Hobbies

Drop Box

With Ubuntu 1 taking a powder, I was faced with making another choice. So I chose Drop Box. The prime reason being it has easy interface with the three major OS systems that I operate, Windows, MAC and Linux. It does the job I need it to do. End of reasons. The two free Gigabytes are enough for now and I have “earned” a little more. I dislike that marketing “earn more space contest” crap....

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Ubuntu One

Ubuntu One is a cloud file sharing system for Linux Ubuntu. I have been using it for several years, maybe longer. It syncs files between several computers I have that are running Linux Ubuntu. For me it has functioned flawlessly. I only used a tiny portion of the available 5G free space in Ubuntu One. No need to purchase additional. Ubuntu One was expanding into compatibility with all the major operating systems, including Windows and Mac....

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Fast Driving With Drupal

I posted an article here in RD about nine months ago saying I was looking into using Drupal7 for possibly building websites. Drupal is a CMS (Content Management System) software like WordPress (this website) and Joomla (many of my other websites). I built one trial site using Drupal and it still exists today. I think nine months is not very fast driving, but I have been playing there lately. I just realized the Drupal icon,...

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Hard Drive Crash

I have all my websites located at one ISP (Internet Service Provider) located in Columbus Ohio. Well, that is where the server farm is located and main offices. I understand they have support people working all over the world. That’s one nice thing about working with an ISP. However it is not so good when a huge chunk of your servers crash their hard drives all at the same time. That requires some hands on...

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