Comments for Clint's Thoughts http://blog.checkettsweb.com how I spend my five minutes of freedom Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:44:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on TiddlyWiki by kojac http://blog.checkettsweb.com/tw-extensions/comment-page-1/#comment-65041 kojac Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:44:21 +0000 http://blog.checkettsweb.com/tw-extensions/#comment-65041 I think the tiddlywiki community badly needs a style designer (I say that in a good way). All the styles currently available / stylesheet are (politely) ugly, really. I think tiddlywiki would see much broader adoption and success if it were more attractive; and don't forget that elegance (eye candy some call it) HAS TO GO HAND IN HAND with good program because UI is fundamental to the interaction. I think the tiddlywiki community badly needs a style designer (I say that in a good way). All the styles currently available / stylesheet are (politely) ugly, really. I think tiddlywiki would see much broader adoption and success if it were more attractive; and don’t forget that elegance (eye candy some call it) HAS TO GO HAND IN HAND with good program because UI is fundamental to the interaction.

]]> Comment on My journey to perfect backups by Chris McQueen http://blog.checkettsweb.com/2009/07/01/my-journey-to-perfect-backups/comment-page-1/#comment-28985 Chris McQueen Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:00:58 +0000 http://blog.checkettsweb.com/?p=38#comment-28985 CrashPlan looks nice. I ended up getting a Windows Home Server and then backing that up to Amazon Web Services. Took a bit more money, but I can backup my PC, and Emily's Mac. CrashPlan looks nice. I ended up getting a Windows Home Server and then backing that up to Amazon Web Services. Took a bit more money, but I can backup my PC, and Emily’s Mac.

]]> Comment on My journey to perfect backups by Clint http://blog.checkettsweb.com/2009/07/01/my-journey-to-perfect-backups/comment-page-1/#comment-12681 Clint Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:20:32 +0000 http://blog.checkettsweb.com/?p=38#comment-12681 My followup post definitely mentions the de-duplication. I've already been enjoying the forums too. This morning I commented on the need for a tweak for netbooks and already gotten a response. Very impressed. My followup post definitely mentions the de-duplication.

I’ve already been enjoying the forums too. This morning I commented on the need for a tweak for netbooks and already gotten a response. Very impressed.

]]> Comment on My journey to perfect backups by Matthew Dornquast http://blog.checkettsweb.com/2009/07/01/my-journey-to-perfect-backups/comment-page-1/#comment-12680 Matthew Dornquast Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:52:29 +0000 http://blog.checkettsweb.com/?p=38#comment-12680 Wow - Thanks for the great writeup. It's great how you explain the journey. You're not alone, the developers of CrashPlan had a similar journey.. so not surprising you like where you're ending up. One thing CrashPlan does that the others don't is automatically (and asynchronously) test your archive at the destination. It doesn't trust that wherever your data is stored is actually working! What this means is it'll detect if your drive looses a block and heal around it automatically. It'll also notify you. Another cool feature we added was de-duplication. All that data of yours, there is bound to be duplicate data in there.. so don't be surprised when the incompressible actually compresses a bit. We had one user with nearly 1TB of data that dropped down to 400GB. Anyway, after you've kicked the tires a bit more - hop on our forums and tell us which features you'd like to see. Best regards, CrashPlan Team. Wow – Thanks for the great writeup. It’s great how you explain the journey. You’re not alone, the developers of CrashPlan had a similar journey.. so not surprising you like where you’re ending up.

One thing CrashPlan does that the others don’t is automatically (and asynchronously) test your archive at the destination. It doesn’t trust that wherever your data is stored is actually working! What this means is it’ll detect if your drive looses a block and heal around it automatically. It’ll also notify you.

Another cool feature we added was de-duplication. All that data of yours, there is bound to be duplicate data in there.. so don’t be surprised when the incompressible actually compresses a bit. We had one user with nearly 1TB of data that dropped down to 400GB.

Anyway, after you’ve kicked the tires a bit more – hop on our forums and tell us which features you’d like to see.

Best regards,

CrashPlan Team.

