Kickin' it with Thirteen Wide: Recent Comments

Comment on Christmas was early again this year...but not because I won anything.

Santa — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:37:55 GMT

Your wife thinks that you should be very happy with the Blu-Ray player, and if you would like to buy her the HDTV for Christmas, she may not stop you. That is of course only if you have won the lottery or have some kind of inheritence that you did not tell her about.

Comment on Man I haven't heard that song in years!

Will — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:21:26 GMT

I don't need to click the link sir as I will forever know that KLF is gonna rock ya

Comment on Man I haven't heard that song in years!

Your Wife — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:59:11 GMT

Happy wives make happy husbands, huh??
I'm sure I can think of a few things that would make me really happy, that wouldn't necessarily make you all that thrilled!

Comment on A perfect "10"

mrsbill1994 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:17:26 GMT

I have to say I LOVED MrsABG's response!!

Comment on A perfect "10"

MrsABG — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:51:49 GMT

If you think you can snag one of those half dressed, sweaty women on the sand, by all means go ahead. Just remember that you then have to come home and deal with me. Yes, I was reading it.

Comment on A perfect "10"

Johnna — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:12:57 GMT

I agree... And as I sit and watch the drumming, (about 500 guys, I was just flipping thru, and that caught my eye.) all I can think is that this is soooooo cool... I watch people stay in sync all the time (my kids are in cheer, have been for years) but THAT was awesome.. It gave me the chills. Have a great day... GO USA!!!!!

Comment on This just sucks.

Will — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:06:03 GMT

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=2006110111270170

Some people say overnight (so 8 to 12 hours).

Comment on This just sucks.

Will — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:02:59 GMT

It's a hold over from when hard drives were in the MB range instead of GB and there wasn't a lot of data to move.

When your drive can't spin any more it can be several mechanical reasons. Sticking the drive in a freezer (inside a ziplock bag, forgot that part) parts expand, re-establishing some contacts that normally aren't contacting. Just one of those things you hear about. The fix is very temporary so that's why I modified it with the dry ice idea as well to keep a "cold plate" for it to rest on.

I was thinking specfiically for just trying to get the photos since the most life you'll get out of it is probably 20 minutes.

Comment on This just sucks.

Angry Bald Guy — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:56:19 GMT

We have decided to let the good folks at my wife's place of employment give it a shot. Oddly enough she tells me someone else brought one in yesterday with the same/similar problem. I will pass on the dry ice idea. How'd you hear that one?

Comment on This just sucks.

Will — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:07:58 GMT

If the drive has stopped spinning you may have one last shot at getting the data. First, make sure you have enough space on the PC hard drive. Second, buy a small piece (paperback) sized piece of dry ice. What you will do then is stick the external hard drive in the freezer for twenty minutes. Put your dry ice in a pie pan and put a plate over that. Take external out and place it on the plate. Fire everything up. See if you can get the data. I know it sounds crazy, but it works.

If that doesn't make sure the problem isn't actually the enclosure isn't the part that has failed. How do you do that? Call your computer nerd friend Will. :)