before long, I had one of my own. I have owned at least one computer ever since
the day I brought that baby home (at present I have 6-7 systems lying
around).
My entire life energy was thrown
into the mysterious world of hardware and software and I eventually bought
myself a Pentium 1 GHz system which was quite a feat; almost a marvel of technology
at that time. I adored all the tech talk given by my computer engineers who
visited and installed it. I remember the first time I assembled it at home when
to my shock I realized that I had forgotten to bring the darned VGA cord! That
day was a start in my colorful world in the computer Dom and I am still
learning many new things from different sources. I am no means there yet in terms of what is
still pending. For example, I still do not know how to use a Linux or Mac OS
but I think it will be done in due course.
Fast forward to a few years. There
were IBM and Dell “clones” popping up everywhere, and along with them came
countless shops selling computer parts such as cases, motherboards, RAM, hard
drives…everything you needed to build a PC clone in your basement. Well, I
ordered the necessary parts and built one, and much to my surprise it worked
the first time I hit the power switch. Boy, I was hooked like a kid in a toy
store!
Eventually I dabbled in building
computers to sell at a profit. I also started buying second hand PCs and made a
decent cash out of it. However, some recessions and the widespread availability
of first hand PCs pretty much removed the steam. Moreover, almost everyone now
has a PC or a laptop.
My PC endeavors quickly moved from
building PCs to upgrading and repairing them. I moved around with many
engineers and soon I was the one teaching a few tricks to them. The problem
with these engineers was/is that they are masters of one aspect while I was a ‘Jack
of all trades’! So that made me a go-to man for my local engineers when they had
any software related doubts. In return, most of my repairs by them were free!
These days I spend most of my
time building websites, forums and blogs, but I still enjoy “popping the hood”
on a PC and upgrading or repairing something. I have recently became
interested in smartphones after discovering how well they render common tasks
similar to the PCs and sometimes even better than them.
The purpose of this blog is to share
my insights and experiences with you, and hopefully learn some new things
myself while I am at it. After all, we are never too old or too experienced to
learn, especially with us living during an era when computer technology
changes virtually by the day.
I hope you will return repeatedly to
find out what is new. I named this site ‘Cool Geek Tricks’ because I plan to
post interesting articles in this field every day. Most of my ideas come from
the WWW but the interpretations and reviews are entirely mine.
Thanks so much for stopping by.
I appreciate it very much!
Kish Kumar
www.coolgeektricks.blogspot.com
www.coolgeektricks.blogspot.com
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