Wise Guys on WHO Radio - July 10, 2010

• Dan's three-pronged backup strategy:
  • Mirrored hard drive
  • External, portable hard drive with automatic daily backup
  • Second external, portable hard drive, kept away from his computer
  • At one time, he used cloud backups (2 Gb/day, limited by upload/download speeds) and gave up on them
• Why fans are needed with hard drives
• Are Apple fans like Deadheads? Does that make them Appleheads?
• Futurama is back
• Microsoft kills the "Kin" smartphone
• Bacon-scented mosquito spray
• "Extreme Heelys"? No, please, no.
• Cars for blind drivers
• Updating Adobe Acrobat Reader: get.adobe.com
• Letting programs make automatic updates
• Checklist for program updates