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So, Gmail went down this week…

Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, it was all over the internet headlines.  Gmail was unavailable for a few hours on Tuesday, but don’t worry fans, it was back by that evening.  And users around the world breathed a sigh of relief.

Were you affected by the Gmail outage?  And more importantly,  if you are a Gmail [...]

A Carbonite Update

You probably missed it, but on my post about backup methods, I have been corresponding with Dave Friend, the CEO of Carbonite.  Seems that he found out about my blog post and decided to do everything he could to look into my problem.

Color me impressed.

It’s so great to see a CEO so dedicated to the [...]

Backups? Still important.

Edit: Please see the note added at the end of this post for a comment from the CEO of Carbonite.

Last year, I wrote a post about how important it is to back up your computer.  I stand by that information.  That said, I have to edit my product review.

At that time, I recommended Carbonite as [...]

Thank you, Verve Hosting

I’m sure few of you noticed, but for a short period of time yesterday, this blog was gone.  What happened?  Well, I’m not sure, but in attempting to upgrade WordPress, something broke.  I’m not going to lie, it’s quite possibly a PBCAK.  I’m always good about downloading backups before I upgrade, in case of disaster [...]

The Importance of Backups

As I write this, on the table behind me are boxes and boxes of photographs.  I’m not sure where they start, but probably somewhere around elementary school.  I sorted all the photos from college and realized that they pretty much taper off by my senior year, when digital cameras became more prevalent.

Over the next few [...]