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- Cool Websites and Tools [May 20th]
- Share, Share, Share….Spread The Word!
- How To Make An Online Poll In Your Sidebar Using MicroPoll
- 5 Alternative Ways To Install Ubuntu [Linux]
- Hot Tech Deals [May 20th]
- 3 Fascinating Search Engines That Search For Faces
- 5 Fun Mobile Apps To Entertain Your Party Guests [Android]
- 3 Best LogMeIn Alternatives For Ubuntu [Linux]
- Tag Your Music Collection The Easy Way With Tagr [Mac]
- Use FTP Synchronize To Keep An Up-To-Date Copy Of Your Website Locally
| Cool Websites and Tools [May 20th] Posted: 20 May 2010 08:31 PM PDT
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| Share, Share, Share….Spread The Word! Posted: 20 May 2010 06:31 PM PDT
To show you a website or a software program you can make use of is our number one priority. This time around, we would like something from you. Something really easy and simple. That is to share MakeUseOf articles you find useful with others. That’s really the best way for you to show your appreciation for our work. It’s quick and super easy to do.
As you can see, there are options to share the article with your friends on Facebook, Twitter (retweet), StumbleUpon and Digg. Also, there is a ‘ShareThis‘ button which lets you share the article on several other social networks as well as giving you an option to email the link to someone.
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| How To Make An Online Poll In Your Sidebar Using MicroPoll Posted: 20 May 2010 04:31 PM PDT
Learning to make an online poll is fun, too. They can also be very helpful. For instance, you may want to know what a certain group of people (such as your blog readers) thinks about a specific subject. A poll can also help you decide what you want to do in many areas. MakeUseOf has posted many tech-related polls and our readers have participated in them in a wonderful way. Check out some of them either by clicking here or by clicking the “Polls” link in the sidebar under the topics menu.
All it consists of is setting it up, tweaking the design and grabbing the embed code for your site. Setting Up A Poll With MicroPollFirst things first: you must sign up for an account.
Once you sign up, you can log in and start the process of setting up a poll. Begin by clicking the “Create New MicroPoll” button.
Next enter the question you want answered and the possible answers. You’ll want to hit Enter after each answer.
Notice the preview of the poll showing up next to the fields you are filling out. Once done, hit the “Create New Poll” button. You will then be brought to a list of your published polls. Find the one you are working on, click “Options” and then “edit” from the dropdown menu.
Right off the bat you’ll notice the embedding code which you need in order to embed the poll on your site.
Further down the page you will find the Settings section where you can edit the details of the post.
At this point, if you like the look of the poll (the preview is still off to the right), you are all set to embed it on your site. Just grab the code and go at it. However, if you want to change how it looks, you can. Tweaking The Design Of Your MicroPollRight below the details of the post, you’ll notice the “Theme” drop down menu. You can choose one of the MicroPoll themes or tweak the default theme. There are also some more customizations you can do under the “Customize Poll” menu that aren’t so design related.
You can also customize the results page.
MicroPoll seems to have a lot of modification options for a service that is still really easy to use. Mess around a bit and tweak your poll until you have it how you want it. Grabbing The Code For Your SiteAfter making sure you hit the “save changes” button, go back to the top of the page and grab the embed code. Remember that the embed code will only work where HTML is accepted. I used a text widget in my Wordpress blog’s sidebar and it works fine.
Notice that you can also grab the link to share if you’d rather not mess with embedding. There are many polling sites and plugins out there to choose from (MakeUseOf is currently using Polldaddy). The simplicity along with the custom-ability of MicroPoll gives them a leg in the game at least. What polling site or plugin do you use and why? Similar MakeUseOf Articles
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| 5 Alternative Ways To Install Ubuntu [Linux] Posted: 20 May 2010 02:31 PM PDT
I’ve written all about this amazing OS, discussing everything from how awesome Ubuntu 10.04 is to 7 things easier to do in Ubuntu than in Windows. But perhaps the best part about Ubuntu, not to mention Linux in general, is how it can be installed on most any machine you run into. If you’re looking to install Ubuntu under unusual circumstances you’ve found the right article: we’re going to run through 5 weird and alternative Ubuntu installs. If this isn’t what you’re looking for, keep reading anyway. What could it hurt?
