This website is currently being repurposed from a teaching site to a general Computer and Game discussion site. I hope this becomes your place to visit when you want to hook up with like minded gamers or other computer users.

All current forum members from the Wildtangent Fansite forums will be able to access the old forums here using their old login information.

All public forums and most of the private forums are G-Rated but discussion about any hardware, software, developer, or even other websites and forums is welcome as long as it remains a discussion.

This site has been designed for novice and advanced users alike. We try to maintain the best available resources for computer users. We offer links to freeware and system tools we have found useful. Our forums are available for anyone to see and previously registered members are still allowed posting access.

A gaming forum I had been a member of for a long time closed on 31 January 2014. We got some advanced notice some time in October, so some of the forum members decided to create a new community where everyone could continue to congregate. Portions of the website and the forums found at the resulting Wildtangent Fansite have been relocated here as that site is now closed.

Thank you for visiting, and happy computing!

No classes are currently being offered in conjunction with this website.

Since this is a public website, I decided to offer help in other ways than stricktly through this website. If you go to the National Resource Directory you will find a valuable resource for finding employment. Be careful though, the initial site and many of the internal links are unsecure. Look for "https:" at the beginning of any URL to ensure the site you are visiting is secure.

We have added an official This Is True link on our Links page. It is at the bottom of the page and changes each day. Take a look and enjoy.

An article of some interest to PC users against the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA) HERE and a rebuttal HERE you might wish to read both and make up your own mind.

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