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Re: Some more thoughts on backups.

MacRat — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:53:24 -0000

"firewire is gone from the lower end computers"

Only 1 low end Mac, the MacBook. and 1 high end, MacBook Air.

MacBook: no firewire
MacBook Air: no firewire
13" MacBook Pro: FW800
15" MacBook Pro: FW800
17" MacBook Pro: FW800
21" iMac: FW800
27" iMac: FW800
Mac mini: FW800
Mac Pro: FW800 (four ports)

While Apple has taken it out of the thin laptops, I don't see this as a sign of dumping Firewire.

Steve could decide to can it at any time, but I hope not as I don't see USB 3 being able to handle what me and my users can do with firewire 400 & 800 today.

Re: Some more thoughts on backups.

chuqui — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:15:15 -0000

If Apple supports Firewire in future computers. That's my worry; firewire is gone from the lower end computers. Will it still be supported in higher end computers down the road? Maybe. USB will.

For backups, the extra speed is simply not an issue for me. The cost of adding in a firewire (and/or on top of that a Firewire 800) interface is. All things being equal, I'd rather have all of the interfaces and I'll use the one that's fastest and most convenient. For long-term compatibility, for ease of use (plug into the USB hub and forget) and for cost, USB's better solution for backups. And given apple's already removed firewire from some units, I don't expect you'll see it return on the low end computers at all, so it's not going to be an option.

Re: Some more thoughts on backups.

MacRat — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:19:18 -0000

Invest in FW400 when FW800 is faster?

There is also the future planning that all the FW800 cabling is directly compatible with FW3200.

And yes, I'm looking forward to daisy chaining FW3200 devices just as I do today with FW800 devices. Which you can't do with USB or eSATA.

Re: It’s fall. The Cranes are back….

Ashok — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:11:13 -0000

lovely landscape pix Chuq

Re: More than you wanted to know about backups

theMacDude — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:11:08 -0000

Thank you once again Chuq. I'm ordering more drives soon and seriously considering giving them out as holiday gifts...

Re: More than you wanted to know about backups

lkern — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:07:42 -0000

Time Machine is perhaps THE single best utility ever made. JUST TONIGHT I recovered my tower in about an hour after some really strange events.

Re: More than you wanted to know about backups

lkern — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:05:51 -0000

Advice to readers: What he said.
I am paranoid about backups, and my job depends on them. A combination of FW drives, Drobo, Time Capsule, Apple's Backup, Retrospect 8, Mac Mini's and Carbon Copy Cloner takes care of about 20TB of data at work and home, most of it backing up incrementally daily. But still, even with something this robust, I lose sleep over the BIG things like our main database that uses Oracle. There is such a thing as overkill, but I'm thinking not in the case of critical data. In a word: REDUNDANCY. Where you think 2 backups will do, consider four.

Re: More than you wanted to know about backups

mikebaird — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:52:31 -0000

Chuqui, This is a great exposition - I'll bookmark and return and refer others for sure - you are my kind of techie!

Re: More than you wanted to know about backups

Dave — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:20:29 -0000

An employee cut the AC over a hot weekend to save $$$. Monday I arrived to discover two dead iMacs. Both disks had been cooked. Luckily 30 days earlier I had upgraded my Intel Xserve to Snow Leopard and added a Drobo Pro with 16TB of disk. I was running backups 24X7 via TimeMachine for all 12 workstations in the office.

Two new disks, two fresh OS X Snow Leopard installs (as long as I needed to rebuild, why not upgrade the OS?) and what the heck... I told these fresh Snow Leopards to recover their data from the Drobo Pro. In just a tad over an hour I had recovered 100% of my data—on both systems! I celebrated by upgrading all my workstations to Snow Leopard.

Disk is CHEAP. Next I will add CrashPlan Pro to backup my Drobo Pro backups to another building that is connected via fiber optics. A new Mac Mini Server and another Drobo Pro will set me back about $3500, but then I can really SLEEP AT NIGHT!

Re: Where are they now? Ed Courtenay

chuckgoolsbee — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:31:14 -0000

I spent a season as an on-ice official (Referee most of the time, Linesman occasionally) in the UK. The best game I ever watched (as a spectator the Referee has figuratively the best "seat" in the house!) was at the very rink in Bracknell where Courtenay's interviewer from the BBC met him. The BBC blogger is wrong saying that only one ex-NHL'er has played in the UK though. I can recall a few others. Jim McTaggart (ex- Washington Capitals) for one.

--Chuck

Re: A quick comment on the Sharks/Capitals game (and Sharks hall of fame ramblings)

Jeff — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:02:23 -0000

what about cheecho as at least an honorable mention? he was a fan favorite. he won a trophy too if i remember correctly. i remember me and some friends would always scream CHEECHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! when he scored. lol.

and you should throw staubby a bone for DESTROYING tootoo last year!

Re: A quick comment on the Sharks/Capitals game (and Sharks hall of fame ramblings)

chuqui — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:32:58 -0000

For what it's worth, I was tempted to add a LOT of people to the list -- do you add Randy Hahn to the builders? Kevin Constantine? George Kingston? The organization is full of people who've done a lot over the years and I've gotten to know many to some degree or another, from Greg Jamison to Bob the lead usher to Mike our resident waitron, and it's an amazing group of really nice, hard working people. My general view of a Hall of Fame is that it should have a fairly small membership to avoid watering down the recognition, but it was tough.

