980th Friday Blog Roundup

I first saw the news about the Baltimore bridge as a headline when I woke up at 6 a.m. I rolled over in bed, checked my phone, and clicked on the news alert. It sounded like the boat damaged part of the bridge, and I wondered if everyone was okay and whether it would impact traffic.

When I Googled the bridge, the first hit was its Wikipedia article, and I realized that it was written in past tense — as in, the bridge was no more. Someone had updated the article, already declaring it gone. It took more clicking to find a news article with the whole story and the bridge’s complete collapse. It’s unfathomable.

My heart goes out to the crew members who were on the bridge that night.

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Stop procrastinating. Go make your backups. Don’t have regrets.

Seriously. Stop what you’re doing for a moment. It will take you fifteen minutes, tops. But you will have peace of mind for days and days. It’s the gift to yourself that keeps on giving.

As always, add any new thoughts to the Friday Backup post and peruse new comments to find out about methods, plug-ins, and devices that help you quickly back up your data and accounts.

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And now the blogs…

But first, second, helpings of the posts that appeared in the open comment thread last week. To read the description before clicking over, please return to the open thread:

• None… sniff.

Okay, now my choices this week.

The Barreness has a post about her father’s fall that changed all of their lives. She writes: “My life has forever been altered and spun out of control.” It is about how a traumatic event can change your life in a second, and my heart is with her as her family navigates this situation.

Lastly, No Kidding in NZ has miscellaneous thoughts about aging without children. One interesting idea: Does having a younger generation in the house help you adjust to new technology (or, before computers, adjust to the new butter churn)? And what happens when a younger generation has taken you down the technology road and then moves out while things are still in flux? It’s an interesting topic.

The roundup to the Roundup: Bridge collapse. Your weekly backup nudge. And lots of great posts to read. So what did you find this week? Please use a permalink to the blog post (written between March 22 – 29) and not the blog’s main URL. Not understanding why I’m asking you what you found this week. Read the original open thread post here.