Monthly Archives: October 2012

The Future of Learning

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Alvin Trusty
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One Google Drive To Rule Them All

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Alvin Trusty

I was an early adopter of Google Drive.  It was added to my domain the first day it was available, even though I have used, and continue to use other cloud storage solutions.  Microsoft Live Mesh has been my main … Continue reading →

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Fusion Tables – Ohio School Building Designations

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Alvin Trusty

The Ohio Department of Education posts an assortment of spreadsheets showing academic data from Ohio schools. Most of the data is available in Excel format. Using this spreadsheet, I generated the map below using Google’s Fusion Tables tool. For more … Continue reading →

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Automatic Backup with FreeFileSync

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Alvin Trusty

Several years ago I wrote this post about my daily backup process. I used SyncToy for many years, but after I accumulated several terabytes of data, it was getting too slow. With SyncToy it was taking twelve hours to finish … Continue reading →

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