This one’s been making its way around the ‘net. Apparently video editors aren’t the only folks who despise Final Cut Pro X. Pretty hilarious, as long as you don’t mind the profanity in the subtitles.
-Krishna
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I’ve been using Backblaze for my off-site backup for over a year now. (You can read about my initial experiences with the service, if you’d like.) While doing some file / folder size analysis, I came across a rather large-sized Backblaze folder inside my root level Library folder.
Tunneling down the BackBlaze folder led me to discover that there is approximately 2.6 GB of data files are located inside the bzdatacenter folder. More specifically, they seem to be .dat files that indicate when backups were performed.
I’d like to be able to clear those files, if I can, to reclaim my 2.6GB. I’ve sent a note into Backblaze to find out more about the bzdatacenter folder. Internet searches didn’t yield much, so I’ll try and follow-up with Backblaze’s response here.
Update: Here’s the response I received from Yev of Backblaze, when I asked if it was possible to use symbolic links to point the bzdata folder and its contents to a separate drive:
Krishna,
No, if you create a symbolic link to, say, an external drive, and then remove the drive from the computer, it will break Backblaze as the link will be pointing to nothing, and since those files are imperative to the backup, we absolutely do not recommend it, otherwise your backup will not be available.
If you are hoping to save space, I believe the folder taking up a lot of the room is the “bzcurrentlargefile”, it will grow by the largest file you are currently uploading, and then free-up the space. You can exclude larger files which should free-up your space in that particular folder, you can do so by opening the Backblaze control panel, going to Settings, Exclude from Backup, and change it from the default 4GB, to a lower amount.
Thank you,
Yev
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Yev also was kind enough to alert me to update to the latest version of the Backblaze client software, as my backups had for some peculiar reason not been updating for at least two days.
Fast response from Backblaze – kudos to their team for their thorough response to my question.
-Krishna
Ron Marz’s article Shelf Life: No Time Like the Present really struck a chord with me. If you haven’t read the article, go over and read it. I’ll wait.
Have you heard these before?
“If only I had more time”
“I wish I was good enough to do XYZ”
There are plenty of excuses to not do something, but the flip side of it is a life full of regrets. I’ve been lucky that I’ve been able to find a balance between teaching full-time, freelance work, a family, and my comics work. It’s not easy to start a new project when life seems to pull you in so many directions. How do I find the time to do what I love amidst all the other stuff?
I make time for it.
I want to give a little background as to my schedule and overall routine.
My full-time position involves teaching media arts and animation courses at the college level.
This quarter, I’m teaching 8 courses – three of which are new courses. Being an instructor involves preparing syllabi, weekly lesson plans, projects, study guides, demonstrations and grading. In an average week, I put in between 50 to 60 hours of work time.
Outside of work, I spend an average of 10 hours a week freelancing. Family time and the usual work involved in maintaining a home consumes the better part of the weekend.
Presently, I write and draw my strips for the week on Sunday. I’ve been doing this for about 4 weeks now. Each PC Weenies strip averages about 2 hours for writing / research and another 2 hours to create. I work digitally and I work fast. Sometimes my work is rushed – sometimes I miss a punchline or two – but my goal has always been to create comics that I would enjoy and deliver them on a timely basis.
While drawing and writing these comics is immensely fun, it’s also challenging. Witness the number of layers for Monday and Wednedsay’s strips below. Each layer represents another one of my attempts at revising the punchline.
(5 revisions for Wednesday’s strip)
(18 revisions for Monday’s strip)
Having to create three strips from scratch is by no means “easy” for me. But I do it anyway because I love it.
There are times where life gets pretty crazy, and sure – I’ve taken a break here and there over the last 12.5 years of doing this. But I never give up because to me, making comics represents everything I truly love.
I’m of the firm belief that if you truly want to do something, you’ll find a way to make it happen. Just don’t wait for the circumstances to be ‘perfect’ – it never will be. You have to make the time and claim your stake. As the ad slogan goes: “Just do it!”
Put in the time – don’t worry about perfection. Just get yourself moving and enjoy the process. After all, it’s supposed to be fun, right?
-Krishna
Chances are, you’re using your display at its factory settings. And that could be a potentially damaging situation for your eyes. Most displays (TVs and computer monitors) have their brightness and contrast settings cranked to an almost absolutely absurd level that, with prolonged usage, will cause your eyes to develop irritation or a burning sensation.
I spend quite a bit of time in front of my computer, and have been experiencing eye fatigue for several months. Recently, I’ve dropped the brightness level on all my computer displays and it seems to help. (I also use Nocturne to change my display to grayscale when working during the evening hours.)
Time will tell if both these changes will relieve my fatigue, but, in my case, I fear that permanent eye damage has already occurred.
-Krishna