Installing From USB
The best tool for the job, of course, is UNetBootin. This tool is capable of writing a wide variety of Linux Live CDs to your USB key or external hard drive. Boot from your USB key and you should be good to go, installing Ubuntu the same way you do from a computer. Want to learn more about using UNetBootin? Check out Blake’s article How To Install Linux With Ease with UNetBootin. Trying to create a bootable disk from your Mac? UNetBootin won’t work, but Jeffry’s article How To Create A Portable Ubuntu Installation USB On The Mac has you covered (but if you have access to a Windows or Linux computer that's the simplest way to go). Installing From Within WindowsMany Ubuntu zealots will tell you that the ideal Ubuntu situation is quit Windows entirely, but that’s not completely necessary: Windows and Ubuntu can co-exist quite peacefully. In fact, if you want, you can install Ubuntu directly from inside Wubi. If you have an Ubuntu CD go ahead and insert it in Windows; you’ll be asked if you want to install Ubuntu. This is possible because of a program called Wubi.
Don’t have a Ubuntu CD? That’s okay, you can download Wubi from the web. It will automatically download Ubuntu and install it for you. Best of all, if you decide you don’t like Ubuntu you can remove it from within Windows the way you would any piece of Windows software. Read all about the wonders of Wubi in Tim’s article How to Set Up a Dual Boot Windows & Linux System with Wubi. On A MacMac users are often hesitant about installing Ubuntu on their system. This is understandable; Mac’s own Boot Camp software doesn’t officially support Linux and many of the guides for doing so around the Internet are really complicated. To a certain extent there’s no getting around this: this is going to be complicated. Ubuntu’s got an excellent set of documentation, however, which will give you an idea of what’s involved. All methods described there are based on rEFit, an alternative boot loader for Macs that’s far more Linux friendly than BootCamp. If you want an in-depth look at rEFit from us here at MakeUseOf be patient – I plan on writing it up just as soon as I get my hands on a Mac (though my Mac friends are quite careful to keep this from happening, so it may be a while…) Install To USB DiskHaving your USB disk function as a LiveCD is cool, but if you want a portable version of Ubuntu that you can customize however you like and use on any computer don't worry: there are a variety of tools for the job. You could use Portable Linux for the job, or LiveUSBCreator. Alternatively, you could just boot the Ubuntu installation CD and install to your thumb drive instead of to a regular drive. For more information check out this article over at wiki.ubuntu.com. Install Using VMWareAs it turns out, you can make use of VMWare to install Ubuntu onto any drive. Here’s how it works: create a new virtual machine, but instead of creating a virtual disk tell VMWare to write the operating system directly to a physical drive. This can be a secondary drive in your computer or a USB thumb drive, it doesn’t matter; what does matter is the result. You’ll have Ubuntu installed on the external drive of your choice. This could be a solution if you need to install Ubuntu onto a computer with no optical drive and no working USB port, provided you have an extra computer. Simply remove the hard drive from that computer and connect it to another computer with a USB to IDE connector, or by opening your other computer and connecting it internally. Then fire up VMware and install Ubuntu to the drive with it. Of course, your mileage may vary. Check out the write-up over at help.ubuntu.com for more information. Upgrading From The Previous VersionIf you’re using Ubuntu 9.10 and want to switch to the sleek Ubuntu 10.04, don’t worry: Ubuntu has you covered. Just fire up your update utility and you’ll see the following:
Click this and your upgrade will start. Just know that you should probably back up your data before doing so. It’s also worth noting that this process can take a long time – it involves downloading and installing about 700 MB worth of packages – so make sure you won’t need your computer for at least a few hours beforehand. Find more information about upgrading Ubuntu over at Ubuntu’s website. ConclusionThere you have it: a series of unique ways to install Ubuntu. I realize many of these methods could work with just about any version of Linux, so feel free to apply them as you see fit. There are more methods out there, that’s for sure. If none of these fits your unusual situation I highly recommend you check out the many scenarios laid out and see what you can find. Have any other alternative Ubuntu install methods you particularly like? Let me know about them in the comments below, and link to documentation if you want. Also feel free to point out any details I may have missed in describing these methods. Finally, because I know at least one of you will, feel free to tell me that Linux Mint is superior to Ubuntu despite the fact that Mint is mostly just Ubuntu with a few cool tweaks (but know that I will ignore you). Do you like MakeUseOf articles? Do share our articles with others! It’s really important to us. Similar MakeUseOf Articles
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| Posted: 20 May 2010 01:30 PM PDT
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| 3 Fascinating Search Engines That Search For Faces Posted: 20 May 2010 12:31 PM PDT
Search engines are becoming ever more smarter in managing the massive amounts of data they are facing. In fact, face search and facial recognition are just a few of the many tools. When used the right way, they quickly unravel what an individual has been up to. Here are three face search engines that may give you a thrill. Let’s see what they reveal about you or your friends.
