Topher's Tech Tips

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Chris Kostal has been in technical support for over two decades, bringing customers from major corporations to private customers personalized, detail-oriented service without the headache. In a world of long hold times on 800 numbers to only get an inexperienced tech that may not even fix your issue, why not hire someone local you can trust with your computer? Chris is passionate about breaking do

03/25/2026

"On October 29, 1969, the first message was sent over ARPANET (the precursor to the internet). The connection stretched about 350 miles between a lab at UCLA and the Stanford Research Institute (SRI).

The plan was for the UCLA student, Charley Kline, to type the word "LOGIN."

He typed "L"—Stanford confirmed they received it.

He typed "O"—Stanford confirmed.

He typed "G"... and the system crashed.

So, the very first long-distance computer communication in history was simply "LO." They got the full system back up and running about an hour later, but that first "Lo" became the "Hello World" of the networking age. This is where the term LO Jack came
From So if you were born before 1969 you living before the first internet transmission! Otherwise you are NOT born before the internet but maybe you were born before the World Wide Web!!!! 1989: The Conception

This is when Sir Tim Berners-Lee had the idea for the world wide web but it went public August 6, 1991 and now we have the world today our modern times where networks and communication is possible anywhere on earth!"

12/17/2025

Why isn't my app doing What it's supposed to do Wednesday tip:

(Yup, you guessed it...)
Check for Updates & Restart.

Let me know if that doesn't help, and if I can be of any assistance.

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