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+     tabtitle: Bye Bye Dropbox
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+<article>
+     <h1>Dropbox or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Use Web Apps</h1>
+     <p>Like a good nerd, the day I heard about Dropbox I installed it. I made
+     use of it's free storage, it's painless sync'ing. Funny pictures, apps,
+     books, music: it all went in, it all got sync'd. This was extremely
+     helpful when I started working. Install Dropbox on work machine, wait
+     for it to sync, and there are all my NES/SNES games and emulators waiting
+     for some quality procrastination to sink in. Or that picture I really
+     wanted to use as my background. Or that music I wanted to listen to. All
+     sync'd, all in one place. Organized, efficient, localized; Dropbox.</p>
+
+     <p>Then a change of mind: why do I keep all this stuff that I find online
+     on my local machine? I'm basically just duplicating files which already
+     exist in locations online, offline for ease of access. There are websites
+     which already tackle this problem. Thus, my quest began, to migrate from
+     Dropbox to existing services, and remove another program from my machine.
+     </p>
+
+     <h2>Rationale</h2>
+     <p>A quick aside: I'm a pretty silly guy. Not in the comedic sense, though
+     I have been known to bring the funny. No, more in a principles way; I have
+     silly concepts of things. Philosophical quandries and quagmires aside, 
+     some of these silly ideas pertain to my computer and related  maintenance.
+     See, I like having control of my environment. That's tough in life, but 
+     easy on a computer. It's part of the reason I love Linux so much.
+
+     <h2>From One to Many</h2>
+     <p>There are many places that the previously all centralized content of my
+     Dropbox is heading. 
+     <ul>
+          <li>Pictures are heading to imgur, for ease of storage and ease of 
+          access to both download and share.</li>
+          <li>Music is heading to Google Play, or Amazon. Either one will work,
+          but not quite decided yet. </li>
+          <li>Books to Amazon Kindle or Google Books depending on format.</li>
+          <li>Most documents will go to Google Drive.</li>
+          <li>Most applications won't go anywhere, they'll also be replaced.
+          </li>
+     </ul></p>
+
+     <h2>From Apps to Applications</h2>
+     <p>Most of the apps in Dropbox were Windows-specific. Putty, for example,
+     I kept around in case I needed to ssh from Windows. However, with Windows
+     being phased out of my day-to-day, I won't need that anymore. Others are a
+     bit more difficult to replace.</p>
+
+     <h3>Keypass</h3>
+     <p>Keypass was my password store of choice, and for the longest time I
+     kept it sync'd between my machines via Dropbox. However, due to a few
+     concerns, I've decided to use a different approach.

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      <p>It wasn't until relatively recently that I ever even tried gaming on
      Linux. My senior year of high school I was introduced to Linux by my 
      friend Ben. That spawned the interest, but it was always secondary to
-     my true love of computers, gaming. 
+     my true love of computers, gaming. Throughout college I had an Asus
+     netbook, which was always my Linux machine, but I still had my Windows
+     desktop, which was my gaming machine. Windows was essential for gaming:
+     Steam; Final Fantasy 11 (yes, I know.); emulators; triple-A titles. These
+     were "Windows Exclusives," unless I wanted to venture into console
+     territory. Thus it remained, throughout college and my early-mid 20's.
+     Then something magical happened: Steam came to Linux. That was the
+     deathblow to Windows in my book, at least for my needs. I had long ago
+     dropped my interest in many games, leaving a small but well-loved list of
+     games that I do still care about. The majority of these are now supported
+     on Linux, but there are a few which remain Windows only. That is what this
+     "tour" is for; the last few games I want to play on Windows, before I go
+     Linux only.</p>
+
+     <h2>Featuring</h2>
+     <p>The list isn't hugh, but there are some definite strong players:
+     <ul>
+          <li>Bioshock, Bioshock 2, and Bioshock Infinite</li>
+          <li>Dark Souls and Dark Souls 2</li>
+          <li>Dishonored</li>
+          <li>Duke Nuken Forever</li>
+          <li>Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon</li>
+          <li>Spec Ops: The Line</li>
+     </ul>
+     Mostly "newer" games, mostly graphics-intensive games. I know these
+     run fine on Windows, and they may work in Wine but I don't feel like
+     either figuring out if they do, or trying to make them play nice.</p>
+
+     <h2>Special Guest Appearances By</h2>
+     <p>There are a few games that I will fiddle with to get working in Wine
+     though, and these are games I don't quite want to let go, but still are
+     Windows only: Skyrim and Guild Wars 2. I love Guild Wars 2, I think it's
+     the best MMO on the market, with the most supportive and friendly
+     community and one of the best developers. Skyrim is, well, Skyrim; I like
+     hitting things. Chivalry would be a close third on this list, but Chivalry
+     is on Linux now, so I can scream my lungs out and stab people whenever I
+     want. Regardless, I imagine I'll be playing plenty of each of these while
+     finishing up the main list.</p>
+
+     <h2>Tickets on Sale Now!</h2>
+     <p>Well, not exactly. But this would be a fantastic way to get into
+     streaming, and maybe I'll transition from Windows to Linux with that as
+     well. Streaming has always been something I've wanted to do, but never had
+     the time nor effort to pursue. So, either tradition will hold strong, or a
+     new challenger will appear. Until then.</p>
+</article>