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Berry Picking. Still Wild
In keeping with my 20lb harvesting plan, I went blackberry picking on Friday and Sunday. I picked between 2-3lbs each day. If I venture out twice a week for the next 2-3 weeks, I should have no problem meeting my goal.
The goal is more than a number.
Exhibit Caution. Backup.
Dan Saelinger reminds us why we should backup. Preferably off-site.
We should also remember Google’s study of hard drive failure trends and the fact that about half of all failures occur with no warning. S.M.A.R.T. is a good start and SSDs (Solid-state drives) are considerably less fragile than traditional hard disks, but in the end all devices will fail. I have about a terabyte of data that I would hate to lose. From old school work to current assignments and projects, I try to keep everything reasonably managed and properly archived.
I have been using the Cobain Backup software, but have had past success with GFI backup. I recently switched to Cobain because it seems to offer a lower memory footprint and does no attempt to run as a service or hook itself into the OS.
