How *do* you make a complete backup image of an SD card or a USB memory stick ? And some of you may be asking *why* would you need to do such a thing ? Let me answer the second question first. A group of people have been chatting back and forth over on the [...]

At MacWorld 2007, Steve Jobs announced “Time Machine” which heralding in an easy to use, consumer focused solution for backing up your computer Mac with Leopard. However, it was not for everyone. It assumed the backup device - a USB connected hard drive was always plugged in which is fine for a desktop computer but [...]

Today, Sun announced its intent to acquire MySQL AB. This is a very interested announcement for a number of reasons.
I’ve been curious when MySQL would be acquired. I have read a number of accounts that it would not happen and MySQL AB would rather go public. I bought most of the arguments in favor of [...]

This is a public service announcement …
I realize, looking over my past few blog entries, that I have little if any consistency with regard to content. Personally, I’m not all too concerned with that realization. I’m just not yet sure where I’m headed - or where I want to head for that matter.
The most interesting [...]