Spent the last hour or so wrestling with Retrospect, which is my answer to the “I need to back up my laptop” question. It’s very easy to define an “internet backup” using this software, and to point it at an FTP server, like the one in my basement. Turns out it’s just a hair trickier to actually convince the backup to run. Had to twiddle settings on both the FTP server and in Retrospect. For the record, “pure-ftpd” is old and busted. “vsftpd” is the new hotness.
Prior to that, I took a run. When I left the house at 8am, it was pretty reasonable. When I returned at 9, it was totally not reasonable to be running. Made about six miles, but man. Heat and humidity are not so much fun.
Prior to that, dropped off redmed at the airport for her (gack) 6:45am flight. She’s going to British Columbia. I was worried about the drug cartels, but she assures me that’s a different part of Columbia. The Brits apparently keep everything nice and safe.
Yesterday evening, we had a schmancy dinner with her boss and an interview candidate to join her group. Didn’t get much of a read on the candidate, but the swordfish “au poivre” was awesome.
Tomorrow, I plan to try to nail up new fascia boards on the garage, then drive north to help technolope and capital_l move. There’s some sort of heat index warning for the day, so I’m rooting for thunderstorms. After that, it’s party time in Boston with the owner of BDC.
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