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Entries for April, 2009

Online Backup solutions

Update: Be sure to checkout the followup to this article.
Recently at work we’ve had a series of drive failures.  We’ve had leaks in our server room that trashed our RAID array (even RAID5 won’t protect against submersion). We’ve had drive failures of age & use.  We’ve had raid configuration wipes due to power outages.  Time [...]

Weekly Activity Digest for 10-04-09

Weekly links:
Yeraze GReader Shared Items

It’s not funny anymore
If a blueman chokes…
Found 18-Karat Atari Computer Chip Bangle, Geek Vitality +10 [Bling]
ShamWow Guy Arrested For Beating Up Prostitute [Shamwow]

YouTube Favorites

The Hero of Canton

Enjoy!

Welcome Stella

This is “Stella”, our new Schnauzer puppy.  I know, we didn’t wait long, but Stella was available and cute, and only 7 weeks old.  She’s going to be raised as an inside-dog, and so far is doing just fine .

RIP: Daisy 2005-2009

Yesterday our dog Daisy passed away.  We’re still not entirely sure what happened to her. Saturday she was fine. Sunday she quite obviously was not, and Monday morning she was dead.  We first got Daisy back in 2005, and while me and her didnt’ really see eye-to-eye on alot, she was a good dog.  In [...]

Dark Roasted Blend: Disney’s Animation Clones

A Great find on how Disney re-used the same character animation models over and over and over again through the years..
Dark Roasted Blend: Disney’s Animation Clones.

Slacking off on updates…

I know, I know, the “sorry I haven’t updated in a while” post is so cliche.  But I felt I needed to put something here.
I’ve recently been consumed with VizWorld.com, my new pet project.  And it’s doing GREAT.  Some recent successes:

VizWorld.com is now indexed as part of Google News.
I was contacted by NAB with a [...]