Tech Tuesday. . . Donating Computers. . .

It is great to donate your tech equipment if you are no longer using it.  Donating helps others but do be careful when donating computers and anything that contains your personal information.   The best thing to do is to wipe your hard drive clean.  This merely keeps an honest man honest.  You would not leave your house without locking your doors so, do not donate with out wiping that hard drive. Now when I say wipe I mean electronically wipe it not with a swifter.  There are lots of products that claim to erase files and erase your hard drive, do be careful some do not do all that they claim.
Here is a site to check out,  www.dban.org    This offers a FREE program to delete your hard drive, you know I am all about FREE when it comes to computer programs.  I am also very skeptical too.  The sites that I will recommend here are sites that my instructors have recommended and  I deem safe to use.
 I am always looking for used or old computers to work on so if you have one and would like to get rid of it and are local let me know.   I had one friend donate her old desktop to me to work on and I appreciate it so much.  I need the experience of taking them apart and putting them back together and I might also use them for parts.  Here is a picture of me with a motherboard I was working on in class.  Who knew I was a geek at heart?

Changing Things Up. . .

I have decided to change things up with my blog.   My blog is all about me and the many facets of my life as mom, wife, student, sister, daughter, and friend.  I am going to try and organize my blog by day, so this is what to expect.  I will begin with What's cooking Wednesday,   Crafty Thursday,  Financial Friday, Mom Monday, and Tech Tuesday.   Obviously this is merely a guide and life changes, so don't  be surprised  if  Thursday gets thrown out the door and Friday is freaky.  
Since today was Tech Tuesday,  I will throw out a quick tech tip. 
Here is a great piece of free software, yes I said free, to check your computer for malware.   Malware is that pesky thing that can cause your computer to restart every so often or cause your browser to close at an inopportune time.  Malware can also steal your passwords and other information.   Check out www.malwarebytes.org.  This is a free service but, it does have upgrade capabilities that do cost.  I use the free part.  I am not receiving any kickbacks for this post.  This is my honest opinion.   All of my Tech Tuesday posts will offer some type of tech advice and I am not being reimbursed in any way for my posts. 
Check back tomorrow for What's cooking Wednesday.