Re: USB drive

What size drive did you get?


"Razzbar" <glakk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm starting to really rock out with my USB drive that I got for xmas.
First couple of times I tried it on public machines, the security
blocked access to my control panel and there were stupid restrictions
and quirks in navigating the filesystem, like on some computers you
could save a website to it, but not load one from it. Just wierd
little inconsistent quirks.

I use public machines at two libraries. Both are running microsoft OS,
and have the usual MSOffice software installed. Microsoft all the way,
because institutions love corporate shcmeezae. Goodness! Linux?
Unprofessional!

Sheesh, you'd think that Microsoft would just issue a "kiosk"
installation so that libraries and stuff would at least have a
consistent policy in effect. It seems like admins at various locations
just kinda scratch their heads and throw darts.

In the mean time, I've found some sites that have links and reviews
for portable software that runs on USB drives. Hey, more like it...
Got FireFox, FileZilla, and a good programmers editor called PSpad,
plus some other various apps. Oh, yeah... got the Gimp portable. For
those who don't know, Gimp is a supurb graphics program that's a lot
like Photoshop. Open source and free, it's a must have for anybody
wanting to make pictures. It can make animated gifs and icons as well
as other formats.

Also got a program called the Blender that somebody here told me about
a long time ago. Just haven't had the time to mess with it. It's a 3D
modelling and animation program.

But what really kicked my ass the other day was a "server on a stick"
download that lets you run an Apache web server with MySQL and PHP and
PERL. I've installed those things on computers before, and there's
quite a bit of reading and stuff to do so that you -know- you've
installed it correctly and safely.

This package installed so easy! It's all configured, with a control
panel. You start the server and the control panel comes up, change a
few passwords and you're good to go.

It solved my problem with the hosting company I've been using that is
overloaded so that I have a lot of trouble uploading my files. Which I
have to do a lot when I'm developing a site. With a server on a stick,
I more or less duplicate the configuration of my remote host, and then
develop and test on my local machne. The browser thinks it's using the
internet -- which it is in a way, but I don't have to worry about
traffic on my remote host. Then whenever I want to update my remote
site, I just run a "locate" script that changes a few variables here
and there, and upload. Sweet!



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