I have been a Madonna fan for as long as I can remember. I finally saw her in concert last time she came around and it was amazing. I am super excited to say yesterday I got really good tickets for her September show here in Chicago. She is truly amazing and I look forward to another great show! Anyone else going to be there?
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Feb
10
2012
Space Age Typist
After a crazy few weeks – I saw something that shows how I have felt: Space Age Typist. Perhaps a title change is in line for me…
Have a great weekend.
Feb
05
2012
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-02-05
- I have really enjoyed all the one on ones! @TheRosieShow #
- How amazing… http://t.co/p0O6jpj6 #
Jan
29
2012
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-29
- Watched Annie's wedding episode from the Guiding Light DVD collection. @beth_chamberlin – you have not aged a bit since 1998! #GuidingLight #
- 2pm CT – I will be watching the Joe Paterno memorial on BTN. I am grateful that they are airing it. @BTN #
Jan
27
2012
We Are…A Family
My kids with Joe
Some people do not understand it, others think I/we are crazy, but losing Joe was hard. He was more than a coach, a public figure, and an educator…he was part of the family.
After watching the Joe Paterno memorial yesterday one thing was made very clear – we the Penn State community are one big family. Sure – we have our problems, but what family – especially such a large family – does not? Seeing everyone together, supporting one and other, and sharing memories about Joe was pretty amazing and finally made me feel a bit more at peace.
A big thanks to the Big Ten Network for airing it!
Jan
25
2012
Joe Paterno Bread Commercial
For those of you that remember – I found a link to the bread commercial Joe did in the 90s…
http://www.butter-krust.com/movies/MilanoItaliannew.htm
Jan
20
2012
Making the Most of Your Backups
Having a backup of your data is crucial. Being able to successfully restore your data is even more crucial.
For the last three weeks, I have been spending two hours a week on organizing/reorganizing all my data. One of my goals for 2012 is to be 100% sure I am backing up what I need and ONLY what I need. I have two backup drives here in my office that I use with Apple’s Time Machine. I also then backup remotely once a week to Amazon S3 using JungleDisk. I also have data on a remote server for all my web sites (including this one) that gets backed up on/off site. A few weeks ago I decided to centralize all my remote data on Amazon S3. All media/uploads/theme files/etc get served up from Amazon S3 which not only helps with my centralization of data – but it also speeds things up a bit too.
Now that I have everything flowing into one place – I realized I am backing up a lot of stuff. Stuff that does not need to be backed up and will only cause frustration and increased storage cost. So – when thinking (or re-thinking) about backups, make sure you also consider what you are backing up. I found I was backing up backup archives, photos I would never use/look at, etc that were completely a waste of space. By going through all of my content I was able to save significantly in space/cost in my backup solution.
So – if you have a backup plan – make sure you know how to restore from it (and actually test it). If you do not have a backup plan – take a few minutes to look into doing something ASAP. You will lose data at some time – that is a guarantee. You can either take a few minutes now and get something in place or you can spend hours/potentially thousands to restore “that data you really need”. Your choice. This has been your annual reminder.
