Jan 2, 2023

I have been a fan and user of LastPass for years, but the latest news of another security incident has me looking at moving to some alternatives. I am particularly concerned that LastPass did not encrypt the entire backup that they keep off-site of user data. This in my opinion

Dec 31, 2022

AWS S3 object storage used to be the only place you would seriously look at when you needed a highly available object storage service. AWS S3 storage is still a mainstay for many but unlike a few years ago you now have more options than you used to do. AWS

Dec 27, 2022

I have not published a ton of posts this year but I did publish a series of seven posts comparing TinyJPG (TinyPNG) to several other online image compression sites. It was an enlightening series of posts for myself, since I often default to just using TinyJPG for compressing the images

Dec 24, 2022

LastPass posted an update on their blog about the recent security incident involving unauthorized access to a third-party cloud-based storage service, where LastPass stores archived backups of production data. Probably not the kind of news users of LastPass want to hear just before Christmas. Some questions I have from their

Dec 15, 2022

One of the reasons many people would hesitate moving to Backblaze B2 cloud storage was the fact that they only offered two data regions where your data was stored. One in the western US and one in the EU. Well that has now changed. Backblaze has finally added a US

Dec 13, 2022

I like to check in on the progress of the blockchain based cloud storage projects from time to time and since it had been awhile since I had looked at some of the services I thought I would provide an update on some add a few new ones that I

Dec 11, 2022

Managing images and all the many different sizes needed for different devices can be a constant task for many web managers and developers. When you first start out with your shiny new website or blog it might be enough to use one of the online image compressor services and you

Dec 8, 2022

There was a day when keeping up with all your favorite websites meant subscribing to their RSS feed in your favorite RSS reader scrolling through the latest posts. My favorite was always Google Reader, and then Google does what Google always does, they shut it down citing declining usage and

Dec 4, 2022

Recently I had to do some quick edits to an audio podcast file for work and I was in a bit of a pinch. I was away from my main desktop where I had Audacity installed and the laptop I had with me did not have it installed. I could

Dec 3, 2022

This series of comparisons between TinyJPG (TinyPNG) and other image compression services continues today taking a look at Compressimage.io. Eventually I will write a roundup post looking at the results of all of these comparisons. I am running low on cat photos so I thought I would switch it up and