Topic Tuesday #159 2015/08/04 "Moving my cheese"

Topic Tuesday #159 2015/08/04 "Moving my cheese"

I have dove straight into Windows 10. This is not a post about Windows 10, but about migration habits. We have so many things that we use on a daily basis that having it readily at hand is both paramount and sometimes surprisingly difficult. Being an I guy... I have, to be quite frank, too many machines in my armada. I have multiple computers used for my day job, including multiple servers that I log into all the time. I have multiple android devices like phones and tablets that are both for work and play. I have a couple laptops and desktops at home that are for the children and myself as well as development and testing of my skills. I can't even give an accurate number to the mass of hardware I could go through on a day to day basis. So how do I have all the things I need with me? It's not an easy solution, so I have any options and use them all to varying degrees of success.

The cloud is wonderful! Wonderful for small documents and notes and pictures. Anything above 20MB and it becomes a pain because of internet performance, and if you are on a WiFi hotspot and paying for data... FORGET IT. Also there are security concerns. Data breeches are a valid concern in this day and age, so security must also be a component of any solution.

What I end up with is a hodgepodge of solutions. Some in the cloud, some on portable drives that I can take with me, some that are always going to live on a server and network drive that will be accessed by remote control. And many syncing solutions between all of these to ensure everything is up to date and consistent.

Certainly, I am an "edge case". So, I ask you... How do you do IT?

Topic Tuesday #133 - 2015/02/03 "Going With The Flow"

Topic Tuesday #133 - 2015/02/03 "Going With The Flow"

Sometimes the universe lines up just right where all the cogs seem to fit and you can accomplish a great many things. Sometimes not all those things are good. I had one of those days today. It started with a phone call. Something good happened and I didn't need to be where I thought I ought to. Then another call and I had to go someplace else, pick something up that would require something at home. While at home, the door bell rings and it is the drain guy to clear the pipes. How fortuitous I was home. He proceeds to break through the bottom of a clean out, charges us for the drain he snaked that didn't break and left us with a hole in the foundation to throw money into.

yeah... That's the pipe. Bastard. 

Then I was off to the doctor with my kid, and then to ice cream because they were good, then somewhere that took plastic because no one carries cash anymore -except that place- and then to the X-Rays, and then to get dinner, because the kitchen drain is attached to the line that was earlier broken. 

There was more in there, but needless to say, everything lined up perfectly. Not a perfect day, but there was something magical about the flow of it all -even if some of it sucked. 

So, today's topic is a word of advice, sometimes you just have to go with the flow. Enjoy the ride everyone!