Web Site and Business Disaster Planning

Ever noticed the fact that I display a post called Emergency Preparedness List in the Featured Posts section of the sidebar? That’s because I went through Hurricane Katrina and I know how important it is to be prepared for disasters. I want to make sure each of you is aware of it as well. But this post isn’t about real life disaster planning. This one is about planning for your web site or... read more

How I Plan To Survive My Next Computer Crash

My entire weekend was ruined when my computer died early Saturday morning. I wasn’t entirely surprised. My computers tend to give up the ghost every 2-3 years, and the latest had lasted nearly 4 years. I wasn’t too worried. I have backups, right? Well, yes, sort of. For some reason, my backups stopped happening 4 months ago. I don’t know why. So my latest backup is really old. ... read more