I wrote my Gigglebytes column for various publications (print and the Internet) from 1986 through 2008. In addition to new material, I’m posting some favorites here in the Classics category. If you fondly remember a column that isn’t here, let me know and I’ll try to post it.
Most of these columns originally ran in publications that no longer exist, forcing me to repost the columns here to make them available. Computer User, which carried Gigglebytes from March, 2000 to May, 2003, still posts my columns on their site. They didn’t always do a good job of formatting the column, however. Where I am pleased with their presentation, I post only a link to their page; where I am not, I repost the column and the link.
I have backdated everything to the date of original publication. So if a post talks about programs you only vaguely remember, check its date and you’ll know why.
re: “If you fondly remember a column that isn’t here”
I fondly remember the error message “NoVision did a bad thing” combined with the notification that the software was about to erase everything and reformat your disk. With the wonderfully reassuring “OK” button just to confirm that this was indeed what you wanted to have happen.