Archive for November, 2007



Backing up my Mac

Published on 2007/11/25

Last September I wrote an article about backing up a Mac. I’ve received several inquiries about how best to back up while using Time Machine.
I find I have two distinct needs for backup. The first is total disk loss. If my system disk fails, I need to get back up and running with a new [...]


Are these books worth keeping?

Published on 2007/11/11

The year 2007 brought about The Great Book Purge. Our personal library has been slowly growing and we have insufficient space for them. To inflict our books on someone else’s bookshelves, I set up accounts at half.com, Bookins, and Bookmooch.
To get started, I checked the value of each of my books on half.com. Any [...]