The Move to Online Applications

I just had a discussion with a friend about the difference between online and offline software, and the differences are pretty clear cut: Online software is just that: online. Quite a few (more than expected) websites support Google Gears, and hopefully offline syncing will become the norm. Using things like JavaScript and AJAX for websites [...]

MediaMaster – Your Music, Anywhere: Now with Open API

I don’t think I’ve mentioned MediaMaster here yet, but it’s about time I do. I use it quite a bit, and love it! I have all my music uploaded to my free account, which, despite being free, has unlimited storage! I’ve also uploaded my own picture to give make my profile (note: all songs are [...]

Duplicity Backs Up Beautifully (And Anywhere)

After struggling with what good backup system would work for me, I’ve finally settled on duplicity. It doesn’t have a user interface, and it doesn’t even use cron (though you can manually punch it in). It does, however, do exactly what I want: It can tell me what my system looked like at a particular [...]