Author: sroot

  • Backup! (Bye bye TimeMachine, hello Carbon Copy Cloner)

    Executive summary: Stop reading, backup your computer. Done that? Let’s continue. [1] Second Executive summary: TimeMachine on my mac failed, I now use Carbon Copy Cloner. Yes, that cost me £26. Yes, it’s basically rsync (free opensource software I already use) but it’s easier to configure and has other useful features that I decided are…

  • IBM need help with statistics

    Look at this infographic So,”Stockholm convinced the skeptics to pay for a faster commute.”? I’m assuming that means pay for an IBM traffic management system as I’m not exactly sure what was being paid for.  I’m don’t I agree the skeptics were convinced though from reading their infographic. The two key bits of data to prove…

  • Gandi said thanks 🙂

    What a lovely surprise! A T-shirt arrived in the post from the folks at Gandi.net Gandi are the company that provide all my domain names and server hosting for work and play, including the hardware behind this blog.  I’ve been using them since 2009 and they’ve always super.  If you need domain names or hosting, I…