Posted in Rants on 27. Jul, 2010
So I downloaded a full backup of one of my hosting accounts at Hostmonster a few weeks ago, I’m talking the full site files backup, in a zip file.
This backup file apparently contained a bunch of email accounts and their contents, in addition to my site files and such.
I tucked the file away in my hard drive where I keep my other backups.
Just last night I noticed that my anti-virus app (Kaspersky) was going off the hook, to put it lightly. It was alerting me of all sorts of trojans and viruses, all kinds of different types, it basically looked like my computer was infected with just about every type of trojan on the market.
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What?
Yeah that’s a weird combo of items, but it’s what I’ve seen today.
On to the first item:
Twitter Obituaries
So I ran across this cool page today where people are posting in 140 words or less what the obituary would say if Twitter were to die.
Very, very creative posts.
What if Twitter did disappear? It hasn’t been around too long, but it’s taken the world by storm. I think there would be a fair amount of worldwide Twitter withdrawal if it did go the way of the dinosaurs.
Online Backups
This might not be what you think.
Everybody knows it’s a good idea to backup your stuff right? But what about all the stuff you have out there in the “cloud”?
There are many options to back that stuff up, so if you’re favorite cloud service goes the way of the dinosaurs, you have your stuff that was stored on that cloud service.
Check out Backupify.
Cas passed this one on to me today via email. I’m probably going to sign up because it looks like this type of service will save my ass someday, since I rely heavily on the cloud. Hopefully the cloud never clears, but if it does, we can be prepared.
