Saturday, May 23, 2009
Task Lists
Google finally added a task list to Gmail, and now Google Calendar. What the heck took them so long?! I've been using Remember the Milk for the last year or so and that is so much better than what Google has rolled out. Oh well.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Help Me Win a Drobo!
A new website called Managing Your Digital Life is giving away a free Drobo each month just for linking to their site. So, here is the link!
In case you are wondering, a Drobo is essentially a hard drive enclosure. But, it is much more than that for a few reasons. First of all, you can put up to four hard drives in at once. But the great thing is, when you connect Drobo to your computer, it only see's one drive, not four. The other fantastic part about Drobo is that it is completely reduntant, as long as you have at least two drives loaded. Even if one drive fails, all of your data is backed up on the other drives.
You may be wondering if I can speak for myself from experience. Well, unfortunately I cannot. The one issue I have with Drobo is that it is not the cheapest product out there. But it is still cheaper (and easier to set up) than RAID. In addition, I do not really have enough items (not yet anyway) to justify purchasing one. But it is only a matter of time.
In case you are wondering, a Drobo is essentially a hard drive enclosure. But, it is much more than that for a few reasons. First of all, you can put up to four hard drives in at once. But the great thing is, when you connect Drobo to your computer, it only see's one drive, not four. The other fantastic part about Drobo is that it is completely reduntant, as long as you have at least two drives loaded. Even if one drive fails, all of your data is backed up on the other drives.
You may be wondering if I can speak for myself from experience. Well, unfortunately I cannot. The one issue I have with Drobo is that it is not the cheapest product out there. But it is still cheaper (and easier to set up) than RAID. In addition, I do not really have enough items (not yet anyway) to justify purchasing one. But it is only a matter of time.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Hello Mac
I have been using a Mac for three weeks now. All I can say is, why the heck didn't I switch sooner!?!
It did take me a few days to get used the differences, but once I got passed that, I haven't looked back. I fired up the old desktop PC (running XP) a few days ago and I could not believe how long it took to boot up (granted it is four years old).
It reminds me of the experience that Thomas Hawk had about two years ago. I think reading about him switching to a Mac sealed the deal for me. Everything he says in that post I can relate to.
I have been using a PC since I can remember. I did use Macs originally, both at school and at home. However at school those were ridiculously ancient Apple IIs that didn't even have hard drives. We had two floppy drives (the big floppy drives). One was for booting up whatever program we were using and the other for saving our work. And none of them had mice.
The company my dad works for was still using Macs in the mid nineties and he would bring a laptop home for me to play on. But right around the time I actually needed to use a computer for homework, they switched to PCs. That was the end of using a Mac.
Now that I have made the switch back, more than ten years later, I could not be happier.
It did take me a few days to get used the differences, but once I got passed that, I haven't looked back. I fired up the old desktop PC (running XP) a few days ago and I could not believe how long it took to boot up (granted it is four years old).
It reminds me of the experience that Thomas Hawk had about two years ago. I think reading about him switching to a Mac sealed the deal for me. Everything he says in that post I can relate to.
I have been using a PC since I can remember. I did use Macs originally, both at school and at home. However at school those were ridiculously ancient Apple IIs that didn't even have hard drives. We had two floppy drives (the big floppy drives). One was for booting up whatever program we were using and the other for saving our work. And none of them had mice.
The company my dad works for was still using Macs in the mid nineties and he would bring a laptop home for me to play on. But right around the time I actually needed to use a computer for homework, they switched to PCs. That was the end of using a Mac.
Now that I have made the switch back, more than ten years later, I could not be happier.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Glad I Waited
I have wanted to get a Mac, specifically a MacBook, for quite some time now. Boy am I glad I waited.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Rediscovering Radiohead
Do you ever go back and listen to an old album and remember why you like it so much? That happened last night when I saw Radiohead live for the first time.
Friends had told me that their live show sounds almost identical to their recordings. Last night confirmed it. There are few bands that do this well (the only other band I have heard do it is Muse). Thom Yorke's voice cut through the mix perfectly, and they even managed to get the distortion on his voice right on. Even their electronic songs sound amazing live. Plus, the light show alone was worth the trip.
I am looking forward to seeing them again. Hopefully I won't have to wait another two years.
Friends had told me that their live show sounds almost identical to their recordings. Last night confirmed it. There are few bands that do this well (the only other band I have heard do it is Muse). Thom Yorke's voice cut through the mix perfectly, and they even managed to get the distortion on his voice right on. Even their electronic songs sound amazing live. Plus, the light show alone was worth the trip.
I am looking forward to seeing them again. Hopefully I won't have to wait another two years.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Lesson Learned
When you are going to be attending a wedding, don't trust the website. Always go by what invitation says.
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