Random Thoughts: August 2005 Archives

Last Saturday I went to Crawford Texas to support the anti-war effort. What I found was America in Action. I was very, very touched by the show of patriotism from both sides, and the mostly respectful honoring of everyone's passionate beliefs, and divergent ways of showing their love for America.

While I am vehemently against any killing or war of any kind, and sometimes have a difficult time understanding why any human being would want another person killed, I do have a belief in the freedom of speech. And I was happy to see that on this day, Judith Miller aside, we were all Americans, gently but staunchly exercising our right to protest.

Last week, I decided (finally) that it was time to get an external backup system. I asked several friends, who gave me probably a dozen options total. I looked at them all, and then decided that XDrive sounded cool, since I'm off site and traveling so often, and my data could find me anywhere. Neat.

I decided to download only the 15 day trial, and was a bit cautious as to putting in ALL of my credit card info (it remains to be seen what happens with that, frankly). But I did, and, tumbling along with me came my webmaster, Monica Holbrook of Nutshell Design. So we both signed up at the same time, and then went through the hell (did I mention it was absolute HELL) to ensure that all of the files I wanted included in the data transfer would be included.

Hi folks:
Does anyone know the name of an on-line backup program for my computer? I used to use @Backup but somehow stopped. Are they still the best? Anyone have any referrals?

- Sharon Drew