I just got a new Motorola Q9c on Saturday. I’m pretty impressed so far and happy with it’s features. I probably won’t be synching much in terms of calendar, to-do, etc since I still have my Palm T/X and use Palm Desktop. I did, however, setup my Gmail account using iMap so I’ll always have access to my email. I ended up getting a data plan and a text messaging plan since my wife gets a discount on services through her employer.
Additionally, I was hired as an adjunct faculty at a college in New Jersey. I’ll be teaching two classes as long as there are enough people registered for them starting in early September. I’ll be teaching Risk & Financial Management the first session and Financial Planning & Institutions the second session. I’m pretty excited about the opportunity as it’s something I have been thinking about doing for some time now.
It’s been a somewhat busy summer, but fall is going to be much busier it looks like!
I’ve been looking for better email solutions for awhile now. I have “several” email addresses and although Mozilla Thunderbird does the job for what I need for 90% of the time – it’s nice to have access to your email whenever you’re online and also to have a 1-spot organization method. So instead of just merely using POP and having Gmail leave the messages on the server so I can download them when I get home – I finally ventured into iMap and I wish had done so awhile ago. Having my Thunderbird and Gmail synchronized and organized really was much, much easier than I thought. Sure, it took awhile to upload all my email archives (I have email in Thunderbird dating back to late 2001), but overall the move was painless and now I have access to ALL of my email via Gmail or my Thunderbird client on my PC. If there is any downside to this setup, it’s that Gmail can’t be customized to set the frequency of account updates. So some accounts may only get checked anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour depending on past results. Not a huge issue for me because If I’m expecting an email, you can always go in and click “check now” in the account settings.
This is a pretty cool technology that gives you a 360 degree view of the imagery around you. Place your mouse on the video, click and move it around. You can view other videos at the Immersive media.
I just recently purchased a QuickSwap TRUE SATA II 3Gb/s Speed Direct Connect Hard Drive Swap System for my primary rig at home. What this is going to allow me to do is quickly swap out the hard drive in my system so that I can start playing with VISTA without worrying about partitioning, dual booting, etc. and messing up my current XP setup.
I currently have a complex setup in how I do my Digital Photography/Imaging and my backup system routine. So I want to be able to experiment on VISTA and encounter/identify/fix any issues before I make the complete switch over. Knowing that all my most important applications work properly on VISTA is a huge issue that I need to explore.
I’m a slave to redundancy when it comes to my data. With Photography & Digital Imaging using Lightroom & Photoshop, I love my backups. I have an “archive” drive on my main pc which I use synctoy to automatically synchronize with my personal FTP/File Server. It works OK for me and has been a very reliable system to date – although not quite as reliable since I needed more space so I’m no longer in a raid mirror situation on the FTP/File Server… BUT… “I gotta get me one of these!”
Drobo guards everything on it. Drobo combines up to four hard drives into a big pool of protected storage. Start with two, grow to four, then upsize smaller drives-get Terabytes of protection.
Drobo manages storage, so you don’t have to. Just connect Drobo to your Mac or PC. No RAID levels. No management or configuration. Drobo does everything for you. Get rid of multiple external drives. Avoid the complexity of RAID. Attach a Drobo storage robot to your system and let it manage your storage so you don’t have to.
Drobo upgrades capacity on-the-fly. Add drives to Drobo at any time. Mix ‘n match capacities, brands or speeds. No downtime, data migration, or waiting to access new capacity. Drobo works the way you do.
Drobo lets you “pay as you grow”. Hard drives get bigger and cheaper all the time. Don’t buy storage capacity until you need it. Buy capacity “just-in-time” possibly saving you hundreds of dollars.
Working in the Financial Services industry for the last 12 years and being the Compliance and Fraud Officer, as well as handling our institutions ATM network and Online Banking program, I’ve come to be what I would consider an above average knowledge base for frauds of various types. I am even a past member of the ACFE (Association of Fraud Examiners). That does not mean that I always do the proper thing when it comes to securing my personal information! I believe there are times when you just have to balance the risk and rewards in terms of your identity and personal information and let the cards fall where they may. But this post isn’t really about Identity Theft and Fraud protection. No.. this post is about “I WANT IT!” And that ‘want’ refers to the IronKey.
Fast 30MBPS Read, 20MBPS Write
Drive contents encrypted with AES CBC-Mode Encryption
Onboard IronKey Password-manager keeps all your internet passwords safe
Secure version of Firefox included that encrypts all your web-surfing traffic
Encased in a potted metal case, not plastic, making it one of the strongest USB keys around
Exceeds MIL-STD-810F military waterproofing standards
The encryption chip self-destructs if an invasive attack is detected
If your Ironkey is lost, you can restore from a secure backup to a new Ironkey in minutes
Dual channel SLC NAND Flash for high-quality and read/write speeds
Windows XP and Windows Vista only, but Mac and Linux drivers are in development
The preceding list is from ThinkGeek – where you can pick up one of these slick devices from $79.00 – $149.00 depending on the memory size you choose. As if you couldn’t have deducted this already from my post… “I gotta get me one of these!”
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