The end of an era: Goodbye, Backblaze. I don’t trust you. For years, I’ve used Backblaze to back up my computer and files. Just about 5 terabytes. The app has always performed pretty badly, so I typically turned off continuous scanning and used a launchd script to run a backup once per night. For years,…
Category: Editorials
Articles sharing my perspective on topics that do not fit in a more specific category.
Email Inbox Sanity: How I manage my Email and Inboxes
I do not understand people when they complain to me about how many emails they have in their inbox. Day after day I hear moaning and complaining about how there are those 50, 100, whatever emails from last week that someone still hasn’t gotten to since vacation last week. Ridiculous! Here’s how I managed to…
dd-wrt and OpenVPN, don’t do it
Thinking about using your router with dd-wrt to run all of your home connections through a VPN such as OpenVPN? Don’t bother unless your router has an insanely powerful CPU. I learned this lesson the hard way when I decided to flash my TP-LINK WDR3600 (N600) with dd-wrt. 10-14mbps is all that the device seems…
Change OS X Screen Resolution from the Menu Bar
Want a way to change your screen resolution and screen brightness from the OS X menu bar? I did, so I pulled together several separate solutions to scratch the itch. Here’s my setup and what you’ll need to implement it yourself.