074 – Fry Your Pickles. Back Up Your Data.
June 3, 2009
This week the WELSTech podcast discussion centers on the important but often overlooked task of computer backups.
Podcast: Download (22.6MB)
The discussion:
Backup glam – Joining Martin and Sallie for a second time is our very own WELS Network Security guru, Rob Benson. The first time Rob was on the podcast, we talked about computer security. This time around Rob joins us to glamorize the topic of backup and, with Martin’s help, manages to succeed! Topics include why you should bother to backup, schedules, media devices, software and backing up to the cloud.
- Online backup
- Mozy
- Carbonite
- iDrive
- Windows Live SkyDrive
- Learn more
- Make SkyDrive a virtual drive on your computer with Gladinet.com
- Live Mesh
- Gmail Drive
- Local Backups
- One Touch
- Time Machine – Mac
- SyncToy2
- SuperDuper – Mac
- Drobo
New Technology Showcase:
- (26:02) Skype 4.1 Beta with screen sharing
Picks of the week:
- (29:08) Web-based Activities & Resources for Elementary School Students from the Langwitches blog
- Google Chrome – speedy browser
Of interest:
- (34:45) WELS Lutherans for Life, Metro-Milwaukee is sponsoring SOUL Ride on June 20, 2009
- Ride for the Sanctity Of Unborn Life (SOUL)
- Scenic ride north in the Holy Hill/Kettle Moraine area for any motorcyclist
- Cost is $25 per rider
- Details and registration at www.soulride.org
Community feedback:
- (36:32) Following up on last week’s classroom video discussion, we heard from Perry Lund, and Sallie shared a link to TeacherTube MySite
- Pastor Jeremiah Gumm from Cross of Christ in Liverpool, NY shared a link to the MediaSalt blog post Nobody cares about your web site
- Interesting linked post from Midnight Oil Productions about a Twitter sermon series in the news
- Dan Lohrmann, security expert, author of Virtual Integrity and recent guest on WELSTech, gave us a shout out on his Faithfully Online blog
- Kelly Huet was looking for SMARTBoard training resources for a newbie. Check out
- SMARTTech – SMARTBoard manufacturer free online resources
- Talking SMARTBoards & Much More
- Teachers Love SMARTBoards
- Teacher Online Training -the SMART Board and Smart Notebook Experts!
- John Simonson shared a link to the CommonCraft video Google Docs in Plain English and thought it would be a great way to educate church committees about the power of online collaboration
Coming up on WELSTech:
(45:22) Episode 075 – Pack your bags WELSTech-style and maintain all your computing needs on the road
The featured artist:
(46:30) This week we close with music of WELS artist Kevin Loersch – Amazing Grace from his CD titled “Abide with Me”
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