And many more shows are available. In order to have these shows and others on you Television you will need to BUY A Roku. I am really happy they went to the Roku and can’t wait to see more Video’s pop up. They have both Video and Audio podcast but if your do have Video’s but not on Blubrry Network you will need to talk to Todd Cochram from the Geek News Central Podcast to find out how to go about doing that. I can now listen to my podcast around the house while I clean and not have to have my IPOD player to listen to these and many more.
Have a Good weekend. This was an Unplanned article but I wanted to let people know how you can watch or listen to your favorite podcasts without having your laptop.
This weekend I talked about Backups on the Mike Tech Show listener Round table, and I heard from one or two people saying you can’t do a full backup with Allwaysync, and to a point that is true but I really don’t need a full back and some have said the program is only good for Synchronization and not backup.
I could debate that last point because what is a backup? Wikipedia defines it as “backup refers to making copies of data so that these additional copies may be used to restore the original after a data loss event”. So backing up and Synchronizing are essentially the same thing. Some users will argue that it is getting every file on your hard drive but I don’t think so. I however will tell you that Most files on your hard drive don’t need to be copied. Due to the fact that if you get a complete backup of your windows directory you will most ly end up where you left off, Viruses or some file that corrupt. I don’t make copies of the windows for that one reason, I have all OEM systems and don’t need to worry about the Windows because when I do a system restore, I get my system back to the Factory default.
With Vista you have some data that is never put in Windows system, like your email settings and other such important date. This is usually put in the Application Data directory, which is usally “[DRIVE]\USERS\[USERNAME]\AppData” . To get to the directory in Vista just type “%APPDATA%” in the Vista search bar and hit enter. So I tell Allwaysync to copy everything in that directory including subdirectories. This is where my configuration files are put for each and every program I install or run!!
People will also argue that you need to compress the data or use a Proprietary software to backup your hard drive, although this can be useful. The more complicated the process the more chance there is for failure. My dad always told me to keep it simple. The simplest is usually the best in my opinion. If I were to need to backup data, I do not need any program to get to it. This is how I like it, plus if the drive starts to go bad you have more time to move the data off the backup drive because of moving parts and the magnetic properties could change the compress file just one bit and you would not be able to access the programs inside of it.
I also have a 500 gig external backup drive for use with keeping my data backed up, which my two laptops only use 380 if I back up all of my hard drive space but in my case my data drive is usually just used a safegaurd if I did need to do a restore on the road. I’d still have my important programs ready to re-install and restoring my configuration files. I wouldn’t be in the dark if I had to restore on the road. This is how I keep my important safe. I use:
My External hard drive – Important Software and important files
Mozy Free 2 Gig – I use this also to put my Passwords and my configuration files here. It’s free but you can pay 4.95 a month for unlimited. I like it and it works really well.
My spouses computer – We keep our important passwords on each other computer just in case we are on the road with one laptop we can always have access to the passwords for each of our accounts.
This has worked for me for quite some time but this isn’t for everyone, some require the compression on the hard drive and that is fine but I don’t. I hope this clears it up on what I said on the Mike Tech show. I did however make a mistake. This software is not bit by bit coping it is however a file by file copy. That was my fault and no others. I’m only human. Hope you understand.
Mike Smith in his last Podcast talked about this subject and why he is really unhappy with Ustream.tv. He says that the ads could possible violate his TOS with Techpodcast Network. He also would like to share the revenue because he was one of the founding podcasters that started to use Ustream.tv. He’s worried that there will be adult theme ads showing on his video stream and that He wants this to be family friendly. He’s said before the show if he has to he’ll go to other networks. Some of the networks that might help him out:
Ustream.tv is the one Mike is having problems with but I tell you this in case someone is looking for streaming media platform. These others I’ve checked out are decent and have there own look and feel. Each one has its own personality and server capabilities. So it will be a test on the next platform that Mike decides on! I provide these to better help people make the right choice and also let people know about Ustream.tv Not telling you about the ads. If you think they shouldn’t be doing this, talk about it and Blog about.
As you can see I’ve got Several people here who you don’t think would reply or even think about doing this. I have a plan. I want these people to tell their story about this memo. I challenge them to actually post their responses on their blog or Podcast. I want to hear your story about the old days. I want to find out all about what people think or did to get into the IT profession!! I have this grand Idea to hear from the people and find out their story. That is why if you do talk about the memo link back to me so I’ll know.
If you think you’re not a computer geek or a Sysadmin, I know better. I am sure you have family or friends that you’ve had to work on their computer for some reason or other. You have the skills even if you didn’t know it. I want to know how you got into the IT Field. I want to compile all this information to help people to get into the field and all this information is valuable to people.
I dare you Scoble, Mark, and the Co-founders to be the first to do it. You know you want to!!!
We also talked about addressability of websites, and storage space. This was an awesome round table discussion if you would like to participate in the round table discussion with questions please either:
And Much more, This will be a longer than usual Podcast because he has so much to talk about tonight I really don’t know if he will get through all of it!! I am sure he is going to try.
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I am sure he is going to try.
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