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Continue reading →: Corona Virus: A Nerd’s Reading List
OK, lots of opinions will vary about the ultimate effects and so forth, but here’s a collection of various people’s opinions about the extent of it. Some are pretty technical, but for a nerd like me understand the mathematics of epidemiology is pretty interesting, so without comment. These are not…
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Continue reading →: iMovie Theater migration to iCloud Photos
I never really understood where iMovie Theater was coming from. Once you make an iMovie, then it went into a separate video sharing system called Theater. Well, that has all gone away now and you are now supposed to put the movies into iCloud Photos. And yes, I know that…
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Continue reading →: Synology BTRFS coolness
OK, now that I’m all btrfs on this Synology, there are ton of implications. The big one is that this is a Copy-on-write file system. That means, that, normally when you do something like a massive 1TB file with other files systems like ext4 You are actually literally copying. So…
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Continue reading →: Managing Disk Arrays Redux 2020 for Synology and Drobo
OK, I finally got a message I’ve been avoiding for two years. One of my disk arrays is finally at capacity. So time now in 2020 to think about what to do about home storage. Alot has changed in the last two years most notably: Disk sizes have grown incredibly.…
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Continue reading →: Silicon Valley Bank online tips and tricks
SVB is one of the top bankers for high tech companies. They have a nice program for startups to get access and be part of the community. At the same time, the interface has some tricky parts so here are some tips: SVB does have some nice discount codes for…
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Continue reading →: Synology btrfs snapshot replication solves backups
Wow a cool side effect of the switch to btrfs for Synology is that backups have now become easy. With b-tree file systems, doing a backup is as simple as doing a snapshot. When ever there is a change, it will just remember what has changed. Another advantage is that…
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Continue reading →: Quick note on buying laptops
Well two friends have been asking me about buying laptops and general advice. Here are some things to know: Laptop longevity. No one really talks about this, but if you buy a $700 laptop and it lasts three years before it falls apart, it’s not necessarily cheaper than a $1,500…
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Continue reading →: Migrating from Office365 to GSuite Tips and Tricks
Just did this transition and there are some things that are a little tricky, here’s a list: There isn’t an easy way to migrate mail. Assuming you aren’t a big company, the easiest way is to just have individual people open up mail in their Outlook or Mac Mail clients…
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Continue reading →: Changing your primary domain at Gsuite and WordPress
Ok, you have a placeholder name for your startup, but then a brilliant flash and suddenly placeholder.com becomes cool.com so how do you make the switch. Well, there are two places where this needs to happen. First is with Gsuite so that your email comes from the right place which…
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Continue reading →: Season 1 Episode 3. Getting your startup online
Ok the third major episode. Really a test. A quick 12-minute review of how to get your companies online https://anchor.fm/richt/episodes It’s also on Spotify check us out https://open.spotify.com/show/ And then Google as well. https://www.google.com/podcasts