only rarely, these days, it seems

... that i have much contact with the systems-admin side of things computer, outside of my day job. i will occasionally write some code or install a hard drive or build a webpage unrelated to work. nowadays, it all seems emergency driven: like last week, when i suffered two laptop failures in the same week: a dead hard drive in my mac and (apparently) a dead mobo in my hp. while the failures themselves were not especially enjoyable, they've spawned a somewhat pleasing foray (back) into the land of reliable backup procedures.

how fun is that?