Archive for 2006/8
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Day One
-- Aug. 28, 2006, 10:49 p.m.
I started a new job today. This will be fun. I'm the guy in the group who doesn't have a Windows machine. Actually, it turns out my manager has a Macbook Pro. That was a relief since I'd never heard of him before today. It's definitely a Windows shop, though. This is not surprising since the flagship product is a ...
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Space Efficient Encrypted Backups
-- Aug. 26, 2006, 3:53 p.m.
I've been seeing more interest lately in performing off-site backups of personal information. I've been doing this for quite a while, and although I've described it to a few people, I can't find anything I've actually written up where people can read about it without my presence, so I thought I'd throw something together real quickly. The Goal The goal ...
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Countdown to Nothingness
-- Aug. 24, 2006, 3:13 p.m.
I am unemployed this week. I'm not using this opportunity quite as well as I would've hoped to, but it's been pretty good overall. On Tuesday, I had my third going away lunch from my previous company. It's kind of weird to go back into work to have lunch with former coworkers on your second day of unemployment, but it ...