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Title: Windows Live SkyDrive
Post by: Cobra951 on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 10:11:02 AM
I got an email from Windows Live today detailing some free online services for members.  The one that caught my attention is SkyDrive (http://windowslive.com/Online/SkyDrive), a 25-GB online storage space which includes a public folder.  I had to do nothing at all to access it other than agree to the terms of service.  (I actually read that for once.  It's obvious, harmless stuff.)  This may be a good way to give each other stuff.  I think we all have Live in one way or another, we've "friend"-ed each other, and we know who we are in real life more or less.

I still don't know how to point you to my public area, where I uploaded innocuous files of several types to see if anything would stop any of them.  I imagine some of you also received the same email.  So yeah, whatever.  Just throwing it out there.

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Edit 2:  I think this (http://cid-43861f7087ae655e.skydrive.live.com/embedrowdetail.aspx/.Public/000%7C_-%7C_gamecube%7C_logo.mp3) will work.

Yes it does.  So no need for Live or anything else to link this stuff if it's in the public folder.  Cool.

Edit 3:

Direct link to an image (http://zdnrug.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pLXC7jAlpTXw7oRJOxBfoIuwE2UHPFgAdI3I3CnDzV292elfwDEELNnbF8r-N-3RvLJprbj4E2h8/Extreme%20Bus.jpg) . . . also works.

Direct link to MP3 (http://zdnrug.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p9Wh-Pe0P5j1Kf-bVEsnVGlFJlt7WwSnWxo7ieQGg5_rOt9EbANssiqnzGHoMZmHLbQqXoYid5xQ/000_-_gamecube_logo.mp3) . . . also works.

Hell, this beats my nerfed Roadrunner webspace by a mile.
Title: Re: Windows Live SkyDrive
Post by: idolminds on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 10:58:50 AM
Huh, neat. Just got mine.
Title: Re: Windows Live SkyDrive
Post by: scottws on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 06:44:57 PM
I've got my own webserver here at home.
Title: Re: Windows Live SkyDrive
Post by: Cobra951 on Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 09:10:50 PM
Isn't your upload speed limited, though?  I had an FTP server set up on my dead PC.  That worked well except for the speed.  Actually, I can launch it on this PC too.  I just don't want to.  With 2 PCs, one was the workhorse and the other the fast and fun one.  Neither is fast anymore.  Ha!