A farewell to Everpix and a search for image backup and viewing

A few months ago I signed up for Everpix. In case you have not heard of it, Everpix is (or rather, was) a photo backup website. It had some pretty awesome things going for it, namely: A desktop client that integrates with iPhoto, Aperture, and disk folders that uploads your pictures to the cloud An … Continue reading A farewell to Everpix and a search for image backup and viewing

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

My harrowing adventures with Mozy, TechTools, and Jungle Disk

I have experimented with online backup solutions over the past few weeks.   I keep local backups, but the saying goes that any important digital data should exist in three places or you should consider it nonexistent.  In fire, flood, or EMP, the backup drive across the room is not going to help. What I have I have … Continue reading My harrowing adventures with Mozy, TechTools, and Jungle Disk

Online Backup Redux

In response to my online backup question, I have narrowed things down to two finalists: 1. Mozy. I like this because, like a barhouse floozy, it’s cheap and easy. Wait, that wasn’t the right metaphor. It works. It has a nice UI. It prods me if a backup hasn’t been run in n days (where … Continue reading Online Backup Redux

Online Backup?

Dear Lazyweb, Recently, I have been scanning and shredding financial documents dating back to 2000. This has freed me of several file cabinet drawers worth of space, which is good. I am not sure that I will ever need DSL, electricity, and itemized credit card and cellphone bills going back 8 years, but it felt … Continue reading Online Backup?

Treo 650 ROM Updates

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/2005/06/For anyone with a Treo 650, I would highly recommend the 1.13 ROM update. The major thing it fixes is everyone's … Continue reading Treo 650 ROM Updates