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Comment on SugarSync vs SpiderOak by Ben McClure

Ben McClure — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:33:00 +0000

I’m fine with you posting your promo code, but your comment reads like an advertisement. In the future please try to provide relevant comments or feedback about the article in addition to any promo code(s) or link(s) included. Thanks!

Comment on SugarSync vs SpiderOak by Retreo

Retreo — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:43:00 +0000

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Comment on Asus WL-500g Premium Power Supply Issue by Ben McClure

Ben McClure — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:52:00 +0000

Thanks for reporting back–glad to hear the Enercell seems to be an ideal choice. I’m about to put my WL-500G back in service and that’s probably the PS i’m going to pick up as well.

Comment on Asus WL-500g Premium Power Supply Issue by Me

Me — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:16:00 +0000

You guys are awesome — You solved my problem, thank you. Enercell 5V, 2.5A, size M tip… positive polarity

Comment on SugarSync’s Bitter Aftertaste by Ben McClure

Ben McClure — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:14:00 +0000

I’m under the impression that it’ll sync PST and things like accounting files after they are unlocked (when the program using them is closed).

I completely agree regarding it not telling you the things it didn’t back up, and just having a lot of missing files (or replaced files which return to the original) and other sync issues.

I love the idea behind SugarSync, and the way in which it works in theory–it just doesn’t do an adequate job of ensuring data consistency in all cases.

After several years of testing, I can safely say that I have found nothing which syncs half as well as Dropbox, even though its feature set is more limited than most other services. It’s caused me to gladly shell out the extra cash required for adequate Dropbox space, because it’s the only thing I’ve found that works quickly, and has never caused me any data consistency issues.

Ben

Comment on SugarSync’s Bitter Aftertaste by Disappointed

Disappointed — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:05:00 +0000

Unfortunately there are a number of problems, it wont sync pst files or accounting files (MYOB, Quickbooks). It also doesn’t tell you what it didn’t backup, I suggest you start checking your web account as there may be other folders totally missing as well.

Comment on Asus WL-500g Premium Power Supply Issue by Ben McClure

Ben McClure — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:42:00 +0000

Great to hear! The WL-500g really is a special router. Powerful WiFi, enough internal memory for OpenWRT to run comfortably, built-in USB ports, etc. It’s still a much better router than most current offerings so many years later.

Comment on Asus WL-500g Premium Power Supply Issue by Aleš Balcar

Aleš Balcar — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:07:00 +0000

Thanks a lot!

I was just going to throw my 6 years old Asus WL-500g out of the window, since the “Troubleshooting” section of the instruction manual does not cover this issue (steady light of all indicators EXCEPT power and air).
Since I am no tech geek, I bought a new power supply 15 menutes ago and it works again.
Unfortunately, these come expensive here in Czech Republic, so it cost me about 1/2 of the price of the cheapest WLAN router.
But still – this is a much niftier machine and I do not like to litter by throwing away what is good to use for another decade.

Comment on Dropbox vs SugarSync by Ben McClure

Ben McClure — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:27:00 +0000

I would appreciate keeping the affiliate links to a minimum, as I told the commenter just before you. If you feel you must post the link, that’s fine, but please then make the rest of the comment at least useful, informative, or directly related to the article content in the future.

Thank you!

Comment on Dropbox vs SugarSync by Ben

Ben — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:46:00 +0000

A handy tip for signing up to DropBox… If you want some extra storage from the start
use my referral link to sign up

http://goo.gl/StEow

Both Dropbox users ( you and I) get an extra 250MB on top of the free 2GB.

Once Joined you can then refer others and receive an extra 250MB per referral up to a max of 8Gig… Free.