Bytes and Bites - Sometimes I learn things that some folks might be interested in, sometimes I just run across a particularly interesting case... http://www.altitudedata.com/fyi/fyi.php With life going along madly, needs have a tendency to change, as mine have recently done which has put me in the market for some cloud storage accessible to all the different devices and operating systems I use. The fact that I use gmail automatically put Google Docs out of the running, I am hoarding my space..... http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/cloudBasedStorage.php http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/cloudBasedStorage.php Top 10 lists are sooo subjective, but still, I read them just to see what other people are interested in, and I just read one from InfoWorld that is just so lame I can't imagine the dude that wrote it. Well, that's not quite true, I can, and there's the rub..... http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/freeSoftwarePicks.php http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/freeSoftwarePicks.php I know someone who absolutely, positively, unwaveringly refuses to own or condone a smart phone. And I get the point. To a degree. The argument goes that the smart phone is just another way for already overburdened and harried individuals to be forced to carry more workload.... http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/buriedVirtually.php http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/buriedVirtually.php Okay, I admit it, I'm weird. I watch documentaries over dramas, prefer history over fiction, and would just generally like to learn something whenever I can. Don't know when or how that started, but I can remember as a kid being taken to historical sites and being fascinated.... http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/speechRecognition.php http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/speechRecognition.php Responsibility. There's a word that has changed connotation a whole lot since I was a kid. Used to be a great thing, 'she's responsible' was a pat on the back. A good thing. Made you want to be responsible. That's something I still strive for, staying on top of things... http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/thePileOnMyDesk.php http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/thePileOnMyDesk.php I used to love watching "Hustle" on AMC, but alas, the powers that be pulled the plug. Granted, if you missed two seconds you could lose track of the whole deal for that week. Now we have "Leverage"" on some other station, similar but slower paced, takes less concentration... http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/leverage.php http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/leverage.php Best Practices is a term for using your computer in the safest way, the least chance of loss to either you or it. There are so many scams and cons out there, some coming in through email and some in other forms, that adopting a safety first attitude should apply to all you do... http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/bestPractices.php http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/bestPractices.php I am sometimes astounded myself at the sheer level of malevolence in the world. The scams, greed, and sheer nastiness toward others that some forms of life are capable of. I have recently witnessed complete computer meltdowns due to an attack that came through a cute little widget that some people just really enjoyed using... http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/wildWildWeb.php http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/wildWildWeb.php There's a new free PC game! Steam, an online game platform, good graphics and many fans, has lots of games out there for pay. Alien Swarm is their newest release, and this one is free. From their site: "Alien Swarm is a game and Source SDK release from a group of talented designers at Valve who were hired from the Mod community... http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/justForKicks.php http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/justForKicks.php Jaunted down to a security conference in Denver and finally started hearing the things from a security provider that I have been thinking for a long time should be pretty standard. Trouble is, it just isn't. Or hasn't been if you don't have the manpower and money to monitor it 24/7... http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/security.php http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/security.php Recent events have reiterated to me the greatness of Firefox. What is Firefox, you ask? Well, I am sure out there is some sort of track of the lifeline but I can't really find it anywhere. Not that I really looked all that hard, mind you. But anyway, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away... http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/firefox.php http://www.altitudedata.com/rss/articles/firefox.php