Handbrake and Grace FTW!
Nov 21–Warning: Long!– Yesterday morning (Sunday) I had a nightmare scenario take place at church. We were scheduled to have a guest speaker (organization will remain nameless) speak to the congregation during the service in place of the sermon. Twenty minutes prior to the service I am in my office and the phone rings. I pick it up and it’s the guest speaker calling to say 1)...
Karen's Replicator — Backing Up
Mar 29Karen’s Replicator. It’s nothing fancy, and in fact, the user-interface looks like something circa-1999, but it does do one very important thing, and that it does very well. Basically, Karen’s Replicator “replicates” data — in other words, it makes an identical backup. This is important because sometimes, an identical backup is what you need. Sure,...
Backing Up Your Gmail Account
Mar 04Gmail user since 2005. I use it for all my personal email, and since switching to Android, I also have been using Gmail as a general box for most all of my accounts to flow into (so the phone only has to check one place, not 10). I do try to keep it cleaned up, but still, I have over 4000 messages in my inbox at any given time. Because I use it for so many accounts and for so many things,...
'Tis the Season (For Video Editing)
Dec 05Yesterday (Saturday), I spent upwards of 10 hours ripping, editing, rendering, and uploading 14 DVDs worth of information from a recent conference to a website (have been working on it since Thanksgiving Day). That had to happen because that project was overdue AND because I now need to focus on the video/media needed for my church’s Christmas Program in two weeks! I hit the first snag...