Randy and Gerri Blog of Stuff

I can’t stand CNN, can’t stand Fox News and the old standby CBS Evening News is as one sided as you can get…

So you want an example of what’s wrong with CNN?

Check out this picture.

Fox News wants to cover a topic in 2.53 minutes and if your explaining something as a guest..you will be cut off and then cut to a new story for 2.53 minutes.

If you saw Katie on CBS tell about the wonderful decision by the Supreme Court and the 2nd amendment you saw the most one sided (the sky is falling and lets repel the 2nd amendment) story I have seen in years.

So where do I get my news? That’s something I’m working on...any ideas?

So SmugMug has come out with what is called SmugVault. It’s basically like Jungle Disk.

The difference is you can view picture files (just like it was one of your smug galleries) no matter what filetype it is saved as…

Also, if you have a file called Photo01.jpg, Photo01.raw, Photo01.gif the vault is smart enough to group these together (as in a project group).

It’s a good idea and cost wise it is comparable to Jungle Disk.

I’m sticking with Jungle Disk right now, but if you would like to read more..here is the info.

Jungle Disk is a wonderful way to use Amazon’s S3 cloud storage...and with the coupon below it’s half price.

This coupon is only good for the first 10 people who use it, but if you are looking for a way to backup your data. Jungle Disk is the way to go.

It’s the interface between your computer and Amazon’s S3 storage and the best thing about each is that it’s dirty cheap. Much cheaper than all the other cloud storage companies.

Read more about how it works here and why it’s a better solution than other companies here

Here is the link for the half price coupon.

In 1990, I bought this Chevy Cavalier with only 11 miles on it.

Eighteen years later, today in fact, we traded it in on a 2008 Kia Rio LX

It was a happy time for Gerri and a sad time for me (of course Gerri drives the Cav to work everyday, so she is happy to see it gone)

Gerri asked me if I was sad to see it go as I had it a very long time...my answer was “...yeah a lot of old girlfriends...” anyway it was a good car as it saw me through my Air Force and college days and with only 116,000 miles on it...it was still a good car.

I’m not really sad..I’m happy we can get Gerri a new car to drive.

As you can see from the pic Jack is happy to see the old car go away also.