Should Have Done a Backup

by Ed Posted on May 7, 2013

My intuition was talking to me last week. It occurred to me that I had not done a full system backup on my computer for a long time. I don’t even have a regular schedule for doing a back up of my computer files at home. Usually I think about it around the first of the month and manually transfer important documents to a jump drive. But this month I got busy with all of the spring time chores that are in such demand.  I know that sounds like a lame excuse and I bet you can guess what’s coming. I should have backed up my computer when I thought about it last week. But I let that little voice in my head convince me that it was OK to let it slide a while longer.

So this morning, I made my coffee and shuffled over to my computer and swished the mouse to wake it from sleep mode. Nothing happened. Tried to boot it from the start button. Nothing. Unplugged it and plugged it in again. Nothing.

All of today’s aggravation of trying to recover my files from a crashed hard drive could have been easily avoided if I had signed up for the free backup program at IDrive Online Backup. This site gives you up to 2 GB of storage free. That’s plenty of space for my personal files at home. I should have done this last week when I had that thought.

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Cheap Hotels Mexico Style

by Ed Posted on May 4, 2013

San Miguel de Allende sounds like the perfect place to take a special lady that I have in mind, that I enjoy traveling with for a nice get-a-way, that I am definitely over due for.

I’ve been looking around on line as of late and have found an extremely useful website which has described San Miguel de Allende as a magical mix of history, culture, architecture, art, and beauty. It has all the information needed for cheap hotels, restaurants and activities, and is packed with practical information and even a discussion board.  And as discussion board’s go, this one is top notch and actually has made a big difference in my decision makings for this much anticipated trip to one of the top tourist destinations in the world.

I have never been one to enjoy the cold weather, so I try not to go anywhere that the temperatures go below the 70′s, and I have read that San Miguel de Allende has spring like weather all year round, even in the winter months the days are warm and only on a rare occasion will they experience a rare frost at night. This is my kind of weather that they are talking about here.

I am taking the advice given on this website and am going to order a copy of Archie Dean’s ”The Insiders Guide to San Miguel”, which is supposed to offer the best information on where to go, what to see, where to eat, and where to lay your head for a mere $15.

I’m becoming excited about this trip, it is time to enjoy and relax where life is a little slower, while living on some quality “Mexican Time”.

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Green and Clean

by Ed Posted on April 28, 2013

These day, when you are talking about a clean car, you aren’t talking about your recent trip to the full service car wash. You are talking about Hybrids. The buzz words are now green and clean when you are talking about cars and trucks.

I was amazed to find out that my mother, at her age, has bought a new Honda because she has been wanting to get a Hybrid. I would have thought she would be more concerned about comfort than the environment. Just goes to show!

My brother has a Honda Accord and he loves it. I guess when it is time to do car shopping, I’ll have to go drive his for a day and see if I like it enough to buy one for our household. They are always working on better Hybrids, one day there will be nothing but “green cars” on the road. That will be a great day for us all. But I have to wonder if at that point in time if we will be getting into cars that fly.

hybrid cars
Green Cars

 

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Have a Happy Earth Day!

by Ed Posted on April 22, 2013

graphic of wishes for a happy earth day

This is Earth Day for America to recognize the importance of taking proper care of the environment. We have not been doing a very good job of that these past couple of years. With oil spills, fracking and pipelines, we seem bent on polluting our country.

The only bright spot that I see is the rapid development of wind turbines to harness wind power both across the land and in the oceans. Also, cars are getting gas mileage and hybrids and the electric cars are making headway in the middle class market. A friend of mine has a new Nissan Leaf and he loves it. I don’t know that I am ready to buy one for our primary transportation, but if the price comes down a little I would be willing to consider it.

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Sending Prayers to Boston’s Runners

by Ed Posted on April 15, 2013

By now I am sure that everyone has heard the terrible news about the explosions in Boston at the Marathon. It is very upsetting to realize that someone – some people – have so much hatred for the people of Boston and the citizens of America to act out such a cowardly plan to kill and hurt innocent people.

The people who did this have not been caught yet, but there are dozens of people in the hospitals and three lives were lost, including a little boy. What a shameful thing to do.

Please join me in sending healing thoughts to the victims and their families and the good people of Boston. And pray that the people who did this are caught quickly before they can harm anyone else.

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