iWater (if Apple made water)
Posted by Christopher in Nerd Stuff on February 20, 2011
Saw this great graphic about Apple and wanted to share it.
via http://johnburke.tumblr.com/post/3193501324
Blogs can work
Posted by Christopher in Nerd Stuff on February 13, 2011
Tamara and I have been blogging for over thirteen years. Before blogging was invented we used hand-coded HTML websites to document our travels for friends, family and as it turns out…for us and our failing memories.
With the invention of the WordPress platform, we thought we found a way to easily document future travels. Unfortunately, I have had trouble for many years creating a stable and flexible enough platform. I gave up on WordPress many times, trying Squarespace and other for pay services but…. paying for it kinda destroys the romance.
All my troubles with WordPress (the backend of the www.WeGoWest.com ) all ended last week when I discovered two solutions. I had to share/document them.
1. Instability with WordPress on 1and1 hosting. A common problem I had and has followed me for many versions of WordPress is an error named;
Internal Server Error 500
The issue is how 1&1 handles or parses php files. A simple fix and WordPress is as stable as everyone has said it was for years now. I owe the solution and you can find it at This Blog.
2. The inability to dynamic list a categories listings, on a main sub page. I know, kinda nerdy but that is exactly what I wanted….to sort out my “Nerd Stuff” posts into a subpage. It took two years but the solution I found and could use is a plugin found here ; List Category Posts You can now click on the “Nerd Stuff” tab above and see only the appropriate posts.
I hope to continue to use WordPress and have launched a new Blog to help promote Tamara’s Sock Monkey Crafts company SockMonkeySocks.com
Mozy is dead to me.
Posted by Christopher in Nerd Stuff on February 10, 2011
My consulting company (ChristopherHudson.com) has seen a recent rash of clients having hard drive failures. About 70% of these drives are recoverable using some higher end software tools (Spinrite, ect) but my data recovery rates make this an expensive option.
This is why I have all my core clients on a offsite storage system. For personal offsite backup I used to recommend they use a service called MOZY. Mozy used to be $4.99 for unlimited offsite storage and made a big deal about their service being reliable. I have sent many friends and clients (company accounts don’t work with the MOZY personal and require a more expensive account) to MOZY.com
Over the past few years I have learned that Mozy’s;
- Their recovery service is not reliable. Recovery is a pain and has a few critical flaws resulting in long delays. One recovery process took them 11 days to complete because of corruption on their side.
- Their backup service is not reliable. I and others find that we have to force MOZY to backup at least once a month.
Now, Mozy has decided to increase their costs to the clients that put them on the map. Not a small increase but a fundamental change in the pricing scheme. Instead of unlimited….now it is 50GB and costs more.
A fellow consultant (Barak Tutterrow), has had great success with the BackBlaze backup service.
The link is below and I am upgrading to them this weekend because they have an unlimited plan, backup external drives and have a better reputation for reliability.
Verona, Italy
Posted by Christopher in Europe 2010 on October 26, 2010
What does Shakespeare and Da’ Vinci have in common?
Verona, the setting for Romeo and Juliet.
Verona is a small northern Italian city between Venice and Milan that we wanted to visit. We had so much fun exploring that I didn’t keep any notes…..so you only get pictures.
Venice, Italy
Posted by Christopher in Adventures, Europe 2010 on October 22, 2010
Venice!
There are so many overly hyped locations in the world. An example for me is Big Ben or most Caribbean islands. Venice is not one of them. Everything you heard about Venice is true and depending on when you go you can only experience the good stuff.
Our train left Slovenia at 2AM. The cold morning air kept us awake as we walked from our Hostel toward the train station. The roads were so quite and the sidewalk so deserted that at times we walked in the street to avoid any shadows and alleyways.
The Venice express, originally starting in Budapest was on it’s last leg. The green glow of the lights illuminated a few tourists sprawled out across their luggage. A few unshaven Eastern European men in thin leather jackets seemingly feed on cigarettes and leer at anything resembling a Female of the species.
Flash forward 6 hours and we arrived at the central train station of Venice, just as the sun was rising. It was such an amazing place that I stopped taking notes and so only have photos to show.
Sorry…but you’ll understand once you get there.
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