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TW-3 for May 6-8, 2011.....
May. 9th, 2011 11:49 amIt's been a while since I've posted to LJ. Life's been busy.
Fri 5/6: Went to the Day-VEST monthly business meeting. Then had lunch at Bob Evans with a friend from Columbus who needed some data recovery work done on three old IDE drives. Then hung out at Mendelson's for a couple of hours. Then worked the hot dog stand at the Dayton Dragons game. (I wasn't watching the game; I was too busy fixing brats and serving nachos.)
Sat 5/7: Drove to Amelia, Ohio (east of Cincinnati) to participate and observe the Cincinnati Beltane Pagan Pride Day. It was held at a private residence with a huge backyard. There were a few vendors, along with workshops, an ADF ritual led by the host grove (Mystic Ash Grove), and a maypole. I took the back roads to get home, as my rear brakes went out on I-275 on the way down. (I survived the big hill on route 132 near Loveland.) Then hung out at Rick's place and watched Toy Story 2 in Blu-Ray.
Sun 5/8: Called Mom. Went to UU services. Took M to Chuck E. Cheese as she wanted to go there, despite my protestations. Then we went to Cox Arboretum. Then went home and conked out while watching the final episode of The Amazing Race.
I am now getting my brakes fixed. I thought it would be an expensive job, so I cashed in a few savings bonds beforehand. I was right about the cost. The cause of the problem? A bolt that came loose and rattled around inside the brake drum. As soon as they're done, I'm headed to one of my part-time gigs.
Meanwhile, the data recovery I've been doing has hit a snag. The dd operation I did completed early Sunday morning, but the file it yielded contained no salvageable files. So I'm trying something different now. Every 64th block on the drive is bad or unreadable, slowing things down tremendously. I wonder if Spinrite is better at handling bad blocks than GetDataBack.
Fri 5/6: Went to the Day-VEST monthly business meeting. Then had lunch at Bob Evans with a friend from Columbus who needed some data recovery work done on three old IDE drives. Then hung out at Mendelson's for a couple of hours. Then worked the hot dog stand at the Dayton Dragons game. (I wasn't watching the game; I was too busy fixing brats and serving nachos.)
Sat 5/7: Drove to Amelia, Ohio (east of Cincinnati) to participate and observe the Cincinnati Beltane Pagan Pride Day. It was held at a private residence with a huge backyard. There were a few vendors, along with workshops, an ADF ritual led by the host grove (Mystic Ash Grove), and a maypole. I took the back roads to get home, as my rear brakes went out on I-275 on the way down. (I survived the big hill on route 132 near Loveland.) Then hung out at Rick's place and watched Toy Story 2 in Blu-Ray.
Sun 5/8: Called Mom. Went to UU services. Took M to Chuck E. Cheese as she wanted to go there, despite my protestations. Then we went to Cox Arboretum. Then went home and conked out while watching the final episode of The Amazing Race.
I am now getting my brakes fixed. I thought it would be an expensive job, so I cashed in a few savings bonds beforehand. I was right about the cost. The cause of the problem? A bolt that came loose and rattled around inside the brake drum. As soon as they're done, I'm headed to one of my part-time gigs.
Meanwhile, the data recovery I've been doing has hit a snag. The dd operation I did completed early Sunday morning, but the file it yielded contained no salvageable files. So I'm trying something different now. Every 64th block on the drive is bad or unreadable, slowing things down tremendously. I wonder if Spinrite is better at handling bad blocks than GetDataBack.
