New Apple Notebooks
As promised Apple released updates to their Macbook and Macbook Pro lines. They were a little more than updates, they are completely redesigned. I was hoping for a price drop, but I guess that was wishful thinking. They really do look great, I’ll just have to decide if it’s worth the expense to replace my aging 12in Powerbook. I’m a little sad they dropped the firewire port from the Macbook, it makes it a little less desirable for me.
Check them out:
If you want to watch the event, apple has posted it on their site: HERE
The 25 Best (and Worst!) ‘Star Wars’ Moments
In honor of the new Clone Wars cartoon (which I think my son has already watched about 8 times, thanks Tivo), Entertainment Weekly has a listing of the 25 Best (and worst) Star Wars moments. They’ve got the worst down for sure, but I think my list of the best would be in a different order. Vader revealing he’s Luke’s father has to be higher up the list.
My Backup Story
Here’s a post that I made over at YouthMinistryGeek.com:
I know this isn’t one of those exciting topics. Listening to people talk about backing up your data is about exciting as listening to your mom tell you to eat your vegetables, but recently I was reminded about how important it is.
My wife had planned a night out to go scrap-booking with one of her friends, and really wanted to work on our sons baby book (he’s 4 now, so we are a little behind here). It was my job show her where I keep the pictures on the computer so she could upload them to Costco to get printed. Problem, the folder with the pictures from the month my son was born had disappeared. No problem I thought, just go to my backup. Now where are those back-up disks I made so long. Not in my desk…not in our fire-safe…not in the box of random disks I cleaned out of my desk because I didn’t have room. My heart sank, I couldn’t believe that I lost those pictures. This really made me evaluate my backup strategy.
So what did I come up with to make sure this didn’t happen again?
- Time Machine - I’m a Mac user, so luckily I have this as an option. I picked up a cheap external drive plugged it in and told it what I wanted to back-up. It does it automatically, and I don’t have to worry about it. Recently I’ve heard of some people saying their time machine backups hadn’t ran in a while, so if you’re using Time Machine just watch the date of your last backup from time to time to make sure it’s running. PC users, don’t have this built in, but many of the external drives now come with backup software that work similarly. So that may be a good solution.
- Mozy - Time Machine works great, until your house burns down or your external drive dies (this happens more often that you think) so it’s always good to have a backup that not at the same place as your computer. Think of it as a backup for your backup. I’ve chosen to use Mozy for this. It’s a great solution in the “cloud” (meaning you backup across the Internet to Mozy’s servers). Their software works great, and you set it up and it runs automatically. They have a PC and a Mac version so they have you covered. Super Easy and secure. Unlimited backup is only $4.95 a month, or they have a free version that gives you 2 GBs of space. I would recommend the free version just to try it out and backup your ultra critical data, and it’s free. Try it HERE.
Bottom-line, is that really protecting your data is going to cost you, but it’s better than loosing it. And I did find my backup disk by the way and recovered the pictures, but I feel a lot better now that I have a better plan in place.
How do you backup your data?
New iPods are here
Yesterday the fine folks at apple unvieled their new line-up of iPods. I must admit the new nano
looks pretty cool. The changes to the touch also look good. I’m a big fan of mine, and it looks like they just made it that much better. Also don’t forget to hit up software update to pick up iTunes 8. The new genius features are pretty fun. So far it’s done a pretty good job of predicting music for me.
Follow the links below for more info on the iPods:
Air Sharing iPhone App
Have you ever wanted to use your iPhone or iPod Touch as a drive you can mount from your mac? There are a couple of different programs in the App Store that will allow you to do it, but for a limited time you can get Air Sharing for free (iTunes link). I just downloaded it and it looks like it will work great. Hurry, the regular price of $7 will kick in soon.
12filmsin12months.com Film #8
Ian brings us a western this month. If you like it, head over to 12filmsin12months.com and let him know. Extra props to Glenn Murdock on trumpet in the soundtrack.
Incredible Apple Deals
If you are in the market for a new mac, you might want to check out their refurbished line. Amazing deals, and they just lowered prices across the board. Great time to pick up a new one for the youth room or your home.
New Lower prices on Apple Refurbished computers, Free Shipping
Maybe you just need a new ipod, they are also at new lower prices.
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Timeline of Internet Fads
This just made me laugh. Great trip down memory lane. I had forgotten about some of these.
What did they leave out?