Archive for November 2009


Heading: Backup Strategy

Posted in General on Saturday, November 28, 2009 @ 01:01 est

As I mentioned recently, my computer backup skills have left a lot to be desired in the past, present, and immediate future. I guess there is a threshold for everything, even my laziness. At least as far as backups are concerned, we have crossed that line.
Below, I will outline my basic setup and […]



Heading: Fuck You Walmart

Posted in General on Friday, November 27, 2009 @ 06:06 est

Dear Walmart
If you are going to advertise that an item will go on-sale “at the store and online” at 5am on Black Friday, please keep up the pretense that you ever meant to allow people to buy it online. When you say “out of stock online” 5 minutes before the sale was supposed to […]



Heading: Western Digital

Posted in General on Thursday, November 26, 2009 @ 01:23 est

My relationship with Western Digital is pretty dysfunctional. WD hurts me time and time again, and yet I keep coming back.
To cut to the quick of it, I fail at backups. It is shameful to admit, since I style myself a bit of a computer geek. But the fact of the matter […]