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Dropbox: File Synchronizer and Backup

nospam@example.com (Jorge Cardoso) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:38:49 -0400

Keeping a backup of my important files has been a worry of mine for some time now. Unfortunately, we all know that the "I'll do it tomorrow..." syndrome is always present and Murphy strikes exactly when we forget or postpone a backup (and had worked like hell that day).

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Dados Pessoais/Marketing Directo

nospam@example.com (Jorge Cardoso) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:01:20 -0500

Encontrei hoje (enquanto andava Ã procura de informaÃ§Ã£o deste gÃ©nero porque a CÃrculo de Leitores alugou os meus dados a terceiros) alguns recursos para quem se quer defender desta praga a que eufemisticamente se chama "Marketing Directo" que talvez sejam Ãºteis para mais alguÃ©m:

Registo PÃºblico das Bases de Dados:Â http://www.cnpd.pt/bin/registo/registo.htmÂ - InformaÃ§Ã£o sobre o tipo de dados, finalidade e sobre a forma de exercer o direito de informaÃ§Ã£o/rectificaÃ§Ã£o.

AssociaÃ§Ã£o Portuguesa de Marketing Directo:Â http://www.amd.pt/ - TÃªm um formulÃ¡rio que pode ser enviado por email ou carta para inclusÃ£o na chamada lista Robinson para quem nÃ£o pretende ser alvo destas acÃ§Ãµes de marketing (o sÃtio Ã© em Flash, por isso nÃ£o permite link directo - cliquem no canto superior direito "Publicidade nÃ£o desejada").

NÃ£o encontrei naÂ CNPD nenhuma forma simples (online ou via email) de apresentar queixa. Se alguÃ©m tiver mais detalhes sobre isto, estejam Ã vontade para comentar...

Freecom Media Center 35 NAS

nospam@example.com (Jorge Cardoso) — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:14:24 -0400

I have just discovered that my old Freecom Media Center 35 can be used as a Network Attached Storage (NAS)!

I bought this a couple of years ago and I used it a standard external usb hard disk and also connected to a network to play media on a computer with a Windows Share.

But now (I don't know how long it has this functionality, the manual doesn't mention any of this) I found (while searching for a firmware upgrade) out it can also be used as NAS. All you need is the NDAS Software.

To get it working I had to upgrade the firmware to version 1.4.9 first. Then configure the media center with DHCP and NDAS on. Register the NDAS device ID and Write Key on the NDAS Device Management that I had just installed and that's it! I now have a new drive mapped.

You can even copy files while it is reproducing a video, but I don't recomend: it doesn't have enough resources to play the video smoothly while transfering files...