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The first commandment of this class: Back up. Constantly.

(Usually via an external hard-drive)

In view of the above, I’ve decided to spend the evening cleaning up the 48GB of used space on my laptop before taking that momentous step of no return into opensource world - installing VMWare Server and running Ubuntu on my laptop. I plan to:

1. Run Disk Cleaner
2. Go through my files with the naked eye and delete all the seldom-used and super-old files (e.g. I have notes and assignments from 15 of my undergrad courses)
3. Run Defrag
4. Backup onto external drive
5. Do a restore to see if the backup works Did not do this since I only saved the data in an external hard drive and don’t have an actual backup/restore program.

Inspired by a classmate, I’ve also decided to set up my own bLOG file for this course. I was originally intending to use simple ol’ Word doc but this is so much cooler since I can update it from any online PC/laptop.

Internet Business Applications & Services is a course I took to hone my limited tech skills. You see, I married a geek so I wouldn’t have to be tech-savvy. Unfortunately, until he starts his own business and gives me a non-tech job (personal assistant with privileges?), it’s quite unlikely that I’ll get far in the Bay Area with my current tech know-how.

I haven’t done any of the assignments yet unless setting up a blog counts as a simple website. Wonder if the undergrad class I took in setting up a website could count as a waiver? Anyhow, I’ve been reading a book I borrowed from JP about SugarCRM - might want to do my project in this area.