SugarSync.
With Dropbox a close second.
I tried Google Drive and it was very much a Dropbox clone. However, the speed was pretty dire surprisingly, only Box.Net was slower from my connection in the UK.
So after singing SugarSync’s praises, they’ve now been offline for 30minutes.
Do I still trust them with my files… not sure.
Thought I’d try one more cloud storage offering, from SugarSync.
Now I didn’t expect much, as they don’t get much publicity, but I was wrong.
SugarSync is stupidly fast (in the UK)!! Whereas Dropbox took over 1min to sync a file of around 40MB, SugarSync did it in around 20 secs!
And I love the fast you can sync and folder you like, not just your “box” folder. So that means I can sync my Desktop, My Documents, etc.
How awesome, I think we might have a winner…
So I’ve been thinking recently, it’s time to move away from local network storage at work to something cloud based.
I’ve been using Dropbox personally for a while, and although great for personal use (dumping files randomly in a folder), I wasn’t too sure how well it would work for business use. I mean, I don’t want everyone downloading 100’s of GB when they install Dropbox on a new machine.
So I came across Box.Net, which had some great functionality, much more control over permissions, access, etc. Great I thought, but how did the speed compare?
Well here are my results…
On my home FTTC connection I copied a 40MB file to each folder, and this is how long it took to sync.
Dropbox - 1min 42 secs
Box.Net - Over 4 mins, I got bored waiting (and this was using a business account)
Now I did do more tests than this, and the speed difference it pretty consistent. Also I’ve heard of plenty others saying Box.Net in Europe is slow. So it would seem if you’re in the UK, don’t bother with Box.Net! Far too slow.
Once I get my Google Drive activated I’ll post up the results of that for the same file.
Well, I’ve been mucking about in bands for ages now, but decided it’s about time I got my gear sorted out. I want to have that professional sound my favourite bands have, but with a couple of average effect pedals and a valvestate amp it’s not likely to happen!
When I get on stage finally with my new band, I hope it’ll have the quality and variety of sounds that will make the difference between an average local band and and a good band.
So what do I have now?
And I’m looking to finish this little lot off with a nice Vox AC30 valve amp.
So I just have to wait for everything to finish being delivered and I’ll get my custom pedal board made.
Lets ROCK!
It’s not a very common request that someone asks for a input box to not allow copy/paste functionality, but it happens every now and then!
Below is the jQuery code I found that did the job for me, I hope it helps you…
$(‘#inputField’).bind(“cut copy paste”,function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
});
“Technology: the knack of so arranging the world that we need not experience it.”
I’ll not lie, this year has been pretty stressful with one thing and another, and the chance to completely turn off from work is a rare one for me. It feels like I’m at work 24/7 with our clever smart phones. A client can always call at any time on your mobile and your email is haunting you wherever you go. Holidays are also rarely work free.
I read about VW in the news recently which told about how they’ll not be delivering emails to work smart phones outside of office hours. Finally a good move to start removing work from home life.
So this Christmas I won’t be checking email, I won’t be taking work related calls, I will be unwinding and enjoying my time off!
Merry Christmas!
I’ve been keeping an eye on a website recently which suffered a severe penalty from Google. But the mystery was, what did they do wrong?
In this industry everyone is building links as much as possible, they all do it and they all do it artificially to a certain extent, so why was only one picked on?
Could it be because they were offering Google Plus votes as a paid service? Or maybe they’d been using their own Google Plus votes service a bit too much to promote their site…
There are lots of services offering Google Plus votes at the moment, but for me this seems far too risky as Google can see exactly what is going on and there’s bound to be a footprint. My suggestion is if you’re going to buy social votes, don’t buy Google’s and only use it to get your website moving so you can start to obtain real votes!
Even better, run a campaign to incentivise real visitors to vote. How about giving away an iPod or something. Perfectly fair and will give 100% natural votes for a similar price.
“I’m easy, it’s all beer to me.” — Glenn Jacobs, 2011