facesearch – Face Search Engine
Did you know you could make Google search for faces only, by adding a small bit of code? When you go to Google Image Search, enter your query and then add “&imgtype=face” (without the quotes of course) to the end of the URL. It will give you similar results as facesearch above. You’ll find more information about this hidden Google feature in this article published on Ars Technica. PicTriev – Face Recognition Search Engine
For demonstration purposes, I used one of my funny photos. The approximate age of 20 is very flattering and I’m happy that PicTriev recognized that I was mostly female. Unfortunately, however, my face matches mostly with that of males. Surprisingly, it didn’t come up with any pictures of me that are available online.
It works much better with celebrity images. Viewdle – Face Recognition Video Search Engine
It analyzes videos frame by frame, searching for faces. Moreover, it adds contextual information to the face recognition data by converting speech to text. All of that is combined in an index, which allows to search for the <em>right person, in the right clip, at the right moment</em>. In other words, it helps you find information and people in videos. At this point Viewdle can only find famous faces. Just type in a name at the bottom left and you’ll be forwarded to the search page. Here you can also enter a keyword to narrow down the results. Advanced search allows you to refine the search results by picking a video channel and time frame for the video.
Obviously, this type of indexing is highly useful for TV stations, for example to browse their archives for relevant material. If you're interested in how to use face recognition software to organize your photos, check out Tim's article on How To Use Facial Recognition in Picasa Web Albums. Now what did you find out about yourself or your friend here? Image credits: 195617 Hey Facebookers, make sure to check out MakeUseOf fan page on Facebook. Over 17,000 fans already!
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| 5 Fun Mobile Apps To Entertain Your Party Guests [Android] Posted: 20 May 2010 11:31 AM PDT
Here at MakeUseOf, we’ve always tried to help you put together a good party, with cool apps like David’s review of Anyvite, and Abhigyan’s review of SongVote, a neat app where your guests can choose the music playlist. In this article, I’d like to present 5 very simple party apps that will come in handy during your next party.
So, let’s take a look at what the Android market has to offer to get people talking and laughing at your next party. All of these are available on the Android Market for free. Bring Your Own Android BeerPicture it – there you are at the beginning of a party. Everyone is sitting around, not sure what to do or say. The mood is kind of somber and quiet, and you’re desperately looking for a way to break the ice and get people laughing and having fun. So you pull out your Android, enable the Virtual Beer App and loudly comment, “Well, I think it’s time for a cold beer.” Then, turning to the side, you hold up your Android phone, which you’ve just transformed into a cold glass of frothy beer.
Hold your Android in the upright position for a few seconds (for dramatic effect), then place your lips at the edge of your phone and tip it back just like you’re drinking a real beer. This is what everyone will see:
The graphics are very realistic, and the visual effect of seeing someone “tip back a cold one” straight out of their Android phone is hilarious. You’ll certainly get a few chuckles at the very least. And best of all, everyone will want to know what other cool apps you have on that nifty Android of yours. Alas – this is the moment you’ve been waiting for, time to get the party started with your phone! But before you get rolling with the party games, don’t forget to fire up the music with your remote control media center…you’ve already set up Gmote on your Android to do this, right? Open Virtual Fortune CookiesWant a fun conversation starter? Let everyone open his or her own virtual fortune cookie. The Fortune Cookie for Android lets you virtually crack the cookie (by shaking the phone).
