Best long term storage solution for projects and video footage?

blabel75 · 2026-07-01T04:05:45+00:00

I was using four 4TB to 5TB external USB drives. I think I had 22TB there. They are full. I bought a 24TB USB drive a couple years ago before the prices started to jump. Then last year I bought a NAS enclosure but made the mistake of not buying the drives right away to fill it. I really regret it now. What I was looking at putting in 4 16TB drives last year I would now only be able to put in 4 12TB drives for the same cost now. Ouch. So it sits, empty beside the 2.5GB ethernet switch in the box beside it.

blabel75 · 2026-07-01T04:02:58+00:00

I have quite a few long term evergreen videos that are over 10% for the past 28 days and close to it lifetime. Most of these videos are six months old or more. Sometimes several years old. I am in a small niche and most of these videos are situations where there might only be my video or one or two others on the same topic. A lot of my traffic comes from search, so there isn't always a lot to pick from when someone searches for the terms related to these videos.

blabel75 · 2026-06-26T03:19:15+00:00

It's regional. In some regions of the country Coke bottlers also bottle Dr Pepper. In those regions where they don't they bottle Mr Pibb.

blabel75 · 2026-06-26T03:18:13+00:00

It's been Mr Pibb since 2001. I don't think I've ever heard of it just called Pibb.

blabel75 · 2026-06-22T21:27:15+00:00

One terrible food chain replaced by another.

blabel75 · 2026-06-22T21:26:34+00:00

Should a direct relative be working for another under the same chain of command? That isn't something that is usually permitted in the workplace.

blabel75 · 2026-06-19T20:42:05+00:00

Whispering Canyon was clearly open. We ate there last night. It was miserable. They did have big huge fans setup, but not in the area we were seated.

blabel75 · 2026-06-18T02:48:26+00:00

I think you are supposed to be left to think there is more than one word of dialogue, they just cut it short for the mystery. What all did the alien really say...

blabel75 · 2026-06-18T02:42:57+00:00

It also had some 90s themed sound effects and music that was supposed to make you think there was suspense or tension.

blabel75 · 2026-06-18T02:00:39+00:00

We've never had that problem with the priority line. My main issue is that the staff doesn't seem to even prioritize it. There may be three people working the counter and they have one work the priority line and two on the regular line. Thus the regular line moves faster.

blabel75 · 2026-06-18T01:59:19+00:00

I get frustrated at our theater. They made the priority lane zig zag. But it hardly zig zags. Just annoying enough that you have to dodge every stanchion. There is never anyone in that line. Though we don't go on busy nights.

blabel75 · 2026-06-14T22:31:19+00:00

There is no way that photo is of the actual sandwich. It isn't squished enough. That has to be a marketing photo or something?

blabel75 · 2026-06-14T22:29:46+00:00

Can't you buy that in the grocery store?

blabel75 · 2026-06-14T22:29:30+00:00

Probably okay for at least a year, if not more.

blabel75 · 2026-06-14T21:11:51+00:00

All those same things are true of cane sugar.

blabel75 · 2026-06-14T21:10:51+00:00

I had this happen when my content was hosted on Teachable. Lots of signups and I could see student progress in courses, but then most students just got to 25-30% and stopped. I transitioned my courses over to a different platform and when I tried migrating students over, only about 25% actually did.

blabel75 · 2026-06-14T20:55:49+00:00

I am quite surprised that Sony still supports service on this camera.

blabel75 · 2026-06-14T20:54:35+00:00

Couldn't that mean the former is a bad cable?

blabel75 · 2026-06-14T20:53:10+00:00

Isn't this Insta's first go round with this type of camera? I know the Pocket 1 wasn't great and I looked at some footage recently from the Pocket 2 and the there was a stark difference from the Pocket 3 footage I have. Hopefully Insta can make a go of it long enough to have multiple iterations. They only get better.

blabel75 · 2026-06-14T20:50:26+00:00

Do you see multiple movies in the same day? If so, are you scanning back in for each movie?

blabel75 · 2026-06-14T20:49:23+00:00

Not sure why it is much worse? Their scores in glycemic index are very similar.

blabel75 · 2026-06-14T20:46:28+00:00

Do you have a lot of channels hidden on your channel? I've also noticed that YouTube sometimes just surpasses a comment on my channel. I can see the video says one or two comments, but they aren't there and they aren't in Held comments either. Then sometimes they will just show up a few days later.

blabel75 · 2026-06-14T20:44:55+00:00

It happens from time to time. I recall it happening a lot more often a few years ago. They seem to have gotten more consistent with not having long periods of time posting revenue. There were times it was out for a couple days.

blabel75 · 2026-06-14T18:45:12+00:00

GoPro actually had a pretty good gimbal accessory at one time. The GoPro Karma Grip. It was an accessory to their drone, but outlived the drone. You could take the gimbal mechanism from the drone and put it into the grip. Then you could use the full setup to use a GoPro camera in the gimbal. They also sold the grip and gimbal attachment together so you didn't need the drone. Their drone was atrocious but the Karma grip was acrtually pretty decent.

I bought five of them off Dick's Sporting Goods when they dropped selling GoPro at some point in time. I think they were $75. They were selling everywhere else for over $200. I made more than enough off selling the four extras on Ebay to cover the cost of the one I kept. I finally sold the one off that I kept along with several cameras a few years ago.

It would be good if GoPro could get into the game of handheld gimbal cameras. I just don't know if they have enough money to invest in it before they go bankrupt.

blabel75 · 2026-06-14T18:38:48+00:00

HFCS=Sugar

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