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Photo Backup

Simon — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:29:27 +0000

A few weeks ago I decided that it would be a good idea to backup all my photos. Currently I have over 4000 photos, which amounts to 6 GB. So the question was what was the best method? This task went on the todo list and I pondered the best way to go about this.

Then, a couple of weeks ago, I saw a link to Migrating 21k Pictures and Videos from Flickr to Picasa and realised that it provided a good method. Using two different providers means that I do not have to worry about local backup media dying and it also gives me the choice to move from one provider to the other as my main host in the future.

As I do not have a Mac, I used FlickrEdit for the download and that took about a day. The upload took a couple of days. At some point I will need to sort out the photo tags and geotagging, which did not move over using this method, but overall it was a fairly painless way of making the backup.

WordPress 2.7.1

Simon — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:27:28 +0000

WordPress 2.7.1 was released yesterday. One of the new features in WordPress 2.7 was an easier upgrade method. If all works correctly you just click the ‘Upgrade’ button and it does all the work for you. The feature worked, for me, as advertised and within a minute the upgrade was complete. I really approve of this – well done to the WordPress team on making my life easier!

WordPress 2.7

Simon — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:41:04 +0000

I updated WordPress the other day. This blog is now running on WordPress 2.7. I am really liking the new admin look and feel.

Also, about a month ago I changed theme on this site. This was mainly to change the prominence of the elements displaying integration with other websites.

If you spot any problems then let me know!

WordPress 2.6.1 and Chicago

Simon — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:17:17 +0000

WordPress 2.6.1 has been released. Upgrade went smoothly and everything seems fine – if you do notice a problem with the site then let me know.

I got back from nine days in Chicago on Wednesday. While there there was an impressive thunderstorm. I’ll post more about my Chicago trip at some stage.

New Server and WordPress 2.6

Simon — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:33:49 +0000

WordPress 2.6 has been released. I have upgraded this blog – a rather quick and easy process.

Also, I have moved server recently. Hopefully everything is up and working correctly. If not let me know. The move was fairly painless – just a little while spent working out where all the setting were kept.

Keeping Hands Out of the Cookie Jar

Simon — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:17:27 +0000

The new version of WordPress adds additional protection for cookies. It is very much worth adding the config option mentioned, since it helps protect against problems where a database have already been compromised.

Hot on the heels of WordPress 2.5.0 is the security update – WP 2.5.1.

Rumours that I have as many draft posts as SKG are false – though more than ten will exist soon if I keep leaving them unpublished!

Git and GitHub

Simon — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:23:58 +0000

Geir mentions that GitHub is live and that ‘Git is conquering the world‘.

At this point I feel rather smug. I keep a repository of my own files on one of my machines. When I set up this repository, several years ago, I picked Subversion. However, recently the repository server has been offline and, so, I needed easy offline access to the repository. Fairly much randomly I decided to use Git, through the git-svn tool.

WordPress 2.5

Simon — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:11:27 +0000

The new version (2.5) of WordPress came out recently. Upgrading this blog went smoothly.

The most noticeable change is the redesign to the admin section. It is certainly a big improvement on the old.

New Flickr Features

Simon — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:34:09 +0000

I have been using Flickr to host my orienteering photos for a couple of years. Every now and then the Flickr team rolls out a new feature – collections and maps being two past examples. This month they have added two great features: stats and photo editing.

You need to be a pro member to be able to see the photos stats. The stats show hits, refers, and other useful information. A most welcome addition.

The photo editing is in conjunction with Picnik. I had a little play with this service and it seems to offer a good simple interface, while allowing a reasonable selection of changes to be made.

Internet and Web Maps

Simon — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:54:56 +0000

A while back I posted about the Web Trend Map 2007 Version 2.0. Since then I have seen a few more interesting web/internet maps:

e.maps – This site has a selection of web maps. I particularly like the World Web Map, which is a world map based but with the countries replaced with internet sites.

Map of The Internet – This shows how cities are connected.

Map of the Internet: The IPv4 Space, 2006 – Noticed this linked in the comments to the previous link. This is a map showing the allocation of /8 subnets.