Our hearts go out to everyone affected by the fires in the L.A. area. This is an unprecedented set of events that many of us were not prepared for. If you know anyone who was impacted by the loss of their home or property, we urge you to reach out to help them in any way you can. You can also donate clothes or food to various shelters, the Red Cross, and neighborhood organizations that will take care of distributing helpful items to those with nothing but a suitcase or backpack to their name.

We’ve talked about this topic before, but perhaps it’s a timely thing to discuss. Let’s review some things you can do to prevent the loss of your digital info and steps you can take to avoid losing any of it forever. We’ll have some tips that you might want to act on sooner rather than later as we’ll never know when disaster might strike. And, if there's anything you’ve done to prepare, please share your tips and experiences.

In addition, the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) just wrapped up in Las Vegas. Lots of new products were demonstrated and announced for 2025. Although we didn’t attend this year, there were many reviews by those that did. We’ll pick some of the more interesting things that might be interest to you.