March 2009
7 posts
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drobo
so, if you have a pulse, and are online, you’ve surely heard about drobo by now. what is it? at it’s core - it’s an external hard drive - that backs up your data - twice. drobo requires at least two hard drives to leverage it’s beyondRAID technology. i like to refer to it as RAID for lazy people. for example, if one of your drobo HD’s craps out, your data will be...
win a free drobo!
MYDL.ME is giving away a free Drobo (just like everyone else on the web, right?). Contest rules are below, or check out the blog post here.
“Welcome to Managing Your Digital Life. Thanks for stopping by. We’re giving away TWO free Drobos in March. To be eligible to win, simply link to MYDL.ME from your blog or website. If you don’t have a blog or website, you can get a free blog from...
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advantageous mp3
this weeks pick of the week - advantageous mp3 - is an apple script that will look for the song you have selected in itunes - on amazonmp3.com. so why did this make my pick of the week this week? here are some reasons:
1. searching - although the itunes music store is a bit more DRM friendly these days, 5 months ago when i discovered advantageous it allowed me to search for songs in itunes...
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wireless time machine backups without an apple...
if you’ve got some macs around the house, an airport extreme, and an extra external hard drive laying around - you’ve got all the pieces to get wireless time machine backups setup - no time capsule needed.
here’s what you’ve got to do:
format the external hard drive by firing up disk utility - give your drive a name - and format it with the file system of your choice (i...
watchmen
so. i saw watchmen last night. i wanted to preface this review - noting that i’ve read the graphic novel 3 times now. if i could quote my tweet last night, which details my thoughts shortly after seeing the film.
alrighty - so why’d i say this? well i’ll say again - what i said in the above tweet - i never ever ever ever - after finishing up the book - thought, “man -...
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twit.am
as many of you know - i’m a twitterholic. when i tweet out this blog post - it’ll be my 2,327th tweet… i am also a rabid twit.tv listener as well - mainly listening to this week in tech and macbreak weekly. now, although they sound the same - twitter and twit.tv - are completely different and not related at all. this week in tech gets me through most monday mornings, however...
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mint.com (warning: this site won't help your...
with everyone freaking about money, the stock market, and your savings these days - every little cent saved can go a long way. mint.com is a free site that allows you to track your finances - with a pretty sexy interface. hey, it got me excited to see where all my hard earned cash is going…
simply plug all of your accounts (checking, savings, investments, credit cards, loans, property,...