FakeS3 is a lightweight server that responds to the same calls Amazon S3 responds to. It is extremely useful for testing of S3 in a sandbox environment without actually making calls to Amazon, which not only require network, but also cost you precious dollars.

Recommended by Steve Gibson to look at as a utility that works (Windows & Mac) to pre-encrypt, then backup your stuff to cloud providers (e.g. DropBox).

The hype around social media over the last few years has pushed people, and organsations into the adoption of tools they don’t fully understand in order to keep up with competitors or industry leaders. This has led to many failed social media initiatives. No one argues that social media tools aren’t a great way to get the word out about all aspects of your work and social life. Depending on whether you are a private or public company, a government organsaition or just an individual with thoughts you want to share, social media can help you reach your audience.Why is it then that so many organisations are failing with social media?

The number one reason in my opinion, is lack of preparation. Organisations don’t research the medium correctly before jumping in. Researching social media is a matter of “listening”. Organisations simply don't take the time to listen. Listening is the first step in any social media policy and if you skip the first step your initiatives are doomed.

RT @marcosesperon: ForkLift a 0,79€ en la Mac App Store (vñia @tonydoval) #ftp #sftp #webdav #S3 #smb

So you have your European S3 bucket thinking how cool you can select buckets near where your customers live, you gem install paperclip aws_s3 and do the dances and the rails and the rituals and the cap production deploy, and you get


The bucket you are attempting to access must be addressed using the specified endpoint. Please send all future requests to this endpoint.

time to connect MongoDB with S3 and write a task that backs up a MongoDB database to Amazon S3. This follows a series of articles, so before you read this you might want to check these out.

Pinterest Architecture Update - 18 Million Visitors, 10x Growth,12 Employees, 410 TB of Data

Finder replacement with SFTP etc. support and other fun.