I woke up the other morning to an "unmountable boot error" on my desktop, requiring a full reboot and format. My entire hard drive is wiped, and a new install was necessary. It's my first full crash, ever! Luckily I have recently backed up most of my data, pictures, and info, but the experience is enlightening and introspective. It has caused me to ( Read more... )

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The Eclipse last night was lovely. My heart goes out to all those whose cloud cover prevented them from seeing it. Up here in the mountains we had a wonderful view. This one is nice because I caught Regulus, the star in the upper right, part of the constellation of Leo, and Saturn, you know, the planet with rings, is the mote of light in the lower ( Read more... )

I wanted to say something important about "Super Tuesday" and our conceptions of importance. I thought someone else said it better ( Read more... )