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Author Archives: Nate
Merry Christmas 2011 and Happy 2012!
Salutations from the Baxley family! Another year has flown by faster than ever. 2011 brought us a flurry of activity and some organized chaos. Here’s the annual update on the Baxley clan. Nate continues his job at the Univ. of … Continue reading
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Relationship Half-LIfe
My wife and I have now been dating or married for half my life. Calculate your relationship half-life with “The Relationship Half-Life Calculator”. It seems like just a moment hon Your birthday: Date your relationship started: Calculate your half-life
Posted in Fun, Technology
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Cloud Services Revisited – Part 3 – Every note in the cloud
In our 3 part series on using the cloud for everyday things you need, we’ve covered backups and passwords, now we’ll cover the simple act of note taking. The service I’m talking about is a tool/service called Evernote. Evernote is … Continue reading
Cloud Services Revisited – Part 2 – Passwords
In Part 1 of this three part series, we talked about using Cloud Services for backups. In Part 2, we’ll talk about how you can use the cloud to keep track of the myriad passwords you end up collecting and … Continue reading
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Tagged Cloud Services, encryption, LastPass, passwords, Security
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Cloud Services Revisited – Part 1 – Backups
Last year, I wrote an article about using the cloud for backups and doing it securely. There have been some big changes in the area since then, and I wanted to return to it and update some of my recommendations … Continue reading
Parenting Experts?
Are there any parenting experts out there? I ask because it seems that every parent I know, including my wife and myself, seems to be on a “work in progress” path to being a well-rounded parent. It’s been said so … Continue reading
In defense of Nuclear Energy?
The horrible problems happening at the Japanese nuclear reactor have caught everyone’s attention, and have understandably spooked a lot of people about the dangers of nuclear energy. First, some facts about nuclear energy in the US. There are currently 104 … Continue reading
Andrew and Andrea “On the Ice”
For those few of you that I haven’t told about this, my brother Andrew and his (now) fiancee Andrea headed down to Antarctica in October for 6 months “On the Ice”. We’re so proud of them for taking this leap … Continue reading
How I learned to love the cloud (at least for backups)
If you haven’t heard of “the cloud”, you probably haven’t been paying attention to all of the online services that are cropping up online. If you’ve used Flickr, Facebook, Gmail, Hotmail, or any of the thousands of online tools available … Continue reading
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Tagged Backups, Cloud Services, Dropbox, Mozy, Security, TrueCrypt
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Letter to the Univerity of Illinois UC Senate
Dear Sir, I am a proud alumnus of the University and a proud supporter since graduation. I am writing to you, the clerk of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Senate, to express my displeasure and distress at the wording of … Continue reading