Death of a Techno Device

I had intended this week to comment on something else, something more in tune with the current landscape of video games, and may still do so at a later date, but at the moment there is a bigger issue that I feel has suddenly cropped up.  For anyone who knows me in real life, you know that I am normally protective… perhaps usually over protective of my equipment, no matter what it is or how cheap it may be.  Recently however I lost two pieces of equipment though “Water proof” to a kitchen incident followed by a washing machine accident.

And In an Ironic Twist…

Following news as I do I recently received a post from WXPNews.com that follows along my last blog entry. You can check it out here in the editor's corner. What do you think? Personally I think there's a lot to consider in there.

Edit:  Updated the link for the archived address of the WXPNews link.

Knowlege is Power

In today's era of free flowing information, identity theft, and of course who can forget the internet, there are important details that we all need to remember.  The first of which is that anything that you say or do on the internet, be it by cell phone, IM, web post (such as social networking, or blogging), or by web sites such as someone's web page is that it is recorded there... forever.  I mean this quite literally,  anything that you put on the web is recorded on a server, that server has back ups, this means that your information is always there.  What happens if the company goes under?  Well there is a fairly simple answer for this...  usually companies are taken over, their data sold, and assets used by others, this will likely include your information.