Victor Solanoy

I’ve been trying to find a utility similar to SilverKeeper for the Mac for Windows. After a quick search on Windows.com, I found my answer!

There’s tool called SyncToy 2.1. The brief description reads:

SyncToy 2.1 is a free application that synchronizes files and folders between locations. Typical uses include sharing files, such as photos, with other computers and creating backup copies of files and folders.

The tool was originally written for Windows Vista, but works like a charm in 7.

• http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C26EFA36-98E0-4EE9-A7C5-98D0592D8C52&displaylang=en#filelist

I finally got a chance to watch “Meet the Robinsons” over the 4th of July weekend. I was pleasantly surprised considering I wasn’t expecting much.

While I wouldn’t consider myself a kookie Disney fan, I’m a big fan of Walt Disney, the man. There’s a great quote at the end of the movie that I think should be the credo of engineers everywhere.

There’s a tendency to play it safe, hoping to repeat the successes of previous projects. Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s a way of progressing forward to create bigger and better things. It’s single handedly the reason why certain companies fail to follow-up their previous success, while other companies build successes on top of other successes.

It’s the difference between 1980’s Apple and IBM, and is the difference between Apple and HP, or Apple and Microsoft.

There’s really no secret about our approach. We keep moving forward—opening up new doors and doing new things—because we’re curious. And curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. We’re always exploring and experimenting. At WED, we call it Imagineering—the blending of creative imagination with technical know-how.

…from a 1965 presentation by Walt Disney called “Total Image”

A few weeks ago I decided to take a random family trip to Yosemite. It’s about 3.5 hours away from where we live. Surprisingly, most people thought Yosemite was a lot farther. While not an insignificant amount of time, it’s well worth the time.

Here’s a sample of the fun and humor that’s encountered during the ride. As you can see, it’s a party everyday!

Thanks to my donors and to those who supported me during the AIDS/Lifecycle 9.

It’s been a week since ALC9 ended and I’m recovering well. I do have to admit that I miss riding my bike through the beautiful landscape between San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Here’s a little slideshow of my journey.

I don’t think I ever posted photos from the first AIDS/Lifecycle that I participated in. Just in case you were interested in seeing them, here they are.

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I saw a photo at the store the other day, a tree silhouetted against the sky. I live just over the hill from Joseph D. Grant Ranch, close to San Jose where similar trees stand perched on top of small hills. I’ve tried taking photos of them in the past with little success. Today, we went for a short hike with the family and had my Canon PowerShot G9. The photo above was one of the more successful attempts. I experimented with a sepia treatment, but the contrast between the tree and the blue sky was so much more striking and less cliche than the silhouette.