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Wow, so does this mean everything you write reflects Time Inc's opinion? Or do you perhaps have some sort of standard disclaimer to the effect that it doesn't?
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An experiment for a column I wrote about blogging back in December 2001. All these years later, I haven't been able to kick the habit.
If it's called Daily Blah, how come you don't ... hey, wait, you're writing every day!
See? Told you I'd try harder.
Mister, you talk funny. Are you one of them furrners?
Why yes I am, as it happens. I was born, raised and educated in Great Britain. I've been living in the U.S. since 1996 and identify as British.
I say, old chap, you forgot the "u" in "colour."
No I didn't. I may identify as British, but I am also an American journalist writing for an American audience about mostly American issues. These two different sides of me are a constant source of tension. Nevertheless, Daily Blah will adhere to American English grammar and spelling.
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Daily Blah for... Tuesday, February 11, 2003
Life Savers
Regulars may remember my griping and grieving a few months back, when a devilish program called Deja Vu took it upon itself to erase dozens of precious diary and fiction files on my G4 Cube's hard drive. Well, last week I happened to be doing interviews at a place up in Novato called Drive Savers that specializes in data recovery and has performed such worthy miracles as rescuing 12 episodes of the Simpsons when the script-writer's laptop went on the fritz (they've also rescued hard drives for Sean Connery, the Rolling Stones and Gerald Ford, who, appropriately enough, dropped his computer). I mentioned the Cube's problems, and that everyone from Apple on down had told me the files were unrecoverable once deleted in OS X. The company insisted I bring it in and gave me what was effectively drive-thru service -- while admitting, of course, that it wouldn't be quite that fast (or free) if I wasn't writing a story about them.
Still, everyone at the firm seemed genuine and friendly. The engineer working on my drive apologized that he wouldn't have my rescued files ready until the next day as his wife was about to go into labor. But rescued they were; I have my diaries back, the engineer has a child, and all's right with the world.
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