September 21, 2005 Archive Entries: 'Take photos of your children...', .Mac is an Awesome Service (and they just quadrupled their storage), Future Archives, Sleep,

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Sleep

Ugh. I haven't slept well in days and days. The big problem is in the getting to sleep. At least I don't have to work in the morning so I can (hopefully) sleep in and catch up a little...

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Posted by Gary on Wednesday at 12:18 AM on September 21, 2005.
Related categories: health, me + myself + i
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Some of these short little posts about the gas prices just aren't going to make sense someday when someone looks back at these posts. These days I can just say “$2.38” to someone and it makes sense (they know I'm talking about the gas prices) but if it ever gets reasonable again it won't be as clear.

FYI, for gas prices I keep an eye on detroitgasprices.com (not more than 24 hours out of date), I don't rush out when I see a great price but if I'm heading in the direction I'll get it. It just gives me an idea of if it's in the $2.40s or $2.70s today. Also, sites like this are more up-to-date when prices are very high (what ever constitutes high that year). GasBuddy.com is the parent site and lists all over the country.

They do charts too!

Yes, I know the charts don't exactly fit right, click for full size if they look funny. (They do look okay in some browser and some resolutions)

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Posted by Gary on Wednesday at 11:35 AM on September 21, 2005.
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.Mac is an Awesome Service (and they just quadrupled their storage)

.mac I just noticed that .Mac expanded their storage from 250MB to 1GB (as of August 2007 it's now 10GB!) which makes it even better! If you have a Macintosh, you'll love this (especially if you have a laptop or more than one Mac). It's a remote backup / synchronization / virus checking / file sharing / training / web publishing software service rolled all-in-one! I was going to post an update and I realized I've never posted about it before (I'd swear I had, I can't believe I hadn't). Here's a few details:

You get an iDisk which just mounts on your desktop like a hard drive, floppy or thumb drive. It has remote storage (off your computer) and will automatically sync when you are on the net (but you can use it even when you aren't on the net). This is great if you have a laptop. If you lose/break it, you still have you files.

These files are then accessible (via password) from most Windows and Macs that are on the Internet.

If you have a second (or third computer) it'll also sync to make sure all the computers have the same files.

It does the same for you Bookmarks/Favorites, your Mail settings, your contacts and your calendar. Plus you can log in anywhere from the web to view this information!

Plus they give you web space to very easily publish photos and movies (just click a button from iPhoto and iMovie).

A yourname@mac.com e-mail address. (You share the storage space with the filespace)

Free virus software. (no longer included)

Free backup software (to CDs, DVDs, etc.)

On-line tutorials for Apple “stuff”

Some free garageband loops.

All sorts of other stuff!

You can buy more storage space and additional mail accounts.

They offer a 60 day free trial so give it a try, it's very easy to set up. It is $99 a year (sometimes on-sale) but it's so easy to use...

They have some family plans (you get less storage for the four subaccounts) which cost less in the end. You can buy more storage or more e-mail. They are a little pricier but the ease of use is worth it.

This is a really cool product, I can't believed I've never mentioned it before. And the easy of use makes it even better. If you were geeky enough you could probably do the remote back up much cheaper, but the work involved and that it wouldn't do all you other preferences and include virus and all the easy web published and tutorials (and more).

I'm thinking the storage increase must be very new, a lot of the online ads don't even reflect it yet.

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Posted by Gary on Wednesday at 12:33 PM on September 21, 2005.
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'Take photos of your children...'

CNN says Rita becomes third most intense hurricane on record:

“Rita -- the powerful Category 5 storm plowing across the Gulf of Mexico - has become the third most intense hurricane on record, according to National Hurricane Center data. Long lines of cars Wednesday headed out of coastal Texas towns and Houston -- the fourth most populous city in the country. Evacuating parents were told to take photos of their children and to give them identification in case they get separated.”-- CNN.com

Now that's a nightmare, worrying about getting separated from your babies while during the storm, I can't even imagine. What the heck is going on with the weather these days?!? I can barely remember any weather disasters compared to any of these hurricanes and tsunamis in the past year. I remember occasional hurricanes and tornados in my life, but it's just been non-stop lately. They're having to relocate the relocated people from Katrina. This is like Irwin Allen / Movie of the Week kinda stuff...

My thoughts go out to everyone who's in this mess. The same for those worried about friends and family.

Tuesday night, the sheriff (from Louisiana) wrote a check for $2.5 million out of the department's bank account -- which only had $23,000 in it -- to reserve 150 trailers for his staff.

I'm not sure how long NOAA will have this photo up (551k), but it's amazing... They keep current events up for about 60 days, check out some of the archive.