How To Restore Files With Bruceb Cloud Backup

Jul 28, 2013 | backup, bruceb, web_services

Bruceb Cloud Backup provides secure online backups to Amazon S3’s global server network. One of its most useful features is the ability to restore previous versions of files when they are inadvertently edited or deleted and there’s a need to roll back the clock. Here...

Summer Vacation Progress Notes

Jul 14, 2013 | bruceb

My flapping retina has been stitched into place and I’m comfortably sitting with my head facing down in a chair that looks like it would also be useful for shoulder massages or bizarre bondage experiments. “Comfortably” might be an overstatement. I’m back at work,...

How I’m Spending My Summer Vacation

Jul 2, 2013 | bruceb

Next week Dr. Christine Ku will suck all the fluid out of my right eye. Normally a detached retina is an emergency event. A shadow falls across your vision, surgeons scurry about, and a procedure is done the same day to glue the retina back into place. But not me. I’m...

Spam, Spam Everywhere

May 16, 2013 | bruceb, spam, web_services

Sometimes it seems as if we’re making progress against spam. Spam filters have improved and we don’t bother to check the Junk Mail folder any more because we know it’s all junk. Oh, sure, some crud gets through to the Inbox from the bad guys but on the whole...