Back Up Your Data with Mozy

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Jun 242011
 

Backing up your data is an extremely important part of using your computer. With the threat of computer viruses, spyware, and other things that can go wrong with your computer it is a very devastating event when your computer crashes and you lose all your data. This is remedied by having a current backup of your data. You can be sure that your precious pictures or that important report for work or school is safe if you use a backup system.

I personally use Mozy. Mozy is a piece of software that backups your data in the background without you having to think about it. You get 2GB for free and the prices start at $3.95/mo + $0.50/GB so it scales with how much data you actually use.

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Backing-Up Your WordPress Database!

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May 272011
 

I logged in today and saw that WordPress is updated. This brings up the issue of backing up your database. It is good practice ANYWAY, even if you are not upgrading the script, to make backups of your precious data. I learned the hard way when my server crashed back in April and I lost my WordPress database completely. I found a link to a site that gives you information on how to backup your database using a cronjob. Basically, a cronjob is a scheduled task that can run at given intervals. This can be setup via a control panel or via an SSH terminal.

http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/cron/

I ran into the problem on my VPS. I didn’t have mutt installed by default and because of this I thought about modifying the script to allow for daily backups to be made and the previous one to be deleted. If you are interested in this script contact me and I’ll be happy to give it to you.

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Get Up Close And Personal With Your SAVE Button

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May 192011
 

How many times have you gotten half way down the page typing and something has happened that made you lose the whole thing? It has happened to me many times (unfortunately). If you are using Microsoft Word it does have a back up and recovery feature, but it isn’t foolproof, you still can lose a lot of work.

There are many other programs that may be used on a daily basis that don’t have this recovery feature. One rule of thumb is to save right away and then save every 5 or so minutes. I suggest every time you are done with another paragraph or a big change click that save button or press CTRL + S.
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Frequently Used Emoticons

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May 192011
 

Emoticons are very useful and commonly used. They are simple, easy to remember, ways to express certain feelings in an email with text.

A : or = are usually used for the eyes and variations of ( and ) make a lot of the emotions. I will just display the = as the face, but just keep in mind it can be switched out for the colon :.

=D – Very Happy
=) – Smile
=( – Sad
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Frequently Used Acronyms and Abbreviations

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May 192011
 

Here are some very frequently used acronyms in the Internet world. Especially with the popularity of Facebook these will come in handy to the less internet savvy people out there, or should I say ppl out there.

AFK - Away From Keyboard
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AKA - Also Known As
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
ATM – At the Moment (also, automated teller machine for non computer talk =D )

BRB - Be Right Back
BTDT - Been There, Done That
BTW - By the way

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
FYI - For Your Information

GJ - Good Job

IMO - In My Opinion
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMVHO - In My Very Humble Opinion

JK - Just Kidding
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