I just looked through a few of my favourite blog posts. Like the one from July 2004 that showed a happy picture of my dad before he got sick and passed away.
The picture was gone. It was one of the casualties of my ISP's purge of web space accounts. The photo is also on my phone, so I know I have at least one good backup. That's the problem. I do full computer backups every day - and have been doing so for over 20 years.
Because I have so many backups, I sometimes purge files from my computer to make more room - knowing the files have been backed up, somewhere.
I'm not panicking about this particular sentimental file. But there may be others that are harder to find.
It just hit me as I was about to publish this post. My oldest backups were made with old backup programs that are no longer published and/or not compatible with Windows 10. Now I'm starting to panic.
P.S. It's my wedding anniversary today.
I'm not an exciting person, but anything that crosses my mind that I care to share with the rest of the world will appear here.
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Entertainment Tonight Returns
Within two hours of waking up, I had purchased and installed a new UPS for the Living Room. 'Nuff said.
It's Karma
There's no other explanation. Within the past 36 hours, two of the material objects I use most have gone kaput. First, it was my car - which lit the "engine service" indicator while I was driving to an appointment.
It was already Monday evening, so I couldn't bring it to the dealer. But, I did call for a Tuesday appointment. After charging me $150.00 to run a diagnostic, they told me the oxygen sensor in my engine was shot. I could opt for a repair, or I could wait, since that sensor is used to optimize the air/fuel ratio but the car will still run without the repair. I declined the repair, since I don't really have spare funds at the moment.
Fast forward to a few moments ago. As I turned on my TV, my entertainment system's UPS decided to die. The upshot is it caused the currently recording program to be interrupted, rebooted my DVR and there is *no* control on the box that allowed me to shut off the alarm. So, I had to unplug it - putting all my equipment out of service.
So now, I'm wondering what I did to deserve this punishment. Nothing really comes to mind. Am I being paranoid? The fact that I'm asking should be a clue.
I may be able to live without a fuel-optimized vehicle, but there's no way I can go a day without my entertainment system. Today will be an expensive day!
UPDATE:
After posting this message, I noticed that my blog page looked like crap. I thought it was because Google has recently forced the content to be https (secure), and that might be the reason why all the graphics disappeared. But NO, it's not Google's fault. Instead, it's my Internet Service Provider, who in their infinite wisdom decided to delete the web hosting space associated with my email accounts. Tech support says I was sent a notice by (snail) mail. I didn't get it. Nor, apparently, did the other people who have been posting on internet forums about the sudden (and IRRETRIEVABLE) disappearance of their files.
Yup. It's Karma.
My blog has never been popular (unless you can call an average of one visitor a month popular) and was never meant to be. But, without the humorous pieces of goodness collected over the past 16 years and stored on my web storage, there may not be much point in continuing this project.
UPDATE #2:
There are too many memories here to abandon the project, but my graphics and templates were all erased by my Internet Provider. So, as of today, August 23, 2017, I'll be trying to find a new theme I like, and over time, maybe I can recover some of the humorous snippets that made this blog unique to me.
It was already Monday evening, so I couldn't bring it to the dealer. But, I did call for a Tuesday appointment. After charging me $150.00 to run a diagnostic, they told me the oxygen sensor in my engine was shot. I could opt for a repair, or I could wait, since that sensor is used to optimize the air/fuel ratio but the car will still run without the repair. I declined the repair, since I don't really have spare funds at the moment.
Fast forward to a few moments ago. As I turned on my TV, my entertainment system's UPS decided to die. The upshot is it caused the currently recording program to be interrupted, rebooted my DVR and there is *no* control on the box that allowed me to shut off the alarm. So, I had to unplug it - putting all my equipment out of service.
So now, I'm wondering what I did to deserve this punishment. Nothing really comes to mind. Am I being paranoid? The fact that I'm asking should be a clue.
I may be able to live without a fuel-optimized vehicle, but there's no way I can go a day without my entertainment system. Today will be an expensive day!
UPDATE:
After posting this message, I noticed that my blog page looked like crap. I thought it was because Google has recently forced the content to be https (secure), and that might be the reason why all the graphics disappeared. But NO, it's not Google's fault. Instead, it's my Internet Service Provider, who in their infinite wisdom decided to delete the web hosting space associated with my email accounts. Tech support says I was sent a notice by (snail) mail. I didn't get it. Nor, apparently, did the other people who have been posting on internet forums about the sudden (and IRRETRIEVABLE) disappearance of their files.
Yup. It's Karma.
My blog has never been popular (unless you can call an average of one visitor a month popular) and was never meant to be. But, without the humorous pieces of goodness collected over the past 16 years and stored on my web storage, there may not be much point in continuing this project.
UPDATE #2:
There are too many memories here to abandon the project, but my graphics and templates were all erased by my Internet Provider. So, as of today, August 23, 2017, I'll be trying to find a new theme I like, and over time, maybe I can recover some of the humorous snippets that made this blog unique to me.