Ryan Prins' Blog

Harry Potter 6 e-book Already Pirated – She didn’t make an e-book for this recent edition, but that didn’t stop pirates from making one in under 12 hours.

To say the least, this week has been busy. This past week at work I’ve spent the majority of my time testing our new build of our app. It’s coming along pretty nice, but I have to play the pessimist and say this, “man, it has a long road a head of it and it is in terrible shape now.” But, really, it’s pretty cool to see it all come together.

In addition to that, almost every one of my nights this week there has been something else that I was doing to occupy my time. It is not that I am complaining about this, well… a little, but I like to just relax. I mean, ask Jamie, she’ll tell you I’m uber lazy.

But, tomorrow I get to paint and then after that I get a day off. I’m sure I’ll code for that not-super-secret-almost-completed-info-crew-website on Sunday, but we’ll have to wait and see. I am thinking that I might since we are sooo close to being done with it. There are only a few things left with it that need to be ironed out. I just hope that those who get to use it, like it.

Lastly, you know when you talk to an old friend, or one you consider a friend, and it’s just really awkward… yea, I don’t like that. I just want to know what’s up and how things are going, but instead it just seems strange. Good thing I’ve let go and don’t expect too much.

History According to Harry – Is the series an allegory for 1930s Europe? (via kottke)

Harry Potter Timeline – No spoilers. Just facts on the last 5 books in the Harry Potter series.

Over the past couple of days I’ve been looking into options on how to backup my data. I know that it is only a matter of time before my PC dies and who knows what will happen when it does. So, I am looking for a something in between doing nothing and getting a brand new PC.

The reason that I want to backup all of this “stuff” is because a lot of those 1s and 0s mean a lot to me. I’d go nuts if I lost all of my photos or my documents or anything else that I keep on my data drive. So, I need an option to make sure that it will at least have a surviving chance in case something goes wrong.

I have pretty much narrowed it down to the following three options:

1. Networked Share Drive from Buffalo Technologies (Gigabit LinkStation)
2. A Firewire/USB 2.0 drive
3. A drive enclosure for any standard hard drive

Now, what makes this tricky is that I want this to work with my Mac and my PC. If I wanted them to work at the same time, well… I’d need the network drive. Unless I shared off a drive from my PC. Again, another option. But, the problem is that I can’t figure out if I’d actually benefit from the network drive or not. It is the most expensive of the three options, which is something to consider.

What I am curious about is what other people have experienced, or what they would recommend for external backup devices. I am just beginning to look and I want to make sure I cover all of my bases before I make a purchase, if I decide later on to do so. So, any help or advice you have is appreciated.

It seems that every Dreamhost newsletter brings some good news. This month was no different:

That’s right! Every week, your plan limits will grow as follows, at
absolutely no charge:

L1: 20MB disk and 1GB bandwidth each week!
L2: 40MB disk and 1.5GB bandwidth each week!
L3: 60MB disk and 2GB bandwidth each week!
L4: 80MB disk and 2.5GB bandwidth each week!

Now we get Ruby on Rails as well!

If I wasn’t making myself clear, DreamHost now supports Ruby on Rails
right out of the box (so no further need to follow the crazy
instructions for doing it yourself like people were posting at
wiki.dreamhost.com), along with FastCGI (which you pretty much need -
unless you prefer Ruby on Snails).

Aww, thanks Dreamhost!

With those three words displayed on my phone from Jamie, I knew something was bad. I instantly thought of a bombing, something as bad as what happended to the Twin Towers. Luckily, and it’s hard to say luckily considering what happened, it was much smaller. However, I can’t help but think what brought this upon London. Is it their alliance with us in the war on terror, the war in Iraq, winning of the 2012 Olympic bid, or was it something else? Any way you cut it, there doesn’t need to be a reason. This is terrorism and those who sponsor it deserve no remorse. Not from me, my country, or any of those who despise of it.