TGIF

We made it to another Friday!  The count down to the weekend has begun and hopefully it will start soon.  Does it show that I am anxious?

When you talk with a Geek the first thing we will tell you is to backup your data.  Different Geeks have different suggestions and rules for backup.  For years I have been with Carbonite.  I found them on my own before they started advertising and they offered what I thought was a good service.  Recently I discovered a new service called Crash Plan.  They have been around for a bit and widely advertise as does Carbonite.  However, in comparing the two I think Crash Plan is better.  They have a family plan that will backup 2 to 10 computers for $119.00 per year.  Whereas Carbonite charges $59 per computer.  If you want to be able to backup external hard drives with Carbonite that costs extra, Whereas with Crash Plan you get unlimited storage and it includes the option for external/removable drives.  Then I found an offer to switch would only cost me $50 for the first year.  There is a no brainer.  So I switched last night.  The only problem is my data has to make it’s way to the cloud again and that will take about a month for everything.  So my Carbonite account is still active for a couple weeks, just in case. 

Backing up your data and these services is like an Insurance Policy.  If the need arises where you need to restore something, you will be glad you have them.  If you need them but don’t have them, you will be crying.  I’ve been in both situations.  What’s worse is back in the day I backed everything up to tape.  Then when you needed something you had a 50/50 shot that the file would be recoverable.  The cloud has taken that risk away, thank goodness.

Why does it take so long to backup?  Well it depends upon how much data you have.  Personally I have about 1.2 Terabytes of data, most of that is porn.  If you’re the average home user wanting to do a full backup of your PC and you have a decent internet connection, your looking at a couple weeks.  Have tons of music, photos or home videos?  Then you can expect it to take longer. 

The nice thing about both services is they run in the background, so you can use your PC and your machine will respond as it normally does.  The one thing I miss is Carbonite offered the option to put dots next to your files.  If you had a yellow dot it meant the file was pending if you had a green dot it meant the file was backed up. 

Carbonite and Crash Plan are the two major players in the Cloud Backup arena.  Both are good so if you don’t have one of them, pick one and try it out.  Both offer free trials for a limited time.

 

Now that rambling is over I can resume a normal post and ramble some more! :)

Nothing really new to report.  We were going to a new place to eat tonight, until I told my partner the coupon he has is only valid Sunday thru Thursday.  He wasn’t too happy about that.  So we are going to IHOP tonight.  Now I have to think about what I want to order.  Blueberry Pancakes sound really good.  Cracker Barrel is the best place to get them.  As usual I am paralyzed by choice.

My poor clean carpet is no longer clean.  Someone is sick both upstairs and downstairs.  See why we needed to buy a carpet cleaner rather than rent one?  With pets there is always a mess to clean up.

I’ve got mega washing to do this weekend.  My partner is going through clothes at a fast rate.  Plus I was going to convert to long sleeves.  I sure hope I have some energy to be able to start on this HUGE project tonight.  Not exactly what I wanted to do on the weekend but I guess I can sleep when I am dead. 

On the way in this morning I saw this kid broke down on the side of the road.  He was changing a tire and while he was off the interstate he was working very close to traffic.  I kept thing I should turn around and at least provide some cover for him to change his tire.  I really wanted to, but instead I just kept on going.  If you stop to help someone you never know what your getting into.  It could be a setup they could be mentally disturbed and the next thing you know your picture is on the evening news.  So that is why I kept on going.

Speaking of driving, I find that the interstate backs up in my area because of road construction and the fact that most people don’t know how to merge.  Some people will give you a break and allow you in and other people think because you have a yield sign that means your are SOL.  Me, I just pull in as soon as there is even an ounce of room.  I won’t challenge any vehicle bigger than mine but if were the same size then I’m coming over for sure! 

Why is it that a person can be so nice but get them behind the wheel and in traffic and they turn into maniacs?  Makes no sense.

Got my Flashpoint fix last night.  Ah, that was so needed.  I still have many more episodes to watch as well as regular stuff that I record.  So perhaps I can get caught up on that this weekend.  If I had the money I could sit here at my desk and watch my shows on my pc.  That would be so cool but it would suck every time I got interrupted. 

I think I have babbled enough, so I am going to call this post done.  Besides that work is calling.  Have a great weekend and I will talk with you peeps later!