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, By Stan Elias
Running out of room?
So
you love classic movies
and have an impressive
digital library. Or you
like all kinds of music and
over the years have collected
a bazillion songs. Or you
are a gamer and need the
latest/ greatest versions of your
favorites. Or your new DSLR
camera never runs out of film ,
and you have been shooting like
a maniac. That 's a lot of files ,
taking up a lot of space. Where
are you going to store it?
You probabl y got the movies,
games and at least some of the
music as CDs and DVDs. But
the jewel cases were starting
to take up a lot of shelf space,
which is why you made digital
copies. Now you need a place
to store these files -a place that
not only holds your files, but
also allows easy access to them.
Chances are the hard disk in
your computer can't come close
to holding your entire library.
Cloud storage is a possibility,
and Amazon , Microsoft and
Dropbox offer free space, but
only enough to store one or two
movies. All offer extra space -
for a fee - and those monthly
fees can add up quickly.
Forlarge libraries, an external
hard drive is the most practical
option.
There are three physical
types to consider, depending
on the purpose of your
expansion. If you want to
make your computer faster, a
solid state drive (SSD) is the
unit of choice. With no moving
parts, it avoids the mechanical
limitations of external drives
with spinning disks. However,
SSDs generally have lower
capacity and are more
expensive than conventional
external drives and are usually
used as internal drives.
If you are storing sensitive
information or critical business
files you can't afford to lose,
there are armored drives that
survive dropp ing and even
water immersion.
If all you need is to expand
your storage, there are many
high-capacity, inexpensive
alternative drives.
In addition to physical type,
there are three operating criteria
to consider: storageperformance,
storagecapacity and data safety.
Storage performance refers I
to the speed at which data
transfers within the device or
between devices. The current
standard is the Serial ATA
(SATAJ speed. Now in its third
generation , SATA3 has a speed
limitation of 6 Gbps (about 770
Mbps). How fast is that? Glad
you asked. A CD holds up to
about 700 MB of information.
This would be transferred in
less than a second - in theory.
In practice, speeds are slower
because of mechanical loading. ;
Solid state drives offer speeds
much closer to the SATA3
limit.
Storagecapacity refers to how
much information the external
drive can hold , measured in
gigabytes (Gb). On average, 1
Gb can hold about 500 iPhone
photos or about 200 iTunes ;
digital songs. Currently, the :
largest internal drive for a
desktop holds up to 4 terabytes
(4 ,000 Mb) of storage; the :
largest internal drive for a
laptop holds up to 2 Tb of
data. A solid state drive holds
about 512 Gb before it gets too
expensive to be practical.
Data safety refers to the
physical durability of the drive.
Not much of an issue for a
desktop, it can be critical in
an adjunct to a hard-working
laptop. Select a device with
multiple layers of protection
when working in harsh
environments.
But even with your added
capacity - perhaps because
of your added capacity -
backup becomes even more j
critical. As long as you are
expanding capacity, perhaps .;
an additional external drive
should be designated only for
backups. Windows users can
use the software that usually
comes with an external drive; •
Mac users can use the Time
Machine feature that came
with the operating system for
automatic backup.
Stan Elias writes on business and
technology issuesand operatesTensor
Communications,a West Barnstable-
based marketing and communications
consultancy specializing in high-
tech companies. He can be reached
at stan _ elias @comcast.net
KATHLEEN SZMIT PHOTOS
COZY AND COMFORTABLE -The Mills Restaurant in Marstons Mills,now owned by Anne and Mark Ferro,is a lovely place to meetfor breakfast or lunch.
Popular eatery's
new owners
keeping it local
By Kathleen Szmit
kszmit@barnstablepatriot.com
Are
you looking for a great
place to go for breakfast
or lunch , perhaps
somewhere just off the beaten
path thaf offers a welcoming
atmosphere and dishes you can
tuck into with gusto? Tucked
into the heart of Marstons Mills
is that place, and the new owners
of the Mills Restaurant are ready
to serve you.
For Mark and Anne Ferro of
West Barnstable, owning and
operating the beloved local eatery
was their exciting alternative to
retirement after years of working
in the corporate sector.
When the duo learned that
the Mills was for sale, they
contemplated their personal
histories intherestaurantbusiness
and thought, "Why not?"
