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This one I came up with on my own. If you’re going to lend your computer to someone, follow the A.B.C. method.

A) Ask if it will be covered if tragedy strikes.
B) Backup your personal data and programs. If you can afford the space to make a disk image, do that, if not get anything you don’t want to lose.
C) Check again to make sure it will be covered if something goes wrong.

This is all because of “The Incident”. Here’s the details. We were setting up a prompting system and my computer was the only one that had the proper adapter to allow an external display to be hooked up. We downloaded and installed the prompting software, all of the content was created and installed, then the prompter was installed and hooked up via a long VGA cable. We tested it during sound check and the man with glasses said it was good, make some color changes and maybe dim the display, but for the most part it was good. Set list is put in, talky talk parts are in order. Went to dinner with Jen, came back and Florey the friendly carpenter/camerawoman who’s running the prompter comes up to me and tells me my mac is dead. I go and take a look and the ac adapter light and sleep light are flashing really weird patterns. I try to restart, nothing. I pick it up to pull the battery and out comes about a 1/2 cup of water. I then hastily pop the power and battery out. Tip it to the side, another 1/2 cup of water. Bet you can’t imagine what four letter words I said then…. Darn, Damn, Agua. Followed by some other ones. It sucks, but let me tell you, I was relatively calm, as I had done a backup that morning in the form of a home directory copy to one external HD and an image of the drive to another. That computer was going to be taken with Jen when she left, as I’ve ordered a new one and I’m just waiting for it to be delivered. But now, courtesy of that cup of water and the touring company, Jen and I will have matching 1.5GHz 12″ Superdrive Powerbooks. Awwww, isn’t that sweet. Rule 4 is the best for me so far,

Listening to: Paul Oakenfold - Creamfields