If the article I wrote yesterday wasn’t enough to convince you to back up your data, maybe this will be. I can’t say it enough: back up your data: all of it. Photos, documents, music, the things you’d be heartbroken to lose. Hard drives fail, laptops get dropped, and the only thing standing between you and disaster is a good, current backup.
Watch the short video below, then go make sure your important files are safe. Thank you.
Akiva and Vasco dressed up for Christmas Day. The boys are in their fuzzy sweaters — one in royal blue with a little yellow bandana, the other in red — posing on the floor. They weren’t too sure about the outfits. Merry Christmas from these two.
Our Dog of the Day for 1/21/2012 is Rufus, a lovable and cuddly 4-and-a-half-year-old. Rufus is lovable and cuddly. He is 4 and a half years old. He loves to chase lizards, squirrels and ducks. He smooches everybody and is so much fun. He walks up to you and tries to share his Nylabone and…
I came across this old newspaper clipping the other day and it stopped me in my tracks. It’s from the Appleton Post-Crescent, Monday, November 23, 1998, a piece by Avi Stern in the Fox Valley “inc.” business section, headlined “Menasha’s PowerNet an electronic corner store.” That’s me on the left in the photo, nineteen years…
As many of you know, we suddenly lost Akiva on April 4th 2016. We decided to have Akiva preserved by having him freeze dried. This is an extended process that takes a minimum of 4 to 6 months, once space in available. He has been out with the person who is preserving him since late April….
Quite the wake-up call — at 1:16 a.m. a transformer on the utility pole down the street caught fire. I grabbed this shot right from my bedroom window. You could see the flames flickering up on the pole against the night sky, with the neighbors’ houses lit up in the orange glow. Thankfully it stayed…
Update (October 2026) Google Play Music shut down at the end of 2020 and was replaced by YouTube Music, so this sale (and the Android Market name) is long gone. The link now goes to YouTube Music. For a limited time, music is on sale in the Android Market: $0.49 per song and $4.99 per…