external drives – Something Odd!

Linux

Ubuntu Linux: Is your external usb drive slow?

I don’t know when this happened but my external USB drives were running really slow. Reading RAW images off them took ages, backups took forever, and moving files back and forth was plain slow. I use two Seagate FreeAgent external drives. They’re both USB 2 devices so should sustain more […]

Linux

Backups save the day

A few weeks ago I blogged about my backup system. How I have two 1TB Iomega external drives and how one drive is a duplicate of everything on the other drive, and how I backup everything on my laptop and VPS accounts. It sometimes seem excessive but I’m paranoid. This […]

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May 29, 2023
Hahaha, I literally took 151 photos of the sunset from the road outside my home a few minutes ago. Absolutely fabulous colours!'course, now you know what I'll be posting on https://inphotos.org/ tomorrow, but I had to share it!#photo #photography #ICM #sunset #Cork #Ireland
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May 29, 2023
Fifty Shades of MountainMountains on the German/Austria border stretch off in the distance as the Alps cut through this region of Europe.https://inphotos.org/2023/05/29/fifty-shades-of-mountain/#photo #photography #Germany #Alps #Mountains #A8CTravel
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May 28, 2023
The winds blows softlyOn a lovely evening in August last year I was walking along a beach with my wife. The sun was getting low in the sky casting a faintly yellow glow over the world.This long exposure shot captures the movement of clouds, and the wind blown grass. Even though there wasn’t much wind, […]
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May 28, 2023
Anxietyhttps://pca.st/episode/8c41cb4c-d4a0-415c-8e6c-1736ce80ee6e#podcast
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May 27, 2023
Happy birthday, WordPress.Thank you to everyone who contributed to it over the years. It's thanks to you that WordPress is where it is.https://odd.blog/2023/05/27/wordpress-at-20/#WordPress

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