"Both of us kind of grew up in
the business," said Mark, clad in
an official chef coat with the new
Mills logo. "I had an aunt that
had several restaurants, including
afrozencustardshop,aclamshack
and an Italian restaurant. My first
job at eight years old wasmaking
meatballs and washing pots and
pans."
Tothisday,that familymeatball
recipe is a part of his culinary
repertoire,thedelicaciesnowapart
of the restaurant's "Best Meatball
Sandwich Ever."
"If Itoldyoutherecipe,I'dhave
to kill you,"joked Mark.
Anne, meanwhile, worked for
Mark's brother, who used to
own the Playhouse Restaurant
in Dennis. Another of Mark's
brothers owns Showtime Pizza,
also in Dennis.
For Anne,returning to thetasty
world of food wasinspired by her
desire for more interaction with
the general public.
"It was time to get out and talk
to the people again," she said.
Since passing papers on the
restaurantinMarchandreopening
after athree-weekrenovation,both
Anne and Mark have delighted in
getting to know the locals, many
of whom come in regularly, as
well as those passing through on
their vacations.
"Wehavepeople who come in
for breakfast and hang around or
come back for lunch, people that
come every day, and some have
even made it part of their Sunday
church ritual," Anne said.
Word of mouth has gotten
customersin the door, and what
keeps them coming, said the
Ferros, is the food.
"Wefocusonscratch cooking,"
Mark said. "Verylittle comes out
of a can."
They do their best to purchase
produce and other products from
local purveyors, including Cape
Dairy and Beanstock Coffee,
among others.
"Ithinkit'simportantwhenyou
can to gotothe smallindependent
localpeople,"saidMark. "Because
that's what we are."
"You feel like a part of the
communitywhen you do," added
Anne.
Knowing that the Mills had
long been a popular breakfast
locale, the Ferros were careful
to keep that aspect intact, opting
CONTINUED ON PAGE All
Mosey to the Mills Restaurant
By
Stew
Goodwin
columnist@barnstablepatriot.com
It
was 72 years ago this
month that I first came
to Cotuit. I was 3 and
my family was spending the
summer at The Pines resort
on Ocean View Avenue. Over
the next two months I often sat
on the beach (adjacent to the
public one now called Riley 's)
and watched with fascination
as scores of landing craft
maneuvered in front of me. As
entertaining as all of this was,
I wasn't aware until much later
that the sights before my eyes
were of great significance
During 1942 this part of Cape
Cod was at the epicenter of our
war effort. We were preparing
for the first amphibious
landings since the war with
Mexico in 1846. Landing craft
were moored in North Bay
where three long piers had
been built. Their crews were
housed in Camp Gotuit , just
off Old Post Road , and the
site of the present Cotuit Bay
Shores development. Repairs
to the landing craft were made
at the Osterville marina now
occupied by Crosby Yacht Yard
and Oyster Harbors Marine.
Infantry were trained at Camp
Edwards and Washburn Island
in Waquoit Bay.
^Civiliansailors were closely
monitored , and had to have a
special pass to move their boats
around the Three Bays area.
Old Post Road was closed to
all but identified residents.
Foxholes lined the mile
between Point Isabella and
Route 28. Soldiers were seen
frequently visiting shops in the
village. (There were more then
than there are now.)
Sitting on the beach I
witnessed practice landings on
Dead Neck. (Barbed wire and
spent cartridges could be found
there for years afterward.)
Landings also took place
on Popponessett spit. Night
exercises were often conducted
with ghostly voices filtering up
throug h the darkness to those
of us on shore.
The culmination of this '
training was a full-dress
invasion rehearsal in early
October. Two divisions staged
a night landing on Martha 's
Vineyard witnessed by top
army brass.
Things didn 't go entirel y
smoothly as one of the
divisions got temporarily
lost. Nonetheless the troops
were deemed ready, and the
invasion of North Africa ,
called Operation Torch, was
scheduled to begin on Nov. 8.
Things didn 't go entirely
smoothly then either. The surf
pounding the Moroccan beach
near Casablanca was more
ferocious than expected , or had
been experienced on the Cape.
(The other landing site near
Oran, Algeria was surfless.)
Many of the landing craft I
had watched that summer were
pounded to bits on the beach.
But , as you know, the invasion
was ultimately successful.
I can never forget those
two months when Cotuit ,
Osterville, and Waquoit were
critical to our ability to fight
World War II. Best of all , I got
to see some of the preparation
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