Is it worth it?

I think I just lost my external hard drive with years of pictures, my entire .mp3 collection (I still have the CDs, but would have to rip all 700+ of them again)... damn, just realized I don't have a backup of my audiobook collection (approximately 200 of them)...

Checking around the net, it looks like it will cost me AT LEAST $199 to recover the data. I just don't know if it's worth it. Seriously, no one ever looks at those pictures, no one really cares but me, it's just data, sitting there, memories. I know it had the backup of my last 2 PCs on it, a bunch of writing, lots of miscellaneous stuff.

Funny thing is, I was just planning on sorting that stuff out, discarding the stuff I wasn't going to use, and transfer the rest to the RAID on my current desktop box.

I'm definitely going to have to meditate on this. Perhaps the universe is telling me to let go of the past.

Ciao for now.

Today's Ten

Saturday's Scenery

This is supposed to be where I post a photograph taken this week. Except, I haven't taken any, and when I went to grab one out of my archives, the hard drive failed. Next week, I promise you a new picture.

Getting to know me...

I am an onion. Sometimes, peeling back the layers makes you cry. There is no one currently in my life that knows everything about me, though dch4 comes close. If there is something you'd like to see addressed in this section in the future, just send me a pm or post a comment with a question, and I'll give you more information. Otherwise, I'll use this space to let you in on who I am and how I think.

My readers

No birthdays today. No new readers.

Boost the signal please! Help me expand my readership by recommending me to someone on your friends list who you think would enjoy reading my journal.

Quote of the Day

"'Tis very certain the desire for life prolongs it." - Lord Byron

Site of the Day

Earth 911 is one of my favorite sites for all things green.

My Route

View 05-01-10 in a larger map

Accomplishments

• Created a template for future posts
  
• Learned to do a bulleted list
  
• Learned to make a custom map on Google Maps (see route map above)
  
• Grocery shopping
  
• Three loads of laundry
  
• Spent 20 minutes cleaning house (maintenance)
  
• Spent 20 minutes cleaning house (catch-up)
  
• Read 20 minutes
  

Tomorrow's To Do List

• 30 minutes on my exercise bike
  
• Spend 20 minutes cleaning house (maintenance)
  
• Spend 20 minutes cleaning house (catch-up)
  
• Read 20 minutes
  
• Spend 20 minutes working on my website
  

The Time Machine

This is the section when I unearth old posts from the last 10 years. Surprisingly, I've never posted on 05/01 before.

Things not covered elsewhere

I would like to thank bodhifox, shadesong, rm, kylecassidy, and popfiend for inspiring me to give my journal a makeover. This is closer to what I want it to be, and eventually, LiveJournal will merely be a receptacle for the WordPress blog on my own website, http://www.onmyownterms.com/ Until I can get that up and running, this is what you'll get from me daily.

Ciao for now.