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Aug/16

Off-Site Data Backup Part 1

Filed Under Infrastructure at 1st August 2016 0:01 by

Overview So many things are stored digitally nowadays from messages to photos but how many of them are irreplaceable? I fear for losing my data from past experience but even more so now that I have a child. Thankfully my … Continue reading →

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Aug/14

Share .bashrc

Filed Under Linux at 18th August 2014 0:01 by

Suggested by Dave Bradford, it turns out you can share .bashrc files between computers and use symbolic link. Rename the file: mv ~/.bashrc ~/bashrc.bak Dropbox example: ln -s ~/Dropbox/.bashrc ~/.bashrc where the .bashrc is stored in the root Dropbox folder. … Continue reading →

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May/14

Organising Photos

Filed Under Windows at 5th May 2014 0:01 by

Overview Dave Bradford has been on it again but this time on file or more specifically photo management. My existing library contains camera shots from film days scanned in to digital shots from things like phones totally 44GB. Organisation of … Continue reading →

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Dec/13

Run Dropbox On Ubuntu 12.04 Server

Filed Under Linux, Software at 9th December 2013 0:01 by

Overview I wanted to set up Dropbox on a headless server so I can access files sync’d rom Dropbox as well as having an online backup of the files away from Dropbox itself. Install Download and extract the zip file: … Continue reading →

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Sep/11

SpiderOak Mini Review

Filed Under Software at 28th September 2011 0:01 by

Overview I was looking for a replacement to Dropbox after the EULA / T&C changes and found SpiderOak to be a very attractive alternative. It’s a backup and folder sharing / sync software which runs on all 3 major platforms … Continue reading →

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Mar/10

Dropbox Causes Duplicate Folders In Mozilla Thunderbird

Filed Under Software at 10th March 2010 0:01 by

Overview I have been busy migrating from Windows 7 RC to full retail version of Windows 7. It has taken over 1.5 full days (which includes half a day formatting a brand new 1TB hard drive). During the course of … Continue reading →

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Nov/09

Sync Mozilla Thunderbird Using Dropbox

Filed Under Linux, Networking, Software, Windows at 16th November 2009 20:28 by

Overview I have had a Dropbox account for a while now but never really used it till now. There have been really good tricks and uses to Dropbox posted on the Internet and I finally decided to try my hands … Continue reading →

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Sep/09

Dropbox Case Conflict

Filed Under Linux at 29th September 2009 0:15 by

I was setting up Dropbox but it doesn’t seem to handle folders with the same name as a file in Ubuntu.