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Sour grapes or straight talk - you decide. :)

So, as Matt will attest to, I've been going slightly nuts since learning about the HP magic giveaway & entering sites participating in the HP giveaway contest (sponsored by HP, Microsoft, BuzzCorps & Corