A slightly different version of David D. Friedman’s paean to his favorite poet will appear in the next print issue of Prometheus, which currently nearing completion. Here is the original entry at Friedman’s blog.
I’ve been collecting links of interest over the past month or so, but my computer bought the farm last month. Or rather, the hard drive itself died. The rest of the now four-year-old computer is fine. I managed to get the computer to Apple one day before my extended Apple Care ceased, and so they took care of it, replacing the entire drive. I had a back-up plan, but it seems to have been so fragmented that it took me a few weeks to re-assemble everything, and I think an item here or there vanished into the ether. I think a better and more cohesive plan is required for the future…
If you get a new mac (with leopard) and an external hard drive, I think your backups are taken care of without ever having to think about it. Might set you back a pretty penny, though.
True, with Time Machine it should make life easier. I have not yet upgraded to Leopard as I don’t own an Intel Mac. I plan on getting one at some point, but I have not decided when or whether to get a notebook or desktop machine.
Have you considered adding links to Friedman’s, MacLeod’s, and Stross’s blogs to your list? They seem to have a fair amount of content that’s worth following.