One of the "gotcha's" that comes with any database-driven website such as Drupal (or wordpress or moveabletype) is that you essentially have TWO content sources to backup: your database and your webroot. Lose either and be prepared to spend lots of late nights doing emergency repairs!

Learn how NOT to backup your Drupal site and save yourself the headache!

Recently, despite my best efforts in ninja coilery, my Apple 65W Powerbook Power Adapter bit the dust- a cable short in the pull relief, right where the cable exits the brick. Tragic!

With nothing to lose, I cracked, smashed and pried 'er open and managed to hack together a pretty decent repair job. A few hours and a few screwdriver-induced injuries later, she's uuuuh-gly but working again!

A few months ago, Cathy & I bought a Globalsat DG-100 Data Logger straight from the local distributor in Taiwan. I was pretty thrilled with it until I tried hooking it up to my powerbook and learned that Globalsat only wrote their lousy, buggy software for PC.

Let's get creative.