Search results for: “backup”

  • BBC iPlayer – still not worth installing but worth watching online

    The BBC iPlayer came out of beta recently and they’ve been advertising it’s release to the masses across BBC TV. I tried the beta version earlier in the year (well, 2007, you know what I mean) and my first response to it coming out of beta was simply “Have they fixed it then?”. Why? When…

  • Quote of the day: "The failure rate of hard drives is 100%…"

    Quote of the day: “The failure rate of hard drives is 100% so it’s not if your hard drive will fail, but when.” from www.logmein.com encouraging people to use their backup service. If that fact doesn’t scare you into making regular backups I don’t know what will. Of course, ‘when’ your hard drive fails could…

  • Linux on a USB Memory Stick

    I’ve finally got it working! Linux running of a USB Key. It wasn’t so hard to set up once I’d found Puppy Linux. As this is going to get more technical, you’ll have to follow the link to the extended entry about this (otherwise I’ll bore most of you reading this).