Category: cloud computing

ifolder rocks!

Well, okay, perhaps I am being premature about this.  But, in any event, I have an ifolder server running and I am [test] synchronizing folders on two computers, plus the server. One issue I have wanted to deal with is maintaining synchronization of th… more »

another all nighter ... and some things working right.

Well, this all nighter was spent sleeping, after a trip to visit the snow in Big Bear and a nice Himalayan meal.  But as of this a.m., I am happy to report the iFolders experiment is now a success. and, btw, it's working with the data store on my exter… more »

weird, huh?

So far, my new Gateway netbook LT3103u is working great! Well, in ... get this ... Vista. If my Sony had this few problems with Vista, I probably never would have gotten around to converting to Linux. That is not to say that I will now be migrating… more »

i hate that, but progress is made

I don't know why. Sometimes KDE4 corrupts and the keyboard and/or mouse clicks cease to do what they are supposed to. Shutdown doesn't work. Nothing works correctly, though there remains some pretense of functionality. I think some bit on the keybo… more »

closed-source cloud computing

Since I've pretty much always been a self-employed DIYer, my focus has been on open source tools; and with cloud computing, stuff that will run on my hosted web site.Because, let's face it, if my server goes down and I'm somewhere far away, there's no wa… more »