Comments on: What’s your computing new year’s resolution?

By: lizabelle

lizabelle — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 03:07:25 +0000

I resolve to set up an automated backup system now that we have a spare laptop.

I also resolve to spend less time online. I'm going to take a break when I need a break, rather than switch to my blog list or a mindless computer game.

By: pfctdayelise

pfctdayelise — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:04:15 +0000

I resolve to learn Django.

By: marion

marion — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:02:11 +0000

i resolved not to be bound by my need to get through the unread feeds in my feed reader. I had such a back log that i spent any spare moment trying to get through them (1000+) and it was a never ending battle. It was supposed to fun...
On Jan 1 I drew a line in the sand and marked them all as read and started from scratch.
I'm now getting through all my feeds in 1 day and feel like the albatross has flown.

By: Mark Gladding

Mark Gladding — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:10:46 +0000

When considering your backup strategy, have a look at the Carbonite online backup service. I like it because you don't have to remember to do a backup. It will backup changed files over the internet as you work.

The initial backup takes a few days but after that you don't even notice it.

My New Year's resolution in this area is to try a full restore to see that I can actually restore the gigabytes of data that have been backed up :)