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The online storage fun continues

Posted on 03. Sep, 2009 by .

There are a lot of online storage companies out there, and I have tried about 4 of them (iDrive, Mozy, JungleDisk (S3), and Carbonite on Windows).  I have a large need for storage; my iTunes (600GB) and iPhoto (250GB) libraries are getting unruly.  Unfortunately, I haven’t broken down to get a Drobo yet… damn, do [...]

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Update: 2 weeks with my 13″ MBP

Posted on 11. Aug, 2009 by .

So, today is the 2 week anniversary of my latest Apple lust, the 13″ MBP. Specs: 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB on-chip shared L2 cache 1066MHz frontside bus 4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 memory 500GB 5400-rpm hard drive Here are my initial impressions of the device.  Great!  Duh. Upgrading: Well, [...]

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Mobile messaging has to grow beyond single sync

Posted on 11. Aug, 2009 by .

I use a BlackBerry® Curve™ 8350i for work, unfortunately.  E-mail-wise, I get on the order of 400 messages a day through this platform.  What frustrates me, most notably, about this device is the fetch mechanism.  I will post a more comprehensive critique of the device in a future post.  If you receive several messages in [...]

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