The Tech Blog of Ken

Happy belated 30th birthday Internet!

Dear Internet,

Sorry I missed your birthday last month. You've accomplished a lot in 30 years - here's to 30 more years of success!

Ken

Decluttering 2007

things I did to declutter last year:

1) bought a label maker
2) moved the big shredder downstairs by the door (near the mail pile)
3) started a paper recycling pile (also near the mail pile)
4) sorted a closet full of computer stuff into uniform, labeled boxes
5) consistently kept my email inbox under control (thanks merlin!)
6) started digitally archiving documents to PDF
7) purged the household filing cabinet and sorted into properly labeled folders

Warning for PowerPC to Intel switchers: repartition your backup drives

Warning for those going from a PowerPC to an Intel Mac. If you are using an external backup drive to create a bootable clone of your main hard disk, be sure to reformat the backup drive from APM to GUID format. If you don't, you won't be able to boot off of the backup drive if (when) disaster strikes. APM-partitioned drives are known to cause problems with Time Machine as well.