I've been hearing a lot about how wonderful Drobo is. It is the prefect tool for backing up a lot of data in a safe and redundant way. If you have multiple terabytes of data that you cannot afford to loose, you have no excuse, get a Drobo. So why do I not have one? Well the answer is simple -- price. The entry price is just a bit too high for me. You can get a USB Drobo for only $349. Unfortunately that Drobo has no drives in in. To really use a Drobo you have to have stocked with 2 or 4 ESATA hard drives.

I just returned from a short business trip. It was just a quick overnight trip to Lubbock. Usually on such a trip I grab two bags; one for my clothes and one for my laptop. Along with my laptop comes a sundry collection of cables. When I am in a hotel I use my laptop to stay in touch with the office mainly via email and to work on specific web-based systems. For this trip I decided to try to go without the laptop. Could I really just use my iPhone for everything. It seemed like a pretty safe bet. Worst case, I could make up any work over the weekend. So off I went.