I recently found my self needing to conduct an automated backup for a client at work. Unfortunately, the only access available to the backup destination was ftp. Previously I’d used SCP or a subversion repo for backup management. Neither would be available in this instance, but I’ve detailed how you could use them.
I recently found myself frustrated by the inability to run Internet Explorer 6 on my Vista box at work. Normally, I run three systems running Windows XP, Vista, and Centos 5 (linux). Web application development nearly demands access to many different system for testing. It also helps to spread out your various IDE’s, browsers, and other tools. Capitalizing on a tri-screen, tri-OS work space linked with Synergy makes it all that much more of blissful development environment.