In which I compare BitTorrent Sync to Dropbox and a few hardware solutions
Tag: sync
How I got screwed by Photo Stream and Aperture
When Apple introduced Photo Stream as part of its iCloud offering a year ago, I jumped on board. By that time, my iPhone was already my primary camera. The old Canon point-and-shoot was collecting dust in a corner. And Photo Stream solved a real problem for me. My phone syncs with my laptop, but I … Continue reading How I got screwed by Photo Stream and Aperture
A few months with SpiderOak as Dropbox replacement
Dropbox in Decline Back in April, Dropbox changed their terms of service, implying they lied about who can access your stored data. The ToS changed from “we simply do not have access to your data” to “well, yeah, our employees technically do have access to all of your stored data, but just trust us that … Continue reading A few months with SpiderOak as Dropbox replacement
Google Chrome
Google’s new Chrome web browser looks quite promising. I set up a virtual machine running XP today to test it out. It turns out that it will not run on Win2K (my current virtual machine) and the XP install is from some expired MSDN disc or something and does not have a functional Genuine Windows … Continue reading Google Chrome
New Apps!
The new Delicious Library is out! This one includes pretty easy website publishing. You can check out my library of books and DVDs right here. I am still confused by the sort order on the web export–it does not appear to be by alphabetical order by title or author–so I’m not sure how you’re supposed … Continue reading New Apps!
YouPhone
Kim, begrudgingly, has her very first cellphone. Not only that, it’s a fancy red Blackberry Pearl. It would appear that the price of all other fancy smartphones tanked as soon as the iPhone was released. Questions for you Blackberry’ers out there… 1) Is Missing Sync the best way to synchronize it to a Mac? 2) … Continue reading YouPhone
Synchronous Google Browser Sync?
Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal. To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2006/11/Is it just me, or does Google Browser Sync, contrary to the FAQ, now allow you to be logged in from … Continue reading Synchronous Google Browser Sync?
Firefox 2, Electric Boogaloo
Please note that all blog posts before 8 April 2007 were automatically imported from LiveJournal. To see the comments and any LiveJournal-specific extras such as polls and user icons, please find the source posting at http://brianenigma.livejournal.com/2006/07/Okay, so I am slowly trying to migrate myself to Firefox 2.0 on the Mac. I have been using it at … Continue reading Firefox 2, Electric Boogaloo