Once you do, the cookie cracks in half and the fortune is revealed. The fortunes are fairly well written (about as well written as fortune cookie fortunes can be). They aren’t too corny, and some of them might actually trigger some interesting or funny conversation. As far as I can tell, there are a fair number of fortunes stored with the app, but I’m sure if you spend an hour or so cracking virtual fortune cookies, you’re bound to hit a duplicate fortune.
Relive Your Childhood With Sketch-a-EtchAnother very fun Android app that quickly brought me back to my childhood is the Sketch-a-Etch app. Yes, this is the same as the toy that you grew up playing with called Etch-a-Sketch – complete with the two annoying knobs that you kept forgetting how to draw with. When you turn the right one right do you go up or down? Can you remember, or will you completely mess up your drawing?
One warning, when you hand someone your phone so they can try this app, you will have a difficult time getting your phone back – this app is very addictive! And a hint – don’t try to “turn” the knobs, just rub your finger left or right over the knob in order to “turn” it left or right. Before long, you’ll get the hang of it. Play Spin the Bottle With Your AndroidNow, this next app will only be useful at certain “types” of parties…or maybe after everyone has had a few drinks. When there’s plenty of laughter and folks are a bit “tipsy,” pull out your Android and propose playing the age old game “spin the bottle.”
While this app is very simple, it’s actually pretty cool just due to the graphics and the realistic action of the bottle itself. When you place your finger on the bottle, it tracks the movement of your finger. Give your finger a little flick – and off the bottle goes, spinning until it gradually comes to a complete stop…pointing at someone. Sure, you could use a real bottle, but where’s the fun in that? Never Forget the Dice AgainThe next app is aptly named, “Dice.” Basically, if everyone wants to play a game that requires dice and there aren’t any handy, just pull out your trusty Android, run this app and set it up with the required number of die that you would like. You can have up to six on the screen at once.
Add or remove die by pressing the plus or minus at the bottom of the screen. People can “throw” the dice by simply shaking the phone. It’s a lot of fun and it gives a realistic simulation of actually throwing dice on the table. There are a lot of games out there that you can play with just dice, or dice and cars – so this app opens up a whole list of opportunities for different games and activities. Everyone will thank you for bringing the virtual dice to the party! Give Your Friends The Dummy TestThis next app called “FunnyTest” is fantastic for a good laugh. Some people call it the Dummy Test or Idiot Test. Think you’re smart? Go ahead and take the test. Or hand your phone to a friend and tell them that the application will test their IQ based on how many levels they can get through. Just the first step is a riot – the instructions are simple enough, just press the buttons in the right order.
When you start, the colors quickly change…and you’ve failed on step 1. Each screen has a little twist to it, so if you try to fly through the test without thinking, you’ll fail. It’s a lot of fun, but beware the urge to slam your phone on the ground each time the test outsmarts you! Do you know of any other fun Android apps that are great for parties or family gatherings? Share your own discoveries in the comments section below. Do you like MakeUseOf articles? Do share our articles with others! It’s really important to us. Similar MakeUseOf Articles
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| 3 Best LogMeIn Alternatives For Ubuntu [Linux] Posted: 20 May 2010 10:31 AM PDT
Surely one needs remote access every now and then. So what options do Linux users have when wanting to access their computer remotely? Here are a few options.
TeamViewerTeamViewer is one of the best, if not the best, remote access option for Windows. Guess what? They now support Linux as well. TeamViewer for Linux is still a beta product, but it works just fine, far better than running TeamViewer under Wine and it does everything that you have become familiar with TeamViewer on Windows.
Using TeamViewer can’t be easier. You download a package for your distribution and double click to install. At present there are packages available for Ubuntu, Fedora, Suse and Mandriva. In addition you can also download the tarball and then compile and install on your computer the old fashioned way. Once installed, fire it up and you are ready to rock! Teamviewer takes a moment or two to initialize when you start it up. Once initialized, TeamViewer UI displays an ID and a password. These are the credentials you (or anyone else) needs in order to gain remote access to the computer. The ID of a computer remains the same, while the password is regenerated every time. You can however set a user defined password that doesn’t change and can be used to access your computer remotely anytime.
