Going Metal

This is my first tech blog post for... almost thirteen years!!! Oh my goodness me has a lot happened since then.

Your Cheap, Scalable and Safe DropBox with Git-Annex, LVM, Raspberry PI and USB Sticks

There is no cheaper storage than USB sticks. When writing this, they’re 30 bucks for 64GB. Unlike hard drives, they don’t eat a lot of juice when you keep them plugged in, they’re quiet, they are not sensitive to having a dusty home (thank god!), and they last. It’s also very easy to wipe out the dumb cruftware that comes pre-installed on them.

Using Amazon Glacier

I need backup. The time I almost lost 80 hours of work tought me that. And I can’t trust myself to handle the encryption. The guy who lost his life savings in bitcoins tought me that. And me, at four in the morning on a work day, trying to get GPG keys right for duplicity.

Mail screenshot in Gmail

It’s nice to keep users informed of software updates but they just don’t understand. Enter screenshots.

Sending Email to Google Apps Address on same domain

Google Apps email is great!

Habits vs. Unity

Want something that’s great? Try Unity, Ubuntu 12.04′s new Desktop.