Apple’s Time Machine
Time Machine is one of the greatest backup programs out there. I’ve been using it in Leopard and Snow Leopard for almost two years. I find it really handy when you have to erase your hard drive to resolve some computer problems. I’ve restored my backups from Time Machine about three times now, but there is something I would like to tell you about that I find useful when I have to backup my hard drive after restoring it from Time Machine: What I’ve noticed is that after I restore my computer, and backup again, that it is a very slow process, plus it’s backing up your whole disk again. So, I find that erasing the Time Machine disk and starting over is much quicker than waiting that long. Make sure you browse your files to see if you need any old files again, then erase it and backup.
To learn more about backing up and some useful software, click here. It’s a page that I created so that everyone can understand about backing up their computers.
Time Machine Icon
Rating Posts
There is a new feature in WordPress where you can rate blog entries and pages. To do this, click on the title of the post, then you will see “Rate This”. It’s a scale of 1-5. If would like please rate some of my blog entries, so that I can see if they’re good or not. Thanks.
2009 Hurricane Season Has Begun
Once again it’s the start of a new hurricane season. According to Wikipedia, this is what NOAA is predicting for this season:
- 9-14 Named Storms
- 4-7 Hurricanes
- 1-3 Major Hurricanes
I’ve created a PowerPoint Presentation about hurricanes. It contains just about everything you need to know about them. It also includes things you should do in case you have to evacuate your home. Take a look at it, it has all of the important facts about hurricanes. It’s available in PowerPoint and PDF formats. At the end of the season I will have the results. If you look below, this is what the PowerPoint looks like. You may download it if you want to.
You may comment on how you like the PowerPoint on my blog. I want to know how you liked the PowerPoint.
Costa Rica Movie
Finally, I’m able to have my movie of my trip available to the public. The video is broken up into three parts, because of the max. of 10 min. To view my videos go to the Costa Rica tab on the top of this page, or go to: dturner91.wordpress.com/costarica. To visit my Youtube page with other videos, go to: www.youtube.com/turne377.
My Zip Lining Photos
Check out my zip lining photos while I was in Costa Rica. I had a lot of fun doing this. I recommend everyone doing this. It may be scary at first, but you’ll get used to it as you keep going. To see the photos, click the link at the top of the page called “Costa Rica Trip” or click here.
Costa Rica
During spring break, I went to Costa Rica. I had a really great time. To view details and photos about my trip click the link on the upper right side of the page or click the following link: dturner91.wordpress.com/costarica
Spirals By Students
Here are some example of spirals done by students in Mrs. Berry’s Graphic Communications 2 Class. There are assignment was to make a design using the color theory: 1 warm color, 1 cool color, 1 tertiary, 3 complimentary, 1 primary, 1 secondary. And 2 of their own design.
How to Make Cool Spirals
I made a video on how to make really cool spiral designs in Adobe Illustrator. For part of my Senior Project, I’m letting my Graphic Communications teacher do this with her classes. The students have to create 8 spirals using the color theory. Here are what the spirals would look like. The video goes with the first spiral below, the second spiral, and many more, can be found at this website.
Safari 4
On Tuesday February 24, Apple has launch a public beta of Safari 4. It includes many new features. I believe it’s worth downloading.
- Top 12 sites visited by you
- Tab bar on top
- Cover flow
- No progress bar
- Full-page zoom
- And many more features
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My Opinion of Windows (Vista)
I love Apple and their products. Their operating systems are stable, and their products just look good. When it comes to Windows, it’s a world of horror. Every Windows computer I get on is always slow. In my opinion, Windows, especially Vista, is the worst operating system in this whole entire world. I hear way too many stories about Windows Vista, and how terrible it is. One teacher said that she had upgraded to Vista, and she hated it. My cousin had a Vista computer, she took it back a few days later and got a Mac. When I tried fix my other cousin’s computer, it was so slow, I could’ve thrown it out the window. It made me sick.
This is an important message:
DO NOT BUY A WINDOWS PC I GUARANTEE YOU THAT YOU WILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH IT. I SUGGEST THAT YOU USE A COMPUTER WITH MAC OS X OR LINUX.
In my opinion, Windows is going through a terrible time with their operating system. Hopefully Windows 7 will be much better. They need it to be or else the whole world will switch to Macs. Even I hope that Windows 7 will be better. Windows Vista needs to just go away.
*Remember this: Who wants to pay $100 a year for some stupid virus protection. With a Mac, there is absolutely no viruses. You should save that $100 for something else.
