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January 31, 2009
Computers Suck
The ReadyNAS story doesn't have a happy ending. The drive that failed did so in a way that even after recovering most of the disk with myrescue, pretty much the entire filesystem was corrupt.
So I'm currently waiting for CrashPlan to sync up it's view of the backup drive I've mounted on the network, and then I start the long restore of all our music, photos, and email.
I'm realizing the random things that weren't in the backup set and probably should have been, some of which I may have floating around on other disks, some of which I've probably lost.
The silver lining is that I had a backup - had I not, I don't know that I'd be composed enough to even write this all down.
Update: CrashPlan sync'd up it's view of Dawnise's Mac, which should have included her mailbox.
And it doesn't.
It appears in the list of files to backup, but it doesn't appear in the list of files available for restore.
I'm furious.
Posted by dberger at 12:31 PM
January 29, 2009
ReadyNAS Hell
http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=25207
Color me really unhappy (and late for work).
And let's hope CrashPlan doesn't suffer some random failure at just the wrong time, 'cause I may be needing that data.
Posted by dberger at 9:43 AM
January 13, 2009
My "Purse" Fetish Rears It's Ugly Head (Again)
A couple weeks ago, right after Christmas I guess, Dawnise and I found ourselves wandering around Pike Market with Vince and Ari, and we passed a guy selling leather purses and bags, handmade by a local artisan.
He had one of these hanging in the stall, which he was all to eager to take down and let me inspect. It was beautiful, and Dawnise offered to buy it for me, but I kept my wits about me.
I keep telling myself I don't need yet another bag, but here I am, weeks later, still with the link hanging around.
It's entirely possible that the not-a-collection may grow by one at some point...
Posted by dberger at 11:23 AM | Comments (1)
January 10, 2009
Crash Plan
Crashplan announced at Mac World that their basic product - previously a $30 per machine license, is free.
Do yourself a favor, if you value your data, find a friend who feels the same way, and use each other as backup destinations.
It's free, aside from the drive space.
Posted by dberger at 8:26 PM
Hard Core
While I'm not generally a fan of rap, after hearing him, and a slice of his music on NPR the other day, I'm curious about K'Naan, a rapper from Mogadishu and may pick up an album.
K'Naan could not be mistaken for an American rapper: For one thing, he has a kind of vintage Bohemian look. He says he doesn't think that American rap has much credibility, because even the toughest American neighborhoods aren't nearly as dangerous as Mogadishu."Where rocket-propelled grenades are fired around you on a daily ... a guy bragging on TV talking about how gangster he is?" K'Naan says. "For us, it's more a source of entertainment. It's more like a comedy or something we watch. Say, 'Oh wow, that's kind of cute of American gangsters.' But it isn't hardcore, it isn't that bad. Let's get things in perspective, you know?"
Posted by dberger at 7:47 PM
January 7, 2009
Trick or Treatment
Just finished Trick or Treatment : The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine - a scathing indictment of alternative medical practice.
I first heard about the book on NPR, before this story broke, and it finally arrived at the library just after the New Year.
The book progresses from a stance of healthy skepticism to, as the evidence mounts, the point here it's hard not to describe it as curmudgeonly, frustrated, and railing. And I mean that in the best way possible.
Continue reading "Trick or Treatment"
Posted by dberger at 9:07 PM
January 4, 2009
More Snow, Woo Hoo
Less than one inch accumulation my arse - we've already 2 or 3 inches on the lawn, and at least an inch accumulated on the street. Oh, and the predicted low of 36 is bullshit, too - our outdoor thermometer reads several degrees below freezing.
Posted by dberger at 7:31 PM