What Does Ron Paul Need to Win?
In one word? Glasses.
That’s right. Just think about it.
They look like they could be twins, but Wilson had the glasses going for him. I asked our resident fashion expert why glasses might help Ron Paul’s image, and this is what he suggested.
- Helps soften the cheekbones
- Creates a widening illusion for those with long, thin faces
- In an era where lasik is chic, he would stand out
- Would make him look smarter, and in a sea of politicians, that can’t hurt.
I really hope Ron Paul takes this fashion advice to heart. They don’t have to be prescription lenses, Mr. Paul.
Spectacles or not, we’re rooting for you.
When Obama Speaks, Free Markets Tremble
Have you noticed at least one recent market trend?
Why is it that whenever the President opens his mouth investors run for the hills?
CloudBerry Explorer: Hidden Gem of the Day
Anyone using Amazon S3 storage solution from Amazon Web Services has probably already heard of some of the more popular explorer titles out there like JungleDisk, Bucket Explorer, and the S3Fox Firefox browser extension.
If you use a Mac, you already have a couple of other options that you probably like. Windows has really suffered a shortage of decent S3 browsers, and certainly a shortage of freeware apps in that vein.
I recently discovered a litte gem called CloudBerry Explorer — from CloudBerry Lab. This is a freeware title that far surpasses the power of anything I’ve used so far.
S3Fox suffered its frequent timeouts and crashes.
BucketExplorer is a decent title, but quite pricey.
JungleDisk created a huge problem for me with its automated backup solution that archived hundreds of thousands of backup items in a single directory — not to mention it also costs money. I’d long ago decided that JungleDisk was not a viable option for me since its obnoxious file tagging system is what most likely caused the time-outs with S3Fox in the first place.
I threw CloudBerry Explorer right into the fray by making it browse the JungleDisk backup archive with it’s more than 170,000 files. It took awhile, but listed them with ease. Deleting the archive was my mission since I now use Carbonite for all automatic off-site backups. Up until CloudBerry Explorer, I had been unable to find an app that could handle an archive of that size. Choosing to delete the entire directory sent me through another sequence of listing the files and then deleting them, one at a time. The status report was able to keep up without a problem. CloudBerry Explorer provided constant feedback during the entire deletion process. After about two hours, I had a fresh start and an empty archive.
I am still poking around at all of its features, but CloudBerry Explorer has a really nice set of features that make cloud storage as easy as drag-and-drop for any user. I give it 4 out of 5 thunks, and the only reason I am not giving it a 5 is because it relies on the Microsoft .NET framework. If this were a Java app that could be used on both Mac and PC, this would definitely garner a 5/5 thunks rating.
Forever Free Because You Showed Up for Work
Thanks to all who have served and are now serving in our Armed Forces.
Election Day ‘08
Well, it all comes down to this. I’m not going to convince anyone to change their mind at this point, so I’ll just say I voted, and happy Election Day to all. Thank God we are all still free.
