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( No books of note or timeshifted books, but at least no NEW missing books. )

   Dave Van Domelen, "We need you to infect the world." "Well, when you make it sound so SEXY, how can I resist?" - Reed Richards and Tony Stark, the Amazing Spider-Man #641.

Okay, so after the debacle I made of my backups (I lost 8 months of stuff due to some stupidity I hope to avoid repeating), I've started using Time Machine. The HD I got on sale at Walmart the other day should last me a while, so I can take my time with Part Two of my plan.

"Part two" is to get a second HD so that I can swap between them for Time Machine. Once Ghidorah1 (the one in use now) fills up, I trade in the other drive. When it fills up, erase Ghidorah1 and switch it in. That way, I don't have to worry about trying to delete to make space on the active drive, plus if either drive fails catastrophically I have at worst a relatively recent image on the other drive.

Ghidorah1 is 320G, and the initial run of Time Machine took 55G, so given the default "fresh full run every month" setting I should have at least a couple of months before I need Ghidorah2. 320G is fine, I'm looking for a good price on a decent quality second drive, but since I know nothing about HDs I figured I'd solicit advice on brands to seek or avoid, and if anyone knew any good deals out there right now. (I do watch Woot, but they tend to have internal HDs, and once you factor in the cost of a housing the bargain isn't so good anymore.) Slender is good, too, I've got Ghidorah1 tucked away between two things, it's not much more than a centimeter thick.

Just making sure it happens when I want it to, but not otherwise. :)

Coherent Super Stories #23 - "Device Not Found" featuring LU-62: When you're not even organic, human diseases aren't a concern. But you get your own set of maladies, and sometimes there's nothing you can do but crash. Also written for High Concept Challenge #12.

( No books of note, not many books at ALL. )

   Dave Van Domelen, "Please stop saying the things that come into your head first when I talk to you. Don't -- y'know what...just stop answering my questions." - Allen the Alien, displaying newfound wisdom, Invincible #74

Fiddly, but I generally liked it. Recommended. Also has comments on Decepticon Banzaitron.

Click!: In 1993, the Worldwide Web was just getting going, and it was starting to become clear that it was going to change a lot of the rules of the game, including the rules of superheroic secret IDs. And NYC's Sproinger has just found himself caught in the middle of it.