I
start a blog so I can keep track of my opinions and I have so many that I can’t
decide where to start! Do I start with
Household goods and my eternal quest for cheaper, more environmentally friendly
products for my home? Maybe, I start
with my thoughts on the apps I have purchased for my iPad, there are only about a
hundred I have tried out so far. Then
there's my Droid Razr Maxx (which I love) and all the
stuff I have added to it. Maybe I go for
the vacation tools I use most or helpful musings from a person going through
post-op PT. The options are endless…
So… Let's
start with a list. I am a technology
fanatic. I love new technology, both
hardware and software. I have:
- a PC (more than one in the house)
- Netbook (more than one of these here too)
- an HP laptop (work's)
- an iPad 3 (16 GB, 4G)
- Droid Razr Maxx (newest toy)MP3/MP4 players
- Creative Zen Vision M
- iPod Nano 6
- iPod Shuffle
- and a few others that are 1st generation MP3s
I
guess I will start with my philosophy on technology. Don't worry, in future posts you will get to
see my thoughts on my iPad, my new dust mop and the
super cool Gorilla Cart I mentioned in my first blog. Oh yeah, no stone unturned :).
So,
my thoughts on purchasing new technology are actually very conservative (thank
you dad) Now
that terabyte drives are under $100, I am all about upgrading our PCs. Before that, I was fine where I was.
Sharing and Backing up, information is important
I
recently added a 1.5 TB drive to the main house PC. This machine has a shared directory for
everyone in the house to save to.
Sharing out the directory allows me to back up everyone's critical files
easily to an external drive. The
directory is shared with the wonderful new feature in Windows 7, Homegroups. If you
house is full of Windows 7 computers, I strongly recommend you ramp up the hard
drive in one and share it this way. The hardest part is installing the
drive. Homegroups
are simple…
It
is, basically, peer to peer networking for normal people. Don't be afraid, try it out...
