"Everyone always wants new things. Everybody likes new inventions, new technology. People will never be replaced by machines. In the end, life and business are about human connections.
And computers are about trying to murder you in a lake."
Last Thursday, my hard drive died. Not crashed. Died. Forever. Dead. Gone.
I had backups in several places but hadn't backed up my Entourage user data in a long time. And, the backup I made of my Entourage user data in November-- for whatever reason refuses to work. So, unless someone can help me resurrect this backup I have from November, I have lost every email I wrote and received since July. If that makes you shudder, imagine how it makes me feel...
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IMPORTANT:
If you're waiting on email responses from me, please resend your email. And, if you emailed me for the first time in the past few weeks (on any account) and haven't heard a response from me, please resend your email.
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Consider this a friendly reminder to back up everything you have right this minute.
And, because I need the laugh, I thought I would conclude by sharing Michael Scott's terrifying experience with technology...I've actually never felt more like him than I do right now.
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Kevin, My drive crashed last week too. It's amazing how much we rely on those dang things. BACKUP!
P.S. I don't know if you've seen my new blog? It's in the URL above.
Posted by: Mike Anderson | January 16, 2008 at 11:40 PM
I lost my hard drive a few months ago and it really reaally sucked!!
I try to backup as often as possible now, plus have stuff backed up through .mac too.
Backup.
Posted by: Larry Boatright | January 17, 2008 at 01:31 PM
Sorry to hear of your frustrating experience, brother! Ouch!
I recently installed Leopard on my MacBook Pro, purchasing a portable hard drive as well. With the new Leopard feature, Time Machine, backing up my entire hard drive is really a snap. I backup once a week.
Posted by: James | January 19, 2008 at 12:15 PM