Here’s a simple backup helper software I wrote. It’s a Perl script with a MySQL backend. You run it on files you want to back up, and it stores SHA1 checksums in a database. You can then use it to verify files in your backup drive, or even just on your main hard drive.
I’ve found it quite handy for validating my backups. Hopefully someone out there will find it useful too.
So, I’ve been back for a week, and I’m still jetlagged. Just another sign of getting old, I guess. If you haven’t heard it from me already, the trip was amazing. I haven’t been to Beijing for like 15 years (literally), and the place is completely different. The incredible thing is you can go from the completely modern (think Olympic Green or Xidan Marketplace) to the traditional (Forbidden City, or the surviving hutongs). Actually, that was pretty much the way things worked the whole trip.
I’ve got something like 20 GB of pictures to sort through, so more comments and pictures to follow.
Well, kinda. It’s still a work in progress. Have to say I love WordPress though. It makes everything so easy, while being customizable enough so your page doesn’t look like everyone else’s.
While you’re waiting for this page to be updated, click on the “MegaTokyo” link on the right. That should keep you occupied for a while (unless you’re like me and stay up to 4am reading almost 7 years worth of strips in one shot ^_^ ).
