Welcome!

I'm Astoria Bob, proprietor of bcc: Bob's Computer Consulting. If you are having problems with your computer or related electronic device, I can probably help, at a reasonable price.

About Me

Bob was born on Long Island (the one in New York) and grew up in Philadelphia and New York City (Queens). He went to the State University of New York at Buffalo as an undergraduate, obtaining a B.A. degree in chemistry. After a stint working at Brookhaven National Laboratory (working on coal liquefaction), Bob took a bus to Berkeley (the one in California), got a job at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and then began the chemical engineering program at the University of California, Berkeley. He finished his studies and research at the University of South Australia in Adelaide, and received his Masters in Chemical Engineering. He did research on car batteries at Berkeley, and developed biofuel technology in Australia.

Back in the U.S., Bob worked for a company that makes fluorescent pigments and then for a computational chemistry firm in the Bay Area. He moved to Seattle in 1989, to do computational chemistry with a biochemical research institute. He met his beautiful wife Nancy on a hiking trip with The Mountaineers, and enjoys hiking, along with ice hockey, ultimate frisbee, gardening and travel when he can. Bob worked for 12 years at the Washington Department of Ecology, helping businesses, governments and other organizations to comply with environmental rules, and to improve their technology and economic performance. He retired from his job in 2004 to spend more time helping at his son's school.

Since moving to Astoria in 2005, Bob has been involved in various activities. Bob is a volunteer programmer at KMUN, the local community radio station, serving up All Kinds of Folk on alternate Tuesdays, and Bedtime Stories on Sundays. He sings tenor in the North Coast Chorale. He's been a substitute teacher for the Astoria School District, and currently tutors science and math at Clatsop Community College.

About bcc:

bcc: was started after Bob got so many requests for assistance that he thought that only a small business could help him to satisfy all this pent-up demand. In addition to general advice and simple hardware fixes, bcc: concentrates on web site design, construction and maintenance. See our contact page to get in touch.