http://www.pencoyd.com/clock/2006/01/16/doing-the-right-thing-backing-up-my-data/ A journal from John B. Roberts Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:14:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.pencoyd.com/clock/2006/01/16/doing-the-right-thing-backing-up-my-data/comment-page-1/#comment-7429 clock — watching time, the only true currency » » Death of a hard drive Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:05:27 +0000 http://www.pencoyd.com/clock/2006/01/16/doing-the-right-thing-backing-up-my-data/#comment-7429 [...] I’m not sure what exactly finally brought the drive to its knees, but some sectors were problematic as far back as January 2006 when I first tried to get serious about backups. (And failed.) [...] [...] I’m not sure what exactly finally brought the drive to its knees, but some sectors were problematic as far back as January 2006 when I first tried to get serious about backups. (And failed.) [...]

]]> http://www.pencoyd.com/clock/2006/01/16/doing-the-right-thing-backing-up-my-data/comment-page-1/#comment-1253 » Data and formats: how much control? clock — watching time, the only true currency Sun, 18 Jun 2006 05:25:48 +0000 http://www.pencoyd.com/clock/2006/01/16/doing-the-right-thing-backing-up-my-data/#comment-1253 [...] N.B. Of course, all this from someone still struggling to back up their current computer, which has at least a decade of files transferred across as many as four Macs. Said files may or may not be in workable formats if I should ever try to open them once more. But I console myself with two facts: I still have them (until my hard drive befores my backup) and I haven’t touched most of them yet, so would my life (or anyone else’s) really be different if they did disappear? Filed under: Tech and Time and Data and Formats and Mac Comments: [...] [...] N.B. Of course, all this from someone still struggling to back up their current computer, which has at least a decade of files transferred across as many as four Macs. Said files may or may not be in workable formats if I should ever try to open them once more. But I console myself with two facts: I still have them (until my hard drive befores my backup) and I haven’t touched most of them yet, so would my life (or anyone else’s) really be different if they did disappear? Filed under: Tech and Time and Data and Formats and Mac Comments: [...]

]]> http://www.pencoyd.com/clock/2006/01/16/doing-the-right-thing-backing-up-my-data/comment-page-1/#comment-92 clock — watching time, the only true currency » I’m no fan of Origami Fri, 03 Mar 2006 13:33:23 +0000 http://www.pencoyd.com/clock/2006/01/16/doing-the-right-thing-backing-up-my-data/#comment-92 [...] The boy has some dinosaur (of course) origami, and this stuff is too damn hard. Maybe it’s just faulty instructions, or maybe this is an advanced set (I hope so!), but I’d rather back up my computer, which has been a frustrating, still-incomplete experience in its own right, than try and fold another Yangchuanosaurus. [...] [...] The boy has some dinosaur (of course) origami, and this stuff is too damn hard. Maybe it’s just faulty instructions, or maybe this is an advanced set (I hope so!), but I’d rather back up my computer, which has been a frustrating, still-incomplete experience in its own right, than try and fold another Yangchuanosaurus. [...]

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