It is that kind of story. First the bad news. I spilled a glass of wine on my laptop ... the damn thing's lights went out :(
Oh clumsy me! The good news. While not completely backed up nonetheless I had sent quite a few key files as attachments to email messages for people I am working with. All of this using Goggle's GMail. So ... The attachments, hence the documents are stored on GMail's servers. Now I may (or may not) be able to recover the laptop. But most of the critical stuff is on GMail. I see this as a story that becomes apocryphal. Storing on GMail certainly has it's problems (why trust Google?). But given the fact that I am often stretched to thin and do not do proper backups Google may be the lesser of evils. I would BTW like advice on the best way to recover my laptop. I did immediate since it with water and did my best to blow away any excess. I shall let it dry overnight then see what happens. Suggestions please. Stumbling onward, BobLQ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
