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RAID is NOT a backup solution.

Some are learning that RAID is NOT a backup solution the hard way : Data Loss Dooms Blog Hosting Service « Data Center Knowledge. Explained really simply, RAID mirrors one disk to another (or multiple disks to multiple disks) but a mirror is a mirror ! So if you mess on a disk, the mess will be replicated to the other disks. Remember that you should always think about archives and external backups if your content is valuable! Even if you are using RAID !

Joyeux Noël, Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad !

En retard … A bit late …

Joyeux Noël à tous.
Mery Christmas to all of you.
Feliz Navidad a todos.

Évitons les contraventions avec nos iPhones

Vous avez un iPhone? Travaillons ensemble pour éviter les contraventions. Installez Trapster et si vous voyez des policiers faire du radar il vous suffira de soumettre leur position rapidement via le GPS du iPhone pour que le prochain qui passe par là soit avisé. J’aime bien ! Vous devinerez pourquoi j’écris cet article en français, je veux qu’on soit plusieurs québécois a l’utiliser … mais ne vous faites pas prendre a toucher votre iPhone lorsque vous êtes au volant, parce que là vous ne pourrez pas éviter la contravention pour utilisation d’un cellulaire lorsque vous êtes en voiture.

See who is laying off ….

Ouf, impressive when you see it in a table like this : TechCrunch Layoff Tracker .

Guy Kawasaki : The Art of Laying People Off

I hope I will not need to use those tips, but it is a really nice read from Guy Kawasaki : OPEN Forum by American Express OPEN | The Art of Laying People Off.

Update :

Looks like I might have scared some people with this post. I had no intention to do so.

Let me tell you a bit more…..

I like the post not because we are going to lay people off, but because it talks about taking responsibility for your actions as a business director and some other concepts that are very important for me. Unfortunately I do not have time to explain how I apply all those tips, but let’s look at one :

Don’t let people self-select (#10 on the list)

I think this tip does not only apply to lay offs. It also applies to what position you want an employee to fill, where you think he fits. Do not let the employee go where he thinks he fits, bring him where you feel he will be the best. Sure this has to be done while respecting the interests and the objectives of the employee, but as the tip #10 says, don’t let people self-select, put them where you need them.

Cummins Raising Prices on Diesel Generators

According to Datacenter Knowledge, Cummins Hikes Prices on Diesel Generators.

Québec, Canada, Sarkozy et Politique

Je parle rarement de politique …. mais quel bon texte : Quand Sarkozy enterre de Gaulle, par Jean-François Lisée - Opinions - Le Monde.fr.

Effects of the Stock Markets Panic and Financial Crisis

Everyone’s concerned about the current financial crisis, as en entrepreneur you might be very interested in Sequoia Capital’s 56 Slide Presentation Of Doom .

Lightweight version of MySQL for Cloud and Web

I just leaned of a fork of MySQL named Drizzle that is intended to be A Lightweight SQL Database for Cloud and Web. Let’s see what it becomes.

iPhone Applications for Sysadmins

Pingdom has a nice list of sysadmin related iPhone apps : Royal Pingdom » 12 great iPhone applications for sysadmins and webmasters

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