2025-03-07 / Friday / Random Things and Some Photos

HAPPENINGS

Well, I’ve spent the last few hours dealing with the disappearance of my 12TB Sandisk “Professional” G-Drive. Not stolen, just missing from Windows. Power was intermittent, spin-up was intermittent, my frustration was constant. The drive itself was encased in a titanium vault apparently to protect it from nuclear fallout, whose impenetrability I discovered as I attempted to dismantle it. After removing 4 rubber feet, 12 screws, digging a screwdriver under four separate plates, I finally got to the drive itself. Turns out the USB-C port was flaky, if I wedged it upward and held it there at a precise angle and didn’t breathe or blink, I could get things copied off of it, which I did luckily.

Anyway, I removed it from its case, plugged it into a direct SATA to USB plug I had lying around, and it’s back in business, unsheathed as it is. I ordered a replacement from LaCie, and a separate little SATA dock to keep the drive itself up and add some storage.

In other computer news, I added a pair of Audioengine A2+ speakers, the single soundbar I was using was… sub-optimal. Digging them so far.

In other news, PNO (Parents Night Out) is later tonight, and Walker and I are thinking of hitting the batting cages.

PHOTOS - RANDOM