Back Up and Online

Finally got the main computer up and running again and connected to the Internet, although it took a couple of days (not near the problem Duane is having!). In the meantime, I also invested in a laptop and wireless router - as long as I keep the data off the main system I shouldn't have too much trouble staying connected if the hard drive crashes again (unless I'm unlucky enough to have BOTH computers crash!)...

Down For The Count

Well, after years of successfully putting my own computers together with few issues, I finally experienced the ultimate computer geek horror and fried my hard-drive on Saturday morning! I would like to say all is well, but I am not yet fully back online (the desktop unit, anyway). I had planned on a number of posts over the weekend, but spent it trying to get up and running again. Fortunately, most of my data files are actually on a separate, external drive, so not much was lost (I did, however, loose my "potential blog posts" file, so I have to resurrect some ideas I had). I am also behind in some emails (Kambiz, I wasn't ignoring you...my HD crashed shortly after reading your last email! Short answer: I'm not going to SAA this year...).

For once, my blogging absence has been due to technical errors and not out-of-town meetings...

I think I have finally found the solution to both, however, and expect to be blogging this week. I am currently in San Jose for the Society for California Archaeology meetings and hope to post a bit about them over the week (the first few days are actually federal heritage program managers meetings for the Forest Service and BLM - SCA starts on Thursday).

More to come...

Comments Change on Northstate Science

I'm afraid the spammers have found Northstate Science, so I have started the word verification feature of Blogger; I hate to place obstacles in front of those who would like to comment, but it's getting to the point where I think it's a necessity.

Blog Update

A reader mentioned to me via email that comments weren't getting through...I've changed the settings, so hopefully anyone can comment now (if I start getting spammed, I'll have to change the settings to something more controlled)...sorry, it wasn't intentional...