Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22487 – 857:
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Hi Folks,
Sorry for the delay in posts. I have been on the computer but it’s been actual work. My wife has an external hard drive with almost 3tb (terabytes, not tablespoons) of data including many unique and original graphic collections. This drive went belly-up the other day, saying, “This drive is corrupt.” Over the last week I have learned an awful lot about partitions and storage and, on the plus side, how to use a Linux system to recover data which meant making a dual-boot system without losing all the other data on the computer. It’s been quite an educational, if time-consuming experience. But I do have several posts in the works including a couple of stories from the Art Vegan/Joe Burger world and a couple of reviews. I also have a couple of little stories from down on the farm and am still working on the bigger writing projects. Since I haven’t been posting everyday time slips away from me.
Comments
49 responses to “Where Ya At, Herb?”
Can you tell decaf from regular? I won”t be able to. They taste the same to me, but what comes afterwards is not the same.
I feel betrayed when I accidently consume decaf
I know what you mean.
It’s the afterwards that I want, lol. There is a very slight difference in taste in some brands but modern decaf generally has pretty good taste. Caffeine does have a flavor of its own, however.
Can’t wait for your new posts. Even your successful rescue mission through linux sounds interesting.
Thank you. It might come up.
Decaf is a joke
Hahahahahaha!
I think it is tablespoons.
Oooohhh… I have so much to learn.
Ha!
You do what you gotta do … I’ll still be here! 🤗💕
Thank you so much. I sure appreciate the vote of confidence.
Technology is great when it works. Glad you are cracking the cranky hard drive. Allan
lol. Yes, the caveat really is, “when it works.”
Thank you!
Yes ma’am. You’re welcome.
Impressive that you could figure out a work-around!
My computer crashed a few years ago and the techs couldn’t recover the hard drive. I hadn’t done a back up for about a month. After that, I started doing back-ups more often to two external drives! I call it the ‘belt and suspenders’ way of doing things. I know many people have their back-up in the ‘cloud’ but even a cloud could fail, I suppose.
The belt and suspenders method is what most of the people I talked to recommended along with the cloud.
I count on you for quality not quantity!
Thank you very much. Now the pressure is on…
I love the picture I am a tea drinker but I watch people and when Decaf comes out you’d think somebody was trying to kill them. Remember don’t learn too much Folks will rely on you and thats just terrible.
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Laugh everyday, It’s as necessary as food
No worries. I only know enough to get into trouble over my head, usually.
Do you drink herbal, decaffeinated tea or black tea which has a bit of caffeine?
I prefer Green but drink them all at different times.
30 terabytes? who would want to eat that much dirt?
Well, it sounds like a lot but my grandma used to say that you eat a bushel of dirt before you die.
If eating a bushel of dirt didn’t kill you I’m not sure what would.
I don’t recall her saying how long you would live but I think she meant over your lifetime.
Hmm, the other interpretation would be that when you eat there is a bushel of dirt underneath you. That’s generally true.
That is. Unless you’re on a cruise or something, maybe.
But even then, it depends on what’s under the water.
I are lucky to have smart frends like you.
Aren’t ya?
Glad you’re back online! Technology is magic.
Thanks. It can be magical when it works otherwise it is a kind of fiendish sorcery requiring arcane knowledge.
It’s alright Herb, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
Thanks!
Honestly, Herb, I would need therapy with that kind of a computer situation. It’s impressive that you handled it. I also know you’re a man who doesn’t swear, but I’m thinking it must have been a temptation at times. 😊
lol. Yes, the temptation is there sometimes but I try to control myself. And quote Shakespeare. He has some really good lines. “I’ll beat thee but I’d infect my hands!”
or I was really feeling, “Methink’st thou art a general offence and every man should beat thee.” “I scorn you, scurvy companion.”
When you disappear for a while it makes your followers yearn for your posts more…or something like that.
I hope you’re right. Thanks for the follow, by the way. Anyone who understands that the real reason aliens would come to visit is pizza must be a person of special intelligence.
Did it work? Inquiring minds want to know.
Yes ma’am, it finally did.
Coffee doesn’t do anything for me, strangely. Caffeine in the form of soda pop or energy drinks is better, but still limited. I wonder if my body is just MADE differently.
— Catxman
http://www.catxman.wordpress.com
Yeah, it has different effects on different people.
“backup” then backup some more
You know that’s right.
Decaf?! Also, fingers crossed you’ll get to write again soon.
Thanks. It’s not a permanent leave of absence, lol.