Backup images or almost anything from iPhone (any iOS) to Amazon S3
This guide is for jailbroken iPhone/iPod touch only I had recently needed a quick and dirty way to backup some of my images and additional content from my jailbroken iPhone 4 to a safe and accessible location. Well, you could always backup through iTunes (or any other USB/WiFi/Bluetooth means available), but being in love with the Amazon web services I decided to utilize some available tools and backup/sync to the Amazon S3. In order to do so, I had decided to use one of my favorite FREE tools s3cmd from s3tools. "S3cmd is a command line tool for uploading, retrieving and managing data ...
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VW Bik.e – Electric bicycle instead of a spare tire?
Think of it as the spare tire in your new VW. Yet, you can't ride your spare tire in case your car runs down. This is when you can pull out the Bik.e and get on your "green" way... Volkswagen has introduced the Bik.e at Auto China 2010. This is a great and very cool looking device. Looks like a small bike without pedals. It's nifty design allows it to fold down into a flat disc which fits perfectly into the spare compartment in the bottom of most trunks. Even though it most likely will not come standard with your new VW ...
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