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I finished the HBO miniseries John Adams, and highly recommend watching it, even if it’s nothing more than a refresher course on a bit of history for you; history that should not be forgotten and every citizen should know.

[John Adams Official Website]

For those of you looking for a cost-effective solution to archive your valuable data offsite, there may be an easy solution for you. Over at Amazon they offer web services, one being the “Amazon Simple Storage Service” or “Amazon S3″ or “AS3″ for short. What this service provides customers with is an easy offsite storage medium. The best part is you only pay for the space you consume at a rate of $0.15 per GB per month for US citizens. The next positive is you have complete control of your stored files, but you’ll need a tool to interact with AS3 in order to take advantage of it.

Enter Jungle Disk (JD).  JD is program for Windows, Mac, and Linux, which allows you to read, write, and delete files on your AS3 account.

“Jungle Disk has a great automatic backup system, and can easily be used for basic data backup, but Jungle Disk also gives you a complete network drive that you can use from multiple machines - like an unlimited size USB drive that you can connect to from anywhere. The exclusive caching features in Jungle Disk make it so that using your network drive is as fast as a local drive, and you don’t need to constantly transfer data from the server.

This also allows you to use your favorite 3rd party backup tool such as ChronoSync, SyncBack, or rsync to manage your data if you prefer - something no other online backup service offers.”

One more thing JD offers is the encryption of all your data so your data remains safe as it gets sent from your machine and stored on Amazon servers.

I actually signed up last night for this service and backed up all my digital images. In a tragic reformat, I once lost over a years worth of photos that I cannot get back. Now that accident should never happen again using AS3 and JD. Currently I am using the free trial of JD. I fully intend to pay the $20 one time fee when my trial expires.

Here are some useful links that explain in greater detail how it all works:

• [AS3] Information on AS3 plus sign up.
• [Jungle Disk - Why It’s Better] Good information on JD
• [Jungle Disk - Pricing] Pricing information for JD (also includes AS3 pricing)

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[Article] Joystiq’s article with 3 videos (CG, Gameplay, Artwork)]
[Diablo 3] Official Blizzard website.

[Week 3] - Samba
[Week 2] - Broadway
[Week 1] - Hip-Hop

I follow this couple because I am not huge on dancing, but when I watch them I am somehow captivated.

[Video] Carlin passed away, and here is a nice piece on saving the planet. Enjoy.

Amanda and I are back in swing dance class. Look for us tearing up the dance floor at a wedding near you.

[Video] This is my first time watching (really paying attention) “So You Think You Can Dance”, and the talent they have this year is crazy. My favorite couple is Katee & Joshua. The video is of last week’s routine. Tonight’s routine was great too.

[Click] The engagement photos are here.