oh, crap! i turned on my laptop (thinkpad) today to loud clicky sounds and a message that no disk could be found. so it seems i've killed my hard drive -- removing and gently turning it near my ear reveals somewhat of a rattle -- a busted drive head, perhaps? (keep in mind i have no idea what that means.)
IBM has a new drive on the way, but my, err, whole life is on there! sigh. well, at least there are a few unreplacable / hard-to-replace documents, photos, musical scrawlings, etc -- but i'm not sure if it's worth paying $500-2500 for data recovery. what do i do? i'm a bit of a packrat, and this is really bothering me, but maybe forking out the cash for recovery is silly.
i was also considering using this as a good reason to go out and get a powerbook. it's funny: when i had a working computer i didn't update my blog, and now that i don't have one, i'm finally updating.
okay, time to head to turntables on the hudson on the dyckman st (200 st) marina in inwood. whee.