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| Yet Another Entry Into The 404 Page Hall Of Fame | Top |
| As we’ve mentioned before , having an awesome 404 Page is a source of pride among startups. From the Twitter Fail Whale, to the Google Fail Whale (of course) to the Digg Fail Ox to Blippy’s Fail Double Rainbows you have to admit that these things freaking make your day. Social gaming startup EightBit.me (which has yet to launch whatever its planning on doing with its armies of 8-bit Twitter avatars ) has moved a step beyond fail animals and memes, to yes, a Fail Nintendo Game Cartridge, above. The “Blow me …” here is referring to the once sacred art of blowing into video games to get them to work AND NOT ANYTHING ELSE. And while they’re not the first ones to match this image with this phrase , this is definitely the best, most relevant use case I’ve come across so far. Don’t want to wait until the March 9th launch? Learn how to make your own bootleg avatar here. h/t @Fromedome CrunchBase Information Eightbit.me Information provided by CrunchBase | |
| For One Non-Gmail User, Everything's Just Peachy | Top |
| A month or so ago, I wrote about how Google’s apparent willingness to secretly hand over user data to the feds had made me rethink my obsession with cloud storage. Not – natch – because I have anything in particular to hide from Uncle Sam, but rather because if I'm going to have my data subpoenaed, I'd rather know about it so I can write blog posts and make self-promotional hay about it. I also have a bit of a thing for physical security: storing my mail in a physical location rather than in the cloud so, even with access to password, no-one can hack into my old correspondence and share it with the world. Mentioning no names: TechCrunch . Anyway, I followed through on my threat a few weeks ago, switching my mail from the cloud to a more traditional POP provider based outside the US. I store my mail offline in a lightly encrypted folder (as I say – nothing to hide. I'm all about paper and pen for sensitive stuff) and backup regularly to a disk stored somewhere else. I admit, though, I did miss some of the convenience of the cloud: particularly the peace of mind that comes from knowing I can immediately access all of my old mail from anywhere in the world. And the fact that I'm not at the mercy of a corrupt disk or having to trek and get my backup drive. Fortunately over the weekend Google made that regret go away . Not only did they manage to temporarily lose over 40,000 users' mail but, as MG explains , they also admitted that their only backup was stored on a physical tape drive, somewhere in the back of beyond. So as it turns out, my method of mail storage is both more reliable (I haven't lost any of my mailboxes; Google have lost 40,000) and easier to restore (I could have my mail restored in about an hour, Google’s users are still waiting). Another score for keeping things old school. | |
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