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Tweeting from bed using my new iPod touch toy – how 2008 of me!

Tweeting from bed using my new iPod touch toy – how 2008 of me!

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Finally boarded the plane at Dublin airport full two hours late. Now the key is not to miss our connecting flight.

This past Saturday was a truly historical occasion! On October 16, 1843 Sir William Rowan Hamilton, an Irish physicist, astronomer and mathematician, was walking by the Broom Bridge along Broombridge Road which crosses the Royal Canal in Cabra, Dublin, Ireland when an idea struck him. He immediately inscribed it on one of the stones on the bridge so not to forget it and carried on his merry way. There is now a plaque, commemorating this event, on the northwest corner of the underside of the bridge.

Since Broom Bridge is the ONLY Irish location that is mentioned in the Geek Atlas, I just had to have my pilgrimage. Even though I know nothing about quaternians except for the formula, on Sunday, 17th of October I went on my merry trip to visit the place.

The bridge is no Museum of Irish Mathematics, more like Museum of Irish Mattress Burning, but its significance in the sphere of mathematics is indisputable and my trek would make Sheldon Cooper proud!

In light of recent events I had to rethink my whole backup strategy. Below is the diagram of how it all works, in case you are interested, but mostly for my own reference.

1. Daily incremental backups onto the home server of all essential documents and files. This is done for our laptops, for my parents and grandparents as well. I use GBridge for this. It is not very secure, but all the confidential information is password protected anyway.
2. There is a folder that I sync between my computer and work computer for easy transfer of files. I use Dropbox for this.
3. There is a continuous incremental backup from the server onto Carbonite servers. The size of this backup is around 45GB. Every time some file changes on my computer it is immediately sent over to Carbonite. Carbonite is only around $50 a year so it’s worth every penny. You also get remote access to the servers so you can get any file from wherever you are.
4. Once a week, or something like that, I backup the server onto physical external hard drive. The size of this backup is around 300GB, since it contains all my media files, including the video camera files, which weigh a ton. I keep this hard drive under my pillow!

If you’re reading this, hope it helps!

In homage to our stolen camera, I am posting the pictures that I have been hoarding for quite some time. The ones from Portugal and Spain are yet to come, so check back soon!

Giant’s Causeway
What you are about to see is all nature-created!

Bray and Masha’s visit
Bray is not a person, but a seaside village south of Dublin, which we visited while Masha was in town.

80′s Party at Paolos
An 80′s party with a bunch of coworkers.

Company Q2 Sports and Social
Each quarter our company organizes some social events for staff. This time we went boating and dining in a fancy restaurant north of Dublin.

Company Q2 Sports and Social
And this time we went to see the horse races on the beach.

Life goes on, right?