Revisiting my computer backup strategy

Since my disk crash in November of 2009 and subsequent implementation of a disk backup and archiving strategy, I’ve had no further disk crashes. I have, however, followed my backup plan carefully.

OSX Time Machine runs hourly and allows me to recover past versions of files. For a while, I could go back over a […]

A slight modification to the GalleryView plugin

To increase the contrast of the titles to white lettering on a dark overlay, I made a very slight modification to the CSS of the GalleryView plugin, which I will document here. I rarely modify WordPress themes or plugins, and usually forget about doing so when I upgrade to a newer release, and then I […]

Two terabytes

2 Terabytes

My two new 1 TB disk drives arrived today, delivered by the postman and left on my front porch. While they are really nothing special (larger drives are readily available), I am in awe of the technology that can store a million megabytes in a device that basically fits in the palm […]