I left Greg Jamison off -- but I think at some point his name would get added to this list. His job isn't done yet, and if you ask him, I'd expect he'd say that. I put Wilson's on not only for his work as GM, but for his work as a player and ambassador early on (and as an injured player working in the community).

We worked for Constantine's coaching clinic company for a while and dealt with him a little, and he's another nice guy (really intense guy... I don't think he had an off button back then) -- but of the coaches in the Sharks past, which ones were the ones that built the foundation for today's success? If you include Constantine, how could you exclude Sutter? If you exclude Sutter, how can you include Kingston? Honestly, I considered putting all three in as honorable mentions, but at what point are you just listing everyone who worked for the team? But the thought was there. for the record, I felt no guilt at all in excluding Al Sims from this list.

And then there's Drew. Drew is doing some great things in teaching hockey to the fan base and entertaining us during broadcasts, and he has his history coaching during the early days -- and if he keeps it up and stays interesting and -- well, stays Drew -- for some more years and doesn't run back to canada and CBC, then I'd add him to this list, too. but his job's not done yet, either. (Randy Hahn, whenever he decides to retire, goes in as well, but I expect he'll stick around for a while. Dan, however, could retire tomorrow and he's in...)

Re: A quick comment on the Sharks/Capitals game (and Sharks hall of fame ramblings)

chuqui — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:20:52 -0000

Josh, you're correct. he should be on my list as an honorable mention.

Re: A quick comment on the Sharks/Capitals game (and Sharks hall of fame ramblings)

Josh — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:15:32 -0000

I'd add Warren Strelow as a builder, or at least an honorable mention.

Re: A teachable moment (or why I love birding, even when I make a fool of myself)

Nicole — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:37:11 -0000

Great post and yes, I'm always grateful for some very helpful birders out there that don't call me a moron for asking stupid questions :)
And - thanks for the tips!
I need a guidebook for Egypt. Left my "normal" field guide at home, not thinking that most of "my home" birds migrate over here, doooh.
;)
Happy birding :)

Re: Remember a few weeks ago when I said….

nickyr — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:02:36 -0000

It's really too bad Chelios is probably going to be retiring. The NHLPA is lucky he's around to say "Are you f-ing kidding me?" when stupid stuff happens.

Re: +Snapshots – Versioning Made Easy

duncandavidson — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:15:32 -0000

I've rolled to using snapshots a lot lately and have all but abandoned virtual copies. There's a few things I wish were easier with snapshots, but overall, it seems to be a good way to roll.

Re: Some thoughts on the Heatley trade.

chuqui — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:43:43 -0000

Heatley can't hold a candle to a couple of classic former sharks -- Ray Sheppard and Craig Janney.

the early sharks years were dotted both with real character guys (Kelly Kisio, jeff Odgers) and, well, Character guys. No character greater than Joe Murphy, who I've been told, used to refer to himself in the third person....

Re: This weekend’s birding adventures…

mmatmHeidi — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:31:09 -0000

Oh my gosh, that first image is priceless! Of all the times for that guy to be set up pointing elsewhere. At least you got the shot, lol.

Try Rancho San Antonio for the CaQu. I saw them in May which was quite a while ago, but up at Deer Hollow Farm they were brazen as can be despite all the noisy families hiking by.

Re: Some thoughts on the Heatley trade.

mmatmHeidi — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:23:28 -0000

I'm trying to be mature like you and do a "time will tell" attitude on Heatley, but I'm still unhappy. This may actually be the first player in Sharks history that I actually cannot stand. I don't think I'll waste my energy booing him though, I always found that to be foolish.

I certainly agree on your assessment of Cheechoo and Michalek. They need fresh starts and I hope it works out for them. Plus on CenterIce I'll get to see several Ottawa games and enjoy seeing them play.

I give Larionov a pass on that because I must have been out of town at the time. I don't remember the problems, only that one minute he was a Shark and the next a Red Wing.

Re: The Summer of Hockey’s DiscontentThat’

mmatmHeidi — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:14:17 -0000

I'm way late to the party on this, but...
Dany Heatley Part 2: Dear Doug Wilson. Without asking whether or not the rumors of the Sharks trying to get Heatley are true or not, an earnest question: ARE YOU CRAZY? He can score goals, but he hasn’t shown his ability to be a winner (as opposed to a whiner, which he’s proven quite nicely). He’s a chemistry problem waiting to happen, and bringing him to San Jose will be the worst mistake the Sharks could make since, um, Ray Sheppard and Craig Janney. Please don’t.
THANK GOD I'M NOT ALONE! I was beginning to think I was. People all over are thrilled because on paper Dany is good. He's gelling with Joe... I give them until March and then things will sour.

Re: Remember a few weeks ago when I said….

Vicster — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:38:22 -0000

The NHLPA just cannot stop shooting themselves in the foot, can they? Yeesh!

Re: Update on some software updates

facebook-1022441396 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:54:27 -0000

An Airport DNS problem would be a show stopper for me.

I'm considering replacing the PowerBook with a new MacBook Pro soon, so I'm going to have at least one Snow Leopard machine in the house. It would be nice to get the other two in sync. Time to retire the older one.

Re: Update on some software updates

freeze — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:34:11 -0000

I had DNS issues after the SL install too. My workaround was to look at the IP address details that my iPhone had and manually entered the listed DNS address into the advanced Airport settings in System Preferences. That worked right away.
Cheers.

Re: Some of my past fades to black….

Scott Peters — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:21:10 -0000

I got my last eNews for Ed. on August 18. Are you saying they retired the page, or the eNews?