In addition to the above, you can also
TeamViewer also makes it easy to transfer files between the connected computers and can also support VOIP if need be. VNCThe other option is to use remote desktop over VNC. While VNC is not as feature rich as TeamViewer or LogMeIn, it is readily available on Ubuntu. All you need is an IP address and optionally a password to be able to connect to a computer via VNC. In Ubuntu you need to enable remote desktop connection. Open System > Preferences > Remote Desktop and place a check against “Allow other users to view your desktop“. Optionally you may also specify a password that would be required to access the computer remotely via VNC.
There are a number of clients available that allow you to connect to a VNC server. You can find out more about them here. Free NXYet another way to access your computer remotely is to use NX. You would need a FreeNX server on the machine that you want to be able to connect to remotely. You can use the freenx-team ppa to install freeNX on your computer. It is a bit more involved to set up on earlier versions of Ubuntu. This Ubuntu Help page has more step by step instructions for different versions of Ubuntu.
NX clients are available for Windows, Linux, Mac and Solaris systems that let you connect to a computer running a NX server. You can download the one for your computer here. LogMeIn is a great tool to access your computers remotely and perform a number of other useful tasks. While the above mentioned alternatives don’t offer each and every feature offered by LogMeIn, they certainly come close. TeamViewer is arguably even better than LogMeIn. In any case if it is remote desktop access you are looking for all three of the above have you covered. If you want something a little more feature rich, try TeamViewer. Have any suggestions to add to the list? Share them with us in the comments below. NEW: Download MakeUseOf iPhone App. FREE! Similar MakeUseOf Articles
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| Tag Your Music Collection The Easy Way With Tagr [Mac] Posted: 20 May 2010 09:31 AM PDT
But the coolest gadgets of the eighties are pale compared to the toys that the 21st century kids have. Today’s teenagers don’t do cassette tapes. The portable music players have gone from magnetic tapes to digital files – mostly MP3s. One such player could hold (tens of) thousands of songs and the batteries last for almost a day.
Not because they don’t want to, but because tidying up thousands of song tags is not the kind of fun activity everybody has in mind. That’s why we need the help of music tagging utilities. Something like Tagr. Start The Tagging With TagrIf you have lots of songs with messy tags in your collection – like almost everybody else in this digital age – and you want to tag your music and put them in order without all the hassles, then Tagr might be the answer to your prayers. After downloading and installing the latest version of the app (v. 3.1.1 at the time of writing), you can put it on duty right away.
The main window is divided into two parts: the tagging area on the left and the song list area on the right. Using Tagr to tag your music is as simple as dragging and dropping the songs onto the song list area and correct the tags via the tagging area. You can do the tagging manually or (almost) automatically, one song at a time or in bulk. Please note that you can’t drag songs directly from the iTunes interface. However, you can select folders from within the iTunes Library in Finder. I tried the app by dragging a folder of one music album to the app. A list of the songs instantly appeared in order in the right pane sorted by the song number, while on the left pane we had ready-to-edit fields of information which corresponded to the selected item(s) on the right.
You can edit the tags at the upper area of the tagging pane called “Attributes” or directly on the list by clicking on the text. However, I was dying to try the “automatically search for song data” feature located at the bottom of the window. So I selected all the songs, and then clicked the “Search in Amazon” option from the pop-up menu.
This action opened up Amazon in my default browser using the artist and album as the search string.
Then I tried the “Search in Discogs“. This time, Tagr switched to a “Cover Flow”-like interface and showed me the results there. Depending on your internet connection, this process could take some time.
If you want to apply one (or more) of the results, just select the result and click the “Copy to Selection” button on the middle right.
Tools Of The TradeTagr provides its users with a set of tools to make the whole process easier.
The first is the “Numbering” tool. Select the songs and click on the icon, and you can append numbers to the songs based on your preferences.
The second is the “File Naming” tool. This is the tool to tidy up the file names of the original files.
Third is the “Capitalization” tool. This tool will help you fix this: “tiTLe oF THe SonGS” and turn it into this: “Title Of The Songs” (or all UPPERCASE or lowercase).
And to sum up, the “All in One” tools. Clicking this icon will apply all of the above tools at once, based on the settings you chose for each tool. Catch The Cover ArtIf you happen to have the digital cover art for the album, you can add the image by selecting the song and then dragging and dropping the picture to the “Artwork” area. The image will then be embedded to the file as part of the file so you won’t ever lose it.
