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Category Archives: Soapbox

Are you backing up your files on a regular basis?

It was bound to happen eventually. Through some boneheaded move I deleted an incredibly important file.
I have no idea how it happened; I simply fired up the Mac this morning, and my to-do list was nowhere to be found. And my trash can was as empty as can be. Can you say “rapidly sinking feeling in the pit...

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KATRINA: There is still so much to be done

Last week I was able to travel to Mississippi and Louisiana and witness firsthand the damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina.
Though I grew up on the Alabama Gulf Coast, and visited Mississippi numerous times after Hurricane Camille struck there in 1969, I still wasn’t prepared for how widespread and intense Katrina’s destruction would be.
At the risk...

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Microchip your pet

If I can take a minute for a purely personal issue, I’d like to encourage everyone to microchip their cats and dogs, especially if your pet is apt to be outside / beyond the bounds of a fence.
Last Saturday, a darling black lab was roaming at large in our neighborhood. He was friendly, well cared...

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