Put your computers on a UPS, even a small one. Just protecting yourself from short power outages will save you a bunch of downtime. Even if you resolve your overload issue, this is still worth it.
Most computer users today can get by with a laptop that's under $500, giving you built-in battery backup & portability in a compact, low-power package. Plug it in to your keyboard, mouse, and monitor the same as your desktop today, so your work experience doesn't change.
The power strip you linked to (http://www.cyberpowersystems.com/products/surge-protectors/home-surge/6050S.html?selectedTabId=specifications&imageI=#tab-box) doesn't appear to have a breaker. I think that whoever wrote that was just confused about what it means to be rated for 15A.
If your coffee maker and space heater are in the same location, you could plug them into mutually exclusive switched outlets. You'll need:
A steel square box, and an appropriate face plate
A regular duplex receptacle. 15A or 20A can work
a 3-way switch
cable
plug (15A or 20A, to match the recep)
fittings
Snap off the tab on the hot side of the recep, then run short leads from those 2 screws to the 3-way switch. This will let the switch choose one socket or the other. Plug in the heater on one and the coffee maker on the other. Now it's easy to make sure only one is in use at a time.
(Later I will add some pictures and other details. If anyone has pointers to the correct fittings and cable, please comment.)
get a cheep volt meter and see if ground to neutral is 0 ground to hot is 115-120 and if hot to neutral is 115-120 if ground does not match neutral or there is voltage between ground and neutral there is a problem. I have a outlet that gets 50v between neutral and ground but the other 2 are normal. the electrician who put that in there some how managed to also flip the hot and neutral in the walls so that both breaker side and wall side look like they are wired properly but are reversed. a cheep volt meter is 15-40$. the battery units are pretty decent at telling you there is some kind of problem but not what it is. duno about surge bars though.
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Nearly all failures of this sort are a connection failure in an outlet box at or upstream from the failed outlet. As stated many times here, back stab outlets are notorious for eventually failing. Cable failures inside wall are extremely rare but can be caused by rodent damage or physical damage like drilling to a cable to hang something on the wall!
Best approach is to determine which circuit the failed outlets are on, turn off the breaker and start pulling outlets and examine them. While doing that, if they are back-stabs, it's a good idea to either reattach the wires using the screws or if old, just replace them with a good quality outlet (not the 79 cent specials)!