She had an identification card for the implants that is used to prove that the implants are an actual medical device, but the TSA agent would not let Lori show her the card. The TSA agent was extremely rude, humiliating her in front of other travelers and showing zero compassion for her situation.
Laughing Squid: TSA Requires Breast Cancer Patient To Submit To Pat Down After Scan
When will it stop?
You have a backup plan for your data, right?
If you are nodding your head and thinking, “Of course I do, who doesn’t?”, then you have my respect. I still think you might find this series of posts beneficial as I’ll be introducing some new services and ideas, so stick around.
The rest of you, the ones who think hard drives aren’t made of tiny moving parts just waiting for something to go wrong, you need to wake up. You have data that you will lose.
Hard drives fail. Frequently. Period.
If you’ve never suffered from data loss, it’s a matter of when, not if.
Notice that I have yet to mention user error, viruses, cat incidents, spills or other destructive methods of data loss. Pick your poison.
Now that I have your attention, relax. I have your antidote. But you need to act swiftly, because you don’t want to be the one who waited a day too long and lost little Sally’s Kindergarten graduation pictures forever.
In the olden days (read: just a few years ago), backing up was a pain in the ass. External hard drives were expensive, massive and loud; and automated backup tools were mediocre unless you knew how to work the command line. This is no longer the case. We have amazing tools at our disposal now that make backing up simple and inexpensive.
Because I understand that everyone is not like me, I will be offering up several recommended backup plans in the coming days. Pick one that fits your needs, or head over to this wonderful form right now and I’ll build you a custom plan.
If you’re in a hurry, here are some online services you can use immediately:
I plan to post a profile each day, at a minimum, for the next few days, so check back (or use the form to get your custom profile).
Seriously?
If you touch my junk, I’ll have you arrested.
This is getting out of hand. Would this be allowed anywhere else? There are better ways to reduce threats.
Change Your Twitter Password – go, do it now.
Faking It – Very interesting read – and a very real situation.
SCORM Cloud gets easier to play with (via)
Interaction Colour Associations – Good stuff in the comments also.
Why You Can Never Work ‘Full Time’
The Importance of Teaching Your Clients and Being the Boss
Modern Browsers for Modern Applications – Google’s take (and mine)
