Almost a Go
It’s been a week and a half since I pulled a ligament in my foot while running. Worst.Pain.Ever. I could barely walk and it was sore for a week, but now it feels 100 percent. Even ran some errands to the Post Office and the UPS Store on foot and it’s fine. I’ll wait a few more days, since the treatment is two weeks to let it heal and I don’t want to push it prematurely, but then I’ll be running again. The conditions have changed in my convalescence, as the Indian summer has made way for a rainy autumn. Oh, well, I’m a Seattelite; wet is our friend.
I did get the 750GB Caviar Green, and I promptly sent it back to Amazon and ordered the 1.5GB model. I’m really serious about this backup regimen; I’m thinking nightly backups should be ideal. The Caviar Green is a great archival drive. Not as fast as the fastest drives (but the speeds remain respectable), but that allows it to use less power and run cooler and quieter than regular hard drives. Since only Windows is going to be writing to it to make backups, that makes it perfect for the task. I must say I was tempted to get a Caviar Black for my main drive, but I did some research and discovered that Dell didn’t skimp on my hard drive; I’ve got a very nice Hitachi Desktar 750GB.