Hey, folks. Anyone have a recommended disk erasing utility?
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Tracy ,'The Message'
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Emily - Jul 20, 2006 2:51:15 pm PDT #8547 of 10003
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Typo Boy - Jul 20, 2006 8:03:16 pm PDT #8548 of 10003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Talking of Recs.
From what I can see Buffistas have made the following hosting recs (for simple web sites):
ehostpro [link]
Apollo Hosting [link]
Dream Host [link]
Any others?
§ ita § - Jul 20, 2006 8:23:30 pm PDT #8549 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I host thevelvetedge.com with JaguarPC. They're pretty decent.
Kristen - Jul 20, 2006 10:02:12 pm PDT #8550 of 10003
I've had a great experience with Insider Hosting for the past three or four years.
Gudanov - Jul 21, 2006 9:26:47 am PDT #8551 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
I just Jumpline and they work pretty well especially with multiple domains on one account.
Jon B. - Jul 22, 2006 10:02:02 am PDT #8552 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
FAQWife is looking for a portable voice recorder that she can use to record interviews. It's got to have a way to connect with a telephone for phone interviews as well. Anyone have any recommendations?
NoiseDesign - Jul 22, 2006 10:52:46 am PDT #8553 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
How much is she looking to spend? The M-Audio Microtrack is quite good for this kind of work and gets used for portable news gathering. It records stardard media files to a compact flash card so it's quite easy to edit and to import into a computer. The Marantz PMD660 is a bit more expensive but is built much better and has much better mic inputs and things like that.
Both of these items can take standard mic interfaces so with the right telephone coupler they should work fine. I'll check really quick on telephone interfaces.
NoiseDesign - Jul 22, 2006 11:00:43 am PDT #8554 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
Okay, so a couple of items for recording phone calls.
This one works with cell phones [link]
This is a more expensive one with a lot of control for land line calls [link]
This is a cheap one that works throught he handset of a normal phone [link]
Hope these help.
Jon B. - Jul 22, 2006 1:49:21 pm PDT #8555 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Thanks for all those recs, ND. We appreciate the effort! I should have been more specific though -- this is for print interviews so the sound quality only has to be good enough to transcribe from. She's hoping to keep it under $100.
We just got back from Radio Shack where we got this voice recorder along with a cheap cell phone connector. We tested it and it works well enough for an interview she's doing on Monday, but we're open to returning it and buying something else for future interviews.
evil jimi - Jul 23, 2006 3:04:28 pm PDT #8556 of 10003
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Add Host Affection to the recommended pro-hosting list. After iValueHost became shit, I chose them to host Ehrensteinland, and they've been excellent. They're actually owned by Steadfast Network, which has its own datacenter. Despite being so big, the support has been immediate and very helpful. I've also got Eviljimi.com piggy-backed on the Ehrensteinland account. We're on the "Advanced" plan. [link]