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    Guide to Building Backups in the Cloud

      Friday I suffered catastrophic data loss on my favorite laptop. That means that all my files were corrupted and I had to reinstall all my software. Normally, this would be a tragedy, but I have moved away from keeping my files on a computer hard drive, or at least only on a computer hard drive. One reason is the change in the ways we can access the Internet. I might use any of half a dozen internet capable devices, each running a different operating system, on a given workday. Because the Internet was designed to allow different computing platforms to share information, it makes sense to put the information…

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    Friday 55: Sidetracked

    I was going to write Sunday, but there was a motivation to ponder. Monday the werewolf dropped in (see Wednesday’s post).Tuesday the wizard school (see Wednesday).Thursday I accidentally deleted half my house.Today, disk failure.I’m not giving up. I will write today, by cellphone.There’s a phone in my hand. Look closer. See? ~~~ This post was written as a contribution to G-Mans. Flash Fiction Friday 55. Stop in and see what others wrote.

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    Message from the Metaverse to Three Word Wednesday

    This is not fiction. I’m reasonably sure it’s not fiction, but the lines between what we call real and unreal get blurrier each day. It started like every morning. I was preparing to chain myself to my desk and get some real writing done. I had purchased a new writing desk to inspire me and was dragging the box into my office when a message popped up on my laptop. “How are you today?” I didn’t recognize the name attached to the IM and sorry to say can’t recall it now. If your brain had to twist itself around the kind of experiences I was in for, you’d forget a…