Link Archives

  1. Jettison →

    I only started using this today, but it appears to do what it says: eject externals drives before sleep and re-mount them on wake. Very handy if you have a laptop plus external drive set-up like I do.

    (thanks One Thing Well)

  2. A Word on Backups →

    Please remember, though, that there’s nothing better than a backup you make yourself. Take a moment to visit the Pinboard export page and grab your bookmarks every once in a while. They’re in a format that should import cleanly into one of my many competitors. Best of all, since those sites are free, you can test your backups right now. Go do it!

    I’m a big fan of Pinboard (and of backups).

  3. Do You Have 100% Uptime? →

    WP Engine’s Jason Cohen has a nice overview of the architecture considerations required for “uptime”. My experience has been that most folks aren’t willing to pay what it would take to significantly increase their site’s reliability. It’s about finding the right pragmatic compromise between reasonable redundancy and cost.

  4. Marco on The Magazine Clones →

    It’s succeeding because Glenn, the authors, the illustrators, the photographers, and I pour a lot of time and money into the content, relentlessly publishing roughly two original illustrations, four photos, and 10,000 polished words every two weeks.

    Marco’s right that a publication will succeed or fail based on it’s content. I unsubscribed from The Magazine last month because of the content.

  5. Chris Dixon on Hobbyists →

    Hobbies are what the smartest people spend their time on when they aren’t constrained by near-term financial goals.

    That’s how I got started contributing to (what became) WordPress.