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Dale Lane has a very informative post/review of Jungle Disk
Jungle disk is an online backup/archive service powered by Amazon S3 storage - Dale includes some calculated pricing from his usage, which is incredibly helpful. I think it might actually work out cheaper than buying the hard drives for my offsite backup server (let alone the cost of replacing dead hardware)
It really does look like a good way to backup all your RAW photos (flickr is not really a backup solution)
Gizmodo has an interesting set of pictures, apparently of a book from microsoft titled “Mommy, why is there a server in the house - Helping your child understand the stay-at-home server” They are a hilarious read
While I have a server at my house, and one at my parent’s house, and several friends that have their own “server”, I doubt that many families are looking at buying a serve. (When I say server, I mean a desktop that is on all the time, of course mine run linux).
The only problem with this idea is that it is rather environmentally unfriendly. Having a server on all the time is not good for the environment, however in my case I am using my two servers for 100G+ of data (mostly photos), so the cost of an online storage is too expensive.
For a lot of purposes, online storage is better and cheaper. Apple have .mac that achieves this.
The other big drawback is if you want data from outside your house, your upload ADSL speed is likely to be shocking!
It will be interesting to see how many people start using home servers, particularly Vista Home ones given the file corruption problems reported for it
Flickr now has stas! If you are a Pro flickr user then you can turn on stats from the “you” menu on your main page.
See the blog post or the FAQ for more info
“We’ve designed stats on Flickr to give you all sorts of insight into how people arrive at your photos. If you’re a pro member you can activate your stats now.”
I came across these two animations today, and they are brilliant - When you get a minute check these out:
AtomFilms: Animator vs. Animation
AtomFilms: Animator vs. Animation 2
There is also a game you can play if you are really bored (Yes it is damn good too)
“Ashley Highfield, BBC head of technology, claims that only 400 to 600 users are Linux users.” Tech.co.uk
If you use linux and access BBC online then sign this petition to give the BBC a sense of the real numbers of people using linux. Linux is treated second rate by the BBC, with linux users having to wait until Christmas to use the new BBC online content via iplayer.
Sign the Petition - More than 400 UK Linux users read the BBC sites
Found via Schneier, this article on how a linux box became a zombie was a really interesting read. Both from an analysis of how the box was compromised, and some insight into the reality of trackind down the cracker. I think I could really enjoy a computer security job…
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