Author Archives: Derik

About Derik

Technology commentator, software engineer, stud-muffin.

My horribly incomplete backup plan

Posted on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 by Derik

It’s been a long time since I took a hard look at my backup situation, but a series of blog posts in my reader has caused some naval gazing. A long time ago in a computer far far away My … Continue reading →

Posted in Macs | Tagged backup, crashplan, mac, timemachine | 1 Comment

Behold the wonder of IMAP caching

Posted on Friday, February 19, 2010 by Derik

I’m a fan of Low End Mac‘s Mac catalog. It’s a quick and easy way to go look up vital stats about old computers, such as when they were released, the original specifications, and the original price. I’ve settled many … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Tagged Claris Emailer, email, IMAP, Mail.app, POP | 2 Comments

Google Gears maintenance isn’t a priority for Google

Posted on Sunday, January 24, 2010 by Derik

The recent Firefox 3.6 update made me re-examine my add-ons as always. What struck me as odd was that Google Gears wasn’t compatible. Clearly that was a mistake. Google couldn’t possibly ignore the chosen browser of most of the tech … Continue reading →

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Perspective

Posted on Friday, September 4, 2009 by Derik

The three or four of you that have forgotten that you have me saved to your RSS reader of choice will likely suddenly realize that I’ve not written in a long time. I didn’t fall off the face of the … Continue reading →