]]> Comment on Link:Syncing Thunderbird Contacts and calendar with GCal by Chinarut http://blog.checkettsweb.com/2007/05/12/linksyncing-thunderbird-contacts-and-calendar-with-gcal/comment-page-1/#comment-1065 Chinarut Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:39:32 +0000 http://blog.checkettsweb.com/2007/05/12/linksyncing-thunderbird-contacts-and-calendar-with-gcal/#comment-1065 hey clint! long time no talk. "accidentally" opened up my RSS reader (if u had almost 6000 unread, you might avoid it too) and figured i'd catch up with yr blog and great to see this reference to GCalDaemon! looks perfect for the UN*X geek in me! :) i can't for the life of me get my iCal install cleaned up (alarms don't fire, other odd behaviour adding Google Calendar feeds and it crashing or not working at all) make a bookmark to see if i can get iCal reinstalled (only) and see what happens. love how its so multi-config friendly - my kinda app! ;) hey clint! long time no talk. “accidentally” opened up my RSS reader (if u had almost 6000 unread, you might avoid it too) and figured i’d catch up with yr blog and great to see this reference to GCalDaemon! looks perfect for the UN*X geek in me! :)

i can’t for the life of me get my iCal install cleaned up (alarms don’t fire, other odd behaviour adding Google Calendar feeds and it crashing or not working at all)

make a bookmark to see if i can get iCal reinstalled (only) and see what happens.

love how its so multi-config friendly – my kinda app! ;)

]]> Comment on What is TiddlyWiki? by Clint http://blog.checkettsweb.com/2005/09/19/what-is-tiddlywiki/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Clint Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:29:47 +0000 http://blog.checkettsweb.com/?p=4#comment-250 Hmm, I really need to consolidate those pages and links. A better link would be here: http://checkettsweb.com/styles/themes.htm#TagCloud I try to maintain that site at least. :) Hmm, I really need to consolidate those pages and links.

A better link would be here: http://checkettsweb.com/styles/themes.htm#TagCloud

I try to maintain that site at least. :)

]]> Comment on What is TiddlyWiki? by Chinarut http://blog.checkettsweb.com/2005/09/19/what-is-tiddlywiki/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Chinarut Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:56:40 +0000 http://blog.checkettsweb.com/?p=4#comment-249 doh - i spoke to soon - for any of you other tiddlers lookin for a tag cloud plugin: http://15black.bluedepot.com/twtests/tagcloud.htm doh – i spoke to soon – for any of you other tiddlers lookin for a tag cloud plugin:

http://15black.bluedepot.com/twtests/tagcloud.htm

]]> Comment on TiddlyWiki Developer Quiz by Chinarut http://blog.checkettsweb.com/2005/10/25/tiddlywiki-developer-quiz/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Chinarut Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:39:35 +0000 http://blog.checkettsweb.com/?p=13#comment-248 thanks for the pix! nice to put faces on names - look fwd to meetin all u guys! ps. congrats on bein a dad! thanks for the pix! nice to put faces on names – look fwd to meetin all u guys!

ps. congrats on bein a dad!

]]> Comment on What is TiddlyWiki? by Chinarut http://blog.checkettsweb.com/2005/09/19/what-is-tiddlywiki/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Chinarut Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:34:38 +0000 http://blog.checkettsweb.com/?p=4#comment-247 hey clint! what a surprise to see your TW blog just now! i'm looking for a tag cloud plugin and what do you know - it's the example you give above - does this plugin actually exist or is it still just a concept? can't find it thru a simple google search. i love how you describe the release management process above - TW certainly does redefine the merge new baseline code in with yours (ie. rebasing) indeed - very nice! hey clint! what a surprise to see your TW blog just now! i’m looking for a tag cloud plugin and what do you know – it’s the example you give above – does this plugin actually exist or is it still just a concept? can’t find it thru a simple google search.

i love how you describe the release management process above – TW certainly does redefine the merge new baseline code in with yours (ie. rebasing) indeed – very nice!

]]> Comment on How to move the sidebar under the mainMenu by eve http://blog.checkettsweb.com/2005/10/07/how-to-move-the-sidebar-under-the-mainmenu/comment-page-1/#comment-177 eve Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:06:37 +0000 http://blog.checkettsweb.com/?p=5#comment-177 Hi Clint, just wanted to let you know that I'm glad about the updated TiddlyPedia style. First I got the same Error as metioned above and the Header was always on top of the page. As I realized that the tested style was based on an older version I became a bit sad ;-). A search in TW google group led me to the 2.0 version on your themes & plugins TW. Thank you so much for updating. I love TiddlyPedia. a new TW fan from Germany Hi Clint,

just wanted to let you know that I’m glad about the updated TiddlyPedia style.
First I got the same Error as metioned above and the Header was always on top of the page. As I realized that the tested style was based on an older version I became a bit sad ;-) . A search in TW google group led me to the 2.0 version on your themes & plugins TW. Thank you so much for updating. I love TiddlyPedia.

a new TW fan from Germany

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