{"id":1389,"date":"2011-04-16T10:37:38","date_gmt":"2011-04-16T14:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=1389"},"modified":"2011-04-16T12:01:36","modified_gmt":"2011-04-16T16:01:36","slug":"create-your-own-cloud-drive-cloudeight-freeware-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/create-your-own-cloud-drive-cloudeight-freeware-pick\/","title":{"rendered":"Create your own cloud drive – Cloudeight freeware pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

First. If you’re using dialup this program isn’t for you. Sorry. Not only is it a 34.6MB download but in order for you to use it, you’ll need a fast Internet connection.<\/p>\n

Now on with the show. Pogoplug is nothing like a pogostick. EB’s \t\t\t\tgreat grandfather invented the pogostick -that’s why I’m \t\t\t\tallowed to spell it that way. Anyway, EB’s great grandfather – who was a mild-mannered, meek, kindly old soul like me – often ran afoul \t\t\t\tof EB’s great grandmother who was feisty and mean like EB. Not \t\t\t\tonly was she gnarly, but she was quick. EB’s unfortunate great grandfather often could not get away quick enough to avoid the catastrophic rear-end chewing administered, without mercy, by EB’s great grandmother.<\/p>\n

Man she was a mean old soul; EB comes by her countenance honestly.<\/p>\n

Well a man can only take so much before he either turns to drink \t\t\t\tor learns to run faster. But EB’s great grandpa was nigh on 90 \t\t\t\tand great grandma was still chewing him out for stuff like \t\t\t\tdrinking straight out of the milk jug or not shaking the handle \t\t\t\ton the toilet.<\/p>\n

To make a long story short – because frankly EB’s heritage is \t\t\t\tjust so boring – EB’s great grandfather invented the pogostick \t\t\t\tso he could get away from great grandma with more alacrity than \t\t\t\ta normal 90 year-old man should have. He used his pogostick only \t\t\t\ttwice to escape his wife. The second time he used it he ran into Ron Popeil who was so impressed with it, he offered \t\t\t\tEB’s great granfather $150,000 for the idea. Back then $150,000 \t\t\t\twas a lot of Samolians – still is. It wasn’t very long after \t\t\t\tthat windfall that EB’s great grandfather met Beth Ann Snark, a \t\t\t\tyoung, nubile waif and well-known gold digger. And thus began \t\t\t\tthe branch of the family tree that begat EB.<\/p>\n

So now you know that were not recommending pogosticks, but \t\t\t\tPogoplug which won’t help you get away from your significant \t\t\t\tother or help you meet a nubile young waif, but what it will do \t\t\t\twill give you scads of cloud storage, a cloud drive on your \t\t\t\tcomputer, and files you can access from any connected device – \t\t\t\tyes, EB, even your beloved iPad and Android-X.<\/p>\n

Pogoplug turns your computer into your own personal cloud. \t\t\t\tPogoplug lets you share files, photos music, movies with one \t\t\t\tfriend or all your friends. It lets you instantly put photos or \t\t\t\tother stuff on your Facebook page. Or you can be like EB and not \t\t\t\tshare anything with anyone – you can use Pogoplug to store huge \t\t\t\tamounts of files.<\/p>\n

Pogoplug even lets you send large files instantly, without \t\t\t\tuploading or attaching. You’ll never have to send an attachment \t\t\t\tby email again.<\/p>\n

We installed Pogoplug today. What it does is create a virtual \t\t\t\thard drive on your computer which is labeled P Drive. This made \t\t\t\tEB giggle hilariously – she’s got that Southern sense of humor, \t\t\t\tyou know. You can drag and drop files from your computer’s hard \t\t\t\tdrive to your P drive (I can’t help it – I have to smile every \t\t\t\ttime I write that). So it’s essentially the same as adding \t\t\t\tanother hard drive to your computer. Now you think I’m kidding \t\t\t\tabout the P drive stuff, but I swear I am not.<\/p>\n

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\"Cloudeight<\/a><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

According to ye olde P drive (I can’t help it. I have to laugh every time) I have 2 TB – that’s \t\t\t\tterabytes. I don’t know if I really have that much because I \t\t\t\tcouldn’t find out exactly how much space they allow you – but \t\t\t\tthey allow you a lot because they’re talking about movies – and \t\t\t\tmovies are big. And I sure haven’t uploaded 2TB of data. But hey \t\t\t\tI’m working on it.<\/p>\n

Moving files by dragging and dropping from your C:\\ drive to \t\t\t\tyour P:\\ drive isn’t as fast as dragging files to a flash drive \t\t\t\t– or an external drive. But it’s not bad considering everything \t\t\t\tyou’re dragging is being uploaded because the P:\\ drive on your \t\t\t\tcomputer is actually a cloud drive. And you really have to love the name P:\\ drive. Don’t you?<\/p>\n

I will have to admit, Pogoplug is one of the most interesting \t\t\t\tfreeware picks I’ve ever tested. It’s amazing technology. It \t\t\t\tcertainly ranks as one of the best freeware picks we’ve ever had \t\t\t\tas far as the kinds of software and services I like. But I’m the \t\t\t\tadventurous type and I love things that work differently than \t\t\t\tthings I’ve seen before. It’s certainly much different than \t\t\t\tDropbox – I think I’m sold on Pogoplug now. I’m going back and \t\t\t\tplay with my P:\\ drive.<\/p>\n

Our freeware pick this week is Pogoplug. You can read more about \t\t\t\tit – and or download it by visiting the Pogoplug Website<\/a><\/p>\n

PS: If you use a mobile device, you’ll have virtually unlimited \t\t\t\tstorage. You can access your files and media from your own \t\t\t\tpersonal cloud. Just download Pogoplug’s free mobile apps from \t\t\t\tyour iPhone, iPad or Android smartphone. If you plan on \t\t\t\tstreaming audio or video You can pay $29.00 (one-time fee) and \t\t\t\tstream movies and music to your mobile device wherever you are.<\/p>\n

The details you love:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Pogoplug<\/strong>
\nWindows XP, Windows Vista, Window 7 (32bit\/64bit)
\n34.6MB Windows exe file
\nA cloud drive for your computer<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> Do you have a freeware program you love? \t\t\t\t\tTell us about it<\/a>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First. If you’re using dialup this program isn’t for you. Sorry. Not only is it a 34.6MB download but in order for you to use it, you’ll need a fast Internet connection. Now on with the show. Pogoplug is nothing like a pogostick. EB’s great grandfather invented the pogostick -that’s why I’m allowed to spell it that way.\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1676,920,730,99,100,624,934],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1389"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1396,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389\/revisions\/1396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}