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Musings of a Madman

I'm a PC...
Fri, 02-Jan-2009, 18:08
Defective by Design - day 1: the MacBook
Mon, 01-Dec-2008, 15:31
Now that*s what I call technology!
Tue, 21-Aug-2007, 17:51
Virgin on the ridiculous
Thu, 09-Aug-2007, 01:23
Father Humbug
Mon, 25-Dec-2006, 13:09
PayPal Station 3
Thu, 16-Nov-2006, 18:58
Happy Pay-through-the-nose-oween
Tue, 31-Oct-2006, 23:41
Unintentional comedy from Micro$oft
Wed, 11-Oct-2006, 12:25
A Brush with Politics
Mon, 02-Oct-2006, 01:48
How Machiavellian Are You?
Sun, 06-Aug-2006, 14:00
Formula for carnage
Thu, 27-Jul-2006, 14:33
Attention in class
Tue, 18-Jul-2006, 00:17
In memory of a friend, who understood
Sun, 09-Jul-2006, 22:30
Uncle Ken, and his rotten Oysters
Fri, 07-Jul-2006, 20:53
Independence Day
Mon, 03-Jul-2006, 23:34
On the subject of animal cruelty videos
Wed, 03-May-2006, 21:06
Sun, 23-Apr-2006, 18:57
Flying the Flag
Wed, 18-Feb-2009, 19:50
Wacky Fortune
Thu, 13-Apr-2006, 00:18
With a (Huge) Pinch of Salt
Fri, 17-Mar-2006, 12:00
An excuse to celebrate
Mon, 13-Mar-2006, 00:17
Nerd, Geek or Dork?
Thu, 09-Feb-2006, 23:58
Oops
Mon, 06-Feb-2006, 04:42
Jack Straw, the apologist
Thu, 09-Feb-2006, 23:15
A Pain in the Ears
Mon, 30-Jan-2006, 01:17
New year, same mess
Mon, 09-Jan-2006, 04:49
Freedom of Expression - except where it counts
Tue, 09-May-2006, 22:57
Order of the Crypt
Tue, 13-Dec-2005, 02:09
Because She Thinks You*re Not Worth It?
Tue, 29-Nov-2005, 20:07
Because You're Worth It?
Sun, 27-Nov-2005, 18:49
Treating the Symptom, and Ignoring the Cause
Thu, 24-Nov-2005, 11:28
Technorati Claim
Wed, 16-Nov-2005, 16:53
Mixing it!
Sun, 06-Nov-2005, 14:33
Losing It
Sat, 05-Nov-2005, 13:47
The Menace of Mad Road Users
Thu, 13-Jul-2006, 16:12
Spamming for a Knighthood
Tue, 18-Oct-2005, 17:45
An Absence of Malice
Mon, 10-Oct-2005, 10:03
Risking a Smile
Wed, 28-Sep-2005, 16:55
The Circus is Coming to Town
Wed, 06-Jul-2005, 16:49
A Gesture of Solidarity
Thu, 09-Jun-2005, 17:24
Challenging stupidity
Wed, 11-May-2005, 13:09
A Fair Day's Pay
Tue, 01-Jun-2004, 00:35
Blowing smoke?
Tue, 07-Feb-2006, 15:59
"Icon see clearly now"
Tue, 03-Sep-2002, 13:34
"You Must Be Mad!"
Wed, 12-Jun-2002, 21:37
Life's Like That
Tue, 27-Jun-2006, 00:48

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Oops

or How to wipe out three years worth of articles

Oh well. You'd think I'd learn to take backups. One of those jobs I always meant to "get around to" was create a backup cycle for the web pages, and in particluar Musings...

It's too late now, at least for the articles. You'd think I'd learn not to tinker at 3 in the morning, too. One overlooked missed keystroke, and I just wiped out every single article. Some I just managed to retrieve from various alternate sources, but most are gone forever, unless I rewrite them - which in some cases would be impossible anyway, as I can't remember what I've written about.

One word somes it all up, beautifully: bugger!