CrashPlan. All computers backup to the cloud and to my desktop, with those files being saved to an eSata drive that I can grab in an emergency. My work machine also gets a snapshot of the SSD saved to a partition on another drive for a quick restore if needed.

I have been working from home, in a dedicated space, for about 6 years now. There are definitely pros and cons which I'm sure have already been mentioned. At this point I could take it or leave it. My current employer is about 400 miles away, but if they were closer and the commute was reasonable I would have no…

http://www.defaulticon.com/ — A nice set of generic black and white icons, with sizes up to 256x256.

I started working from a local, independent coffee shop about a year ago and these tips are pretty much spot on. Starbucks, Pete's, etc definitely felt more like table-churn places as described above. This particular shop has a ton of regulars and plenty of open seating most of the day, though some days the place can…

I made the switch to (standard) Dvorak about a year and a half ago. I actually gave the Programmer's variant a try but I use the top row number keys a lot and could never quite get used to that. Since I never use qwerty anymore, I recently popped the keys off of my laptop keyboard and rearranged them. My BIOS password…

Despite an initial negative impression from the consumer preview, I decided to give Windows 8 another try because of the under-the-hood improvements. It was a $40 gamble. After trying a couple of the start menu replacements, I settled back on the native start menu. Nothing wrong with any of the replacements,…

This is generally a work-friendly site. My guess would be that it is censored to avoid the 'reading LH on my break when the boss walks by and sees an f-bomb on the screen' scenario. My last job even had a profanity filter on the internets, so a page would not load if it detected certain words.

Not to mention targeted ads for TheraFlu and cranberry juice.

When my wife first started going to school in downtown San Francisco, there was one day where she was unable to find parking at any of the nearby BART stations and wound up having to drive to school. It had been years since she had driven in the city, so she called me to help her get from the bay bridge to a parking…

I can't remember where I learned this method, but it's pretty close to the one I use. I just run the stick of butter around the hot pan to get enough of a coating to keep the egg from sticking, put in the egg, add a teaspoon or two of water and cover. The egg pretty much floats on the cushion of steam which also…

Like most, my phone goes everywhere. Beyond that, my Kindle and laptop are pretty much the extent of my gadget collection, but they always accompany me on trips. Depending on the nature of the trip (lots of running around vs. rest and relaxation), the laptop will get varying levels of usage from a bit of internet and…

Before I moved out of their service area, I was with Cox for over 10 years. As late as 2006 the published 'limit' was 60GB, which I'm sure I routinely exceeded while working from home, gaming, and streaming. Never was there so much as a letter or email regarding usage, though this may have been due to the fact that I…

Sort of. I have a room with a desk and a computer, but when I go in there the cats harass me mercilessly until I give up and go to the coffee shop to work.

My home server is my old 65w Core 2 Duo on an open-box Supermicro motherboard I paid around $20 for. Memory and dvd are recycled from an old desktop, and the case is an Antec that was on sale for $40 at the time. The single 120mm tri-cool fan, set on low, is virtually silent.

I tend to prefer a book, but instead of buying the physical book I go for the kindle version and have it open in Amazon Cloud Reader so I can quickly flip back and forth between the book and my code editor (or dual monitors if that's an option). As for which book to get, the reviews were really helpful in reaching…

Agreed on the comment system. First rule of jQuery/AJAX/etc: just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

It's not quite a minor change, and not for everyone, but it is worth mentioning. The biggest difference is a big reduction in fatigue and improved comfort. Your fingers spend a lot more time on the home keys and I didn't really see a big speed boost, but my accuracy has gotten better, perhaps as a side-effect of…

In this scenario, I wouldn't think so. A combination of oil & water is being sprayed as a mist on to a (presumably) cold pan, the water will simply evaporate away as the pan heats up leaving the oil to do its thing.

I have a few not-so-tall-anymore tall-sized shirts that I may have to try this on.

The vendor who sells the adapter also sells inexpensive ethernet (and every other) cable.