And major props to the reporter for reminding us that Prez HW Bush once derisively called Gore "Ozone man." As if the lack of respect he and his offspring have for the environment isn't lamentable enough, our "leaders" take childish pot shots at a serious and potentially critical disaster, and it takes 15 years and a NOBEL PRIZE to make it obvious what a bushleague tactic it was.
Anyway. Yay!
I just lost my entire hard drive. I mean, I knew it was going to happen. I dropped the computer (shh, don't tell Apple, not like they care). This happened once before and in 24 hours after it did, I got the white screen of doom. So, once it crashed to the floor this time, I ran and backed up all the important stuff that makes my life work. And it's a good thing, because unlike last time, my hard drive was affected. It's gone. I have a new slate computer here.
The book was backed up. Every day I thank the sweet lord above I did that. And everything truly important - my important documents and movies and pictures and music - all that stuff lives on a backup drive instead of my computer anyway. But there are an uncountable amount of little things that I didn't have backed up, like my giant to do lists on my sticky notes, or some raw footage from my video camera, or my IM conversations from FOREVER. I did a massive backup once, that just copied my entire drive; since then it's been on an as-needed basis, always thinking, "This is just a precaution, I won't lose my hard drive."
YES. YOU. WILL.
BACK. UP. YOUR. STUFF.
