My prolonged absence from blogging was only partly by design. That is, I took time away from most of my digital lifestyle during a recent vacation. The rest of my absence? Well… read on…
I’ve always been extraordinarily careful to backup my data, code, settings and even take screen shots of important configuration information before doing any serious maintenance on any of my sites — even my personal websites. After gathering all of the important pieces, I back them up on two hard drives (or a hard drive and USB key). Then, and only then, do I perform the maintenance.
Not so a couple of weeks ago. It was late evening and, as I contemplated the effort of following my standard process I considered that I’d never caused myself a catastrophic situation.
As I think back to that fateful moment when I killed my site, I realize I was overly conscious of the possibility because by giving fate an opening I was daring it to enter.
Thanks a million to Nico for bailing me out. There are still a few wrinkles to iron out. However, I’m able to post, again.
Photo: Helpdesk Warning Sign uploaded by matildaben.
