On Reinstalling

This is a quick list of tips for reinstalling, or in my case, setting up your new computer and migrating all your apps and data from your old computer. Oh, a 710m - thanks for asking. Most are skeptical that it will make for a good full time computer b/c of the small keyboard, but I'm going to show'em all. I think it will be a slick companion for my coffee shop hopping.

Anyway, the list:

1. My Music
2. My Documents
3. IE / Firefox bookmarks
4. Any local webserver document root files you have. If you're like me, you do a lot of development off of your own local server, so don't forget all the files in that htdocs directory.
5. Local mysql db - again, if you do local development you probably have a bunch of development db's that you'll need for future reference. There's a quicker way to transfer than just dumping into a sql statement, which is to just copy the mysql/data directory from your old computer to your new (I'm running xampp).
6. VPN config files - if you connect to a vpn, remember to copy over your .key, .crt, and .csr files
7. Any application config files. The only one I have to take care of is Emacs - don't leave home without your .emacs file.
8. Firefox extensions - the essentials: MeasureIt, ColorZilla, Mouse Gestures, Web Developer