Blog Master G

I’m a big fan of Google and its products. I’ve been using Gmail since early on its life (since June 14, 2004; I’m currently using 927 MB (34%) of my 2714 MB); I experimented with buying AdWords for my blog in November 2002; I’ve had AdSense ads on my site since May 2004. So when […]

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I first discovered and wrote about Mozy back in December. Since then, I’ve been helping with their beta testing, providing the company with feedback along the way as they’ve improved their most excellent (and FREE!) online backup product. It really does kick some ass — after the initial setup, you can just forget about it, […]

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Google announced today that it’s named Larry Brilliant to head the non-profit arm of the company, Google.org. It just so happens that Mr. Brilliant is 1 of the 100 Faces of Marin featured in my Dad’s latest book. Anyone who wants a more in-depth look at the new head of what will surely become the […]

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Cool tip of the day, courtesy of persistent.info, is an easy way to always have your Windows Task Manager launch and minimized every time you reboot so that you can obsessively monitor your CPU usage (like I do): To get the Task Manager to launch minimized at startup reliably, I’ve created a shortcut startup item […]

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You gotta love PCs. A completely rebuilt PC suddenly starts spawning new and unexplained problems. This week it’s this WebDriveHidden window that launches in the upper left-hand corner of my right monitor. It looks like this: Since this is one of those rare things that doesn’t yield a single Google result in a search for […]

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For those of us who prefer to see the world of the Web (remember back in the day when it was only called the World Wide Web?) through the elegant interface of Firefox, we’re accustomed to the beauty of the tabbed browsing experience. Gone are the days of so many IE windows that you can’t […]

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Data are (and is, now that data as singular has become acceptable in American English) important to me, especially things like photos, financial documents, and the like. I try to be pretty obsessive about backing things up. I don’t lose sleep over our digital photos since they’re all archived on Ofoto/Kodak Gallery — all 10,736 […]

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I recently had to replace my cell phone. I got the same model since I still like it so much. There’s probably some unwritten rule about kayaking with a cell phone in your pocket. For some reason, cell phones and water don’t mix. I can’t imagine why. That night, I emptied everything out of my […]

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If you’re like me and separate your data from your OS & apps on your Windows machine, then the Tweak UI PowerToy is the tool is for you. Among other cool system features, it allows you to map your desktop to any drive, partition, or path. This is good since, by default, the desktop is […]

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It’s official: Britney Spears is having a baby! Rejoice! How weird would it be to be an international pop star and feel the need (or pressure) to share your most personal details with the world? Oh wait, I’m not an international pop star (or AM I?), but I constantly feel the need to share my […]

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