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I Love My Backups
2My plans for the holidays had never been all that exciting, just to knuckle down and put the finishing touches to my thesis, due in at the end of January, but the day before Christmas Eve it all changed. I walked back to my desk, stumbled, and a cup of soup flew, in perfect obedience to sod’s law, straight at the laptop. Of course, I turned it off, turned it upside down, applied the hairdryer and made impassioned offerings to the gods of silicone. It may sometimes work, but it never has for me.
And that, dear reader, is how I got to spend Boxing Day restoring my files and getting myself set up on brand new laptop. Fortunately, its all back, and no harm done. My backup strategy is going to change a little, but it worked, and this post is to explain some of the things I do, More >
All that Paper
0The policemen are getting younger, the music’s too loud and what are those young people wearing?? I think I’m getting old, which surely beats the alternatives, especially as some things are so much better than they were back in the day. Who would want to go back to old ways of managing notes and reading?
