11 July 2024 - News & Comment & Backup & Stuff!

I didn't know what to talk about so just did random stuff! - Bob Bloom

Topics and Links of the Day:

• Zoozve
• The RadioLab Podcast that named it: <link>
• The Space.com article about it:  <link>
• Its original name "2002VE86" from Wikipedia <link>
• The Silver Ships is a great (and cheap) Kindle book:  <link>
• You don't need a Kindle to read Kindle books:  <link>
• But if you want a Kindle, which one is for you?  <link>
• How to put free books on your Kindle:  <link>
• How to manage all the stuff on your Kindle:  <link>
• The Boeing Starliner is *not* "Stuck in Space" or "Stranded" or "Marooned!"  <link>
• Want something Cheap but still good?  PC Mag has 100 buys for you:  <link>
• Why Microsoft Recall is a bad idea <link>.  The Recall stuff starts on page 11 of this PDF, but there is lots more security information on the other pages.
• Kaspersky banned from selling anything in the US <link>
• Google not trusting Entrust any more! <link>  Certificates are important, here's why <link>
• All Rare Earth materials in China are now state owned.  <link>
• "I just told my kid that' I'm older than the internet and he thought i was joking."
• Backup Software  (Saved by Assets when 'Snow' would not boot.)
• Acronis <link>
• Macrium Reflect <link> Free edition <link>
• EaseUS ToDo <link> Free edition <link>
  
• Others:  IDrive, Carbonite, Windows File History <link>
• Free Software
• Ccleaner <link>  See the presentation on how to 'neuter' it!
• CloneSpy <link> If you want to manage lots of duplicative files

That's gotta be a record for me on one of these posts for the number of links!