I broke the site tonight. I was trying to disable it like I would if I were renting it and didn’t pay my bill. I’m trying to work out the bugs. Who knows… maybe I’ll start my own webserver business.
Anyway, I got it back up within the hour, but there still may be quirks. I’ll remember not to press that delete button again. 
After using this for the past few months, I simply had to talk about it here. The program is SyncToy and it’s one of Microsoft’s PowerToy applications. Part of the problem that I was encountering was the inability to keep multiple folders on two computers up to date. I tried out SyncToy and it worked wonders! I really wasn’t looking forward to copying 8 Gigs of information every time I needed to make sure the two computers had the same information.
This program worked great! After the initial sync, it usually only takes me 3-4 minutes to sync the files I modified. Check it out if you’re looking to sync multiple folders, multiple drives, or multiple computers.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/synctoy.mspx
You know the old story; the mechanic who fixes Porsche’s while driving an old Chevy Citation or something. Well, thats about how I feel sometime. In all my computers, only 1 of them has been completely new. All other computers have been pieced together with old equipment.
The pain finally hit after one of the parts on my laptop was stressed beyond it’s design and cracked. One of the hinges on the laptop screen is toast, and the other one doesn’t have enough tension to hold the laptop up sufficiently. This is not a good situation, especially since I’m relying on my laptop to get me through an upcoming HazMat class.I was able to find a piece on Ebay to replace the broken one, but after looking over the whole system I can tell that it’s in dire need of replacement.
As most of you know, I try my best to take care of my equipment. This wasn’t always the case, but in the past number of years, I’ve done everything I can to protect this laptop. I keep it virus clean as well as handling it with kid gloves to make sure that the case or screen doesn’t get damaged. While inspecting the broken hinge, I’ve found a number of cracks in the case at various points.
I can only hope it lasts another year and a half.
