If you’re like me, you know you should back up your important data but you don’t. I’ve experienced the panic of thinking files are gone several times, and at those moments I swore to myself that I would start backing up my stuff so this never happened again. But I didn’t. Until now.
I discovered mozy.com from an article in Newsweek. It’s an online backup solution, so you can get rid of your tapes, thumb drives, and external hard drives. Create an account at mozy.com, install the client on your computer, and start backing up! It schedules backups to run automatically when your computer is idle and you have sufficient bandwidth. You can choose what to backup, and I like the concept of “backup sets” from types of files, rather than picking from directory structures (which you can also do).
Some nice features I’ve found already:
- Incremental backups save bandwidth after the first run
- You can view and restore your backed up files from any computer via their web site
- 2GB free data storage – unlimited for only $4.95/month
- Data is stored encrypted, transmitted encrypted
Give it a try. It might just be convenient enough to finally get you backing up your stuff!
Disclaimer: The links to mozy.com from this post include my referral ID. If you sign up using these links I will get extra space for free. Thanks 
You know all those videos that people keep talking about that they’ve seen on YouTube or elsewhere… the star wars kid, the evolution of dance, AfroNinja, anything by Will Ferrell. They spread fast, and before you know it someone in a meeting is making a subtle reference to a cat playing the piano and you don’t get the joke. Because you haven’t seen the YouTube video. You laugh along, but inside you’re crying. All because you haven’t seen the funniest video ever and they have.
Well, lucky for you help is on the way!
A site called ViralVideoChart.com tracks popular videos as posted on blogs and web sites. If there is a sudden surge in how much attention a video is getting, it shows up on their charts. If you monitor their feed, you’ll get to see today what everyone will be talking about tomorrow. And what could possibly be more important than that?
I bring all this up because I just released a new iGoogle gadget: Latest Viral Videos from ViralVideoChart.com
It lets you put the latest viral video list on your iGoogle portal page and watch as new ones come in. It embeds the video right there on the page for you and lets you mark them as seen once you’ve watched each one. That way you don’t have to see the same list all the time.
So hopefully the next time you’re in a meeting and someone is joking about that hilarious dog who just couldn’t get that pail off its head, you’ll be able to LOL and say… “I know, isn’t that hilarious? I saw that THREE DAYS AGO, you douche! Oh, SNAP!”
I’ve added this blog as my default page because I want somewhere to share things. Information that I find useful, tips on technology and web development, humor, philosphy, and general thoughts. I hope it proves to be useful.
Please be patient as I get the site up and running with content and redesign the UI to be something other than the default WordPress theme. 