I'm Back!

No good deed goes unpunished.

That was a fun year - not!

I'd love to tell you what happened over the past year while I was working in a bureaucracy, for more than one boss, some visible, some invisible. but I'd rather stick a needle in my eye, as they say.

How about calling me up to come over and let me help relieve your computer headaches once again: 703-845-1556.

Peter Blaise Monahon
APC American Personal Computing
2776 South Arlington Mill Drive #277
Arlington/Shirlington, Virginia (VA) 22206 US
703-845-1556
peterblaise@yahoo.com

New support offerings: Wiki, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Mediawiki, PHPMyAdmin, + Web Page and Site Management

Traditional support: Data Migration, Document Conversion Security, Firewalls, Anti SpyBot, Anti Spam, AntiVirus, Crash Recovery, Crash Prevention, Migration Work from Old PCs, On-Site Service, Home/Office Service Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows Security fixes, Troubleshooting, Repairs Upgrades, New Installations, Software and Hardware Networking and Internet, Video & Photo Setup, Fonts & Graphics, Training, One-On-One Tutoring

On-site support in:
Washington DC US Metropolitan Area
Northern Virginia VA US
Southern Maryland MD US

... for only $90 per hour (including time and cost of travel to and parking at your home or office). No charge for our initial phone or email consultation to review your personal computer problems, needs, and no charge to recommend a course of action for a reliable remedy. Remote support available.

Please browse through my other page links at http://www.geocities.com/americanpersonalcomputing/, and please email me at peterblaise@yahoo.com or call me at 703-845-1556 to let me know what PC-support or other information and services you need or would like to see here. For instance:

Do computers give you headaches? Your PC won't get on the Internet? Can't do email? Won't even boot? Locks up? Features don't work? You can't load software? You can't find or can't run software you thought you just installed? Everything running too slowly? Need an upgrade? Has your PC died in the middle of a project? Are you wasting time searching for a good service shop? Do you need service you trust?

Call me at 703-845-1556 for PC headache relief! - I provide on-site service in your home or office in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area, with telephone support, UPS, and FedEx fast shipping for all other areas. - I perform full maintenance and cleaning, troubleshooting, repair, and replacing of defective parts, crash recovery and crash prevention, AntiVirus services. - I can upgrade your PC to newer/bigger/better items, including bigger hard drives, networking, faster modems, CD-ROM, CD Recorder, DVD Movies, sound and video cards, scanner installation, printer setup and printer sharing, home/small-office networks, photo and camera setup, music and MIDI, fonts and graphics. I can help you get on E-mail and the Internet, including creating a web homepage for you, and I provide training and tutoring, one-on-one, at your pace, helping you learn what you need. - I also provide complete purchasing service for new systems.

Let's wiki - I can help you master the wiki, on your own wiki, on Wikipedia, or on any wiki, or I can help you master wiki software (such as Apache, MySQL, PHP, Mediawiki, PHPMyAdmin, and so on). I can set up a corporate or personal wiki, set up an open or locked wiki, set up an empty wiki to start, or a wiki already full via conversion of your legacy documentation. I can take over and administer an existing wiki and teach you how to manage it. Let's WIKI!

For custom, award winning high tech support in plain language (since 1969!), call Peter Blaise at 703-845-1556 or email peterblaise@yahoo.com (peter blaise at yahoo dot com) and let's chat.

From Peter Blaise: Thank You ... And Goodbye!

To all my dear independent customers:

Thank you ... and goodbye!

Huh?

Let me explain: Thank you for supporting me and trusting me and paying me and making a difference in my life while allowing me to support you and get to know you and hopefully make a difference in your lives, too. We've been at this independent life 0f computer support for 20 years or so now, but it's over.

Over.

I've been offered a full time position with paid vacations, medical and retirement along with great pay and loads of work to do. I look forward to a totally different working universe, but I leave behind many wonderful years of independent service with you all, which I shall sorely miss.

On the one hand, I'd be happy to continue to support you getting up to speed with alternative avenues of service by offering my phone support - 703-845-1556 - and email - peterblaise@yahoo.com - to support you in your transition. If your new servicers have any questions that I can answer to make your computer lives most reliable, please contact me or have them contact me. And if you know of a great servicer, please write back here to share their references with my other customers - thanks!

On the other hand, I'll no longer be loading up my car for daily drives from Manassas to Baltimore, no longer endlessly shopping local and Internet vendors for best prices and availability on demand, so you must grow your own ways of supporting your computer needs that I will no longer be providing. Please know that I loved every minute of working with you all. However, I've been living hand-to-mouth for too many years with few of the normal overhead expenses - like a family, a house, retirement, medical, PAID taxes! But, it's time for me to renegotiate how I invest my time with an eye towards better preparing for the years ahead. That is why I took advantage of the opportunity to find a secure, life-long employer/employee relationship. I've found it, and I'm thrilled, but I will miss you all.

I never intended to work independent. I initially worked retail service for a variety of groups in the area, winning awards for high quality low prices, and earning rewards for reducing long service backlogs. However, in the unstable retail universe, every store I worked for is gone now! I survived them all. After 10 years of dancing between such stores, I went independent, and you all helped me survive!

Thank you for making it possible. Please share your experiences here - I'd love to hear from you, and so, too, probably would my other customers.

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Love and hugs,

Peter Blaise Monahon - 703-845-1556 - peterblaise@yahoo.com http://www.peterblaise.com/
2776 South Arlington Mill Road, #277
Arlington, Virginia 22206 US

PS - If you can't find service, here's an alternative for taking care of your computers: http://misscellania.squarespace.com/miss-cellania/2006/8/23/computer-trap-shoot.html