Another cool thing about this embedding image thing is that you can add more than one picture to the file. You can just drag and drop another picture, or use the “plus” button. To delete a picture from the file(s), use the “minus” button.
Tagr will tell you how many images are there in the file(s). Use the left and right arrow buttons to browse through cover art. Embed the pictures to the songs by clicking the button on the right. Rinse & RepeatAnd when everything is set, click the “Save to Disk” icon at the top left of the window to keep your changes. After that, all you have to do is rinse and repeat the process for other songs and other albums to tag all of your music. As you might have guessed by now, the process helps you the most when you go in bulk rather than individual files. What method do you use to tidy up the tags of your music collection? Have you ever tried Tagr? Share your thoughts and opinions using the comments below. Do you like MakeUseOf articles? Do share our articles with others! It’s really important to us. Similar MakeUseOf Articles
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| Use FTP Synchronize To Keep An Up-To-Date Copy Of Your Website Locally Posted: 20 May 2010 08:31 AM PDT
If the site went down and was restored from the day before backup, then that data would be gone. Another instance where this works really well is when you have a project that has several web developers working on it. They each need synchronize their local website copies daily and this can be automated as well.
We start by downloading the application. It is a 655KB file. When it completes its installation we will need to set it up. You should now see a screen that looks like this:
We need to tell the application what FTP site it should be mirroring as well as what local folder to use as your home directory. Click on the settings button to set up your options like so:
Your options are as follows:
When you hit the synchronize button or wait for the daily run the application first connects to the FTP site:
Now if this is your first time syncing this can take some time. It will first take an inventory of what is on the FTP site. Then it will compare the files to your local directory.
When the application finishes syncing it will report back to you what files have changed. In my instance both copies were identical so nothing was copied, modified or deleted. This is a very helpful application to install on all your web developers computers or on a local server to keep a second copy of your data. If you have never lost data before due to a disaster this may seem trivial but I assure you he who laughs last – usually has a backup! And if you are curious as to how you can set up an FTP site yourself quickly and easily check out this post by Varun here. Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Includes cool extras. Similar MakeUseOf Articles
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Online polls are fun, aren’t they? A lot of people enjoy taking polls as a way of voicing their opinions on specific subjects.
It’s 2010; optical drives are all but dead. If you’ve got a computer without an optical drive, be it a netbook or simply a desktop with a broken drive, don’t panic: you can install Ubuntu from your USB drive.
If you’re in the market for a new computer, laptop, mobile phone, games and other accessories; don’t waste your time searching online. We’ve taken the liberty of locating the best deals tech deals and unifying them into a single post for your convenience.
Thanks to the internet, our private lives are more and more exposed online. The amount of data every individual is adding appears to be a drop into the ocean. Does that thought make you feel safe? Think again!
This search engine is as harmless as it can get. It searches for faces based on image tags. So you query the search engine for a name and it will return all matching images containing faces. And as you can see in the example below, it doesn’t appear to be very accurate at that.
PicTriev goes one step further by actually searching for similar faces. So what you do is upload a portrait shot or any face photo in .jpg or .jpeg format, with a size no larger than 200KB, and the search engine will return matching images found online. You can also run a demo with a selection of famous photos.
Viewdle is a facial recognition video search engine, powered by Reuters Labs.
There are always those gatherings that seem a little slow. Whether it’s a family barbecue or a party at a friend’s house, sometimes everyone just needs an activity or some kind of ice-breaker to get people laughing and to lighten up the mood. There are a lot of awesome things you can do with your mobile phone, and if you have an Android, you have access to the rapidly expanding Android market of applications to choose your party apps from.
Do you remember the Walkman from the 1980’s? That was one of the coolest things a teenager could have back then. It fit inside the shirt pocket, and it played cassette tapes. Each one of the tapes was 1 to 1.5 hours long. So it was the perfect companion for your long trip, provided that you brought enough batteries and tapes.
I have several websites that I maintain for clients. I need to have up to date live copies of their data in case something goes wrong with their webhosts. I keep weekly backup copies of the data but what if a user uploaded a new report or entered new information 10 minutes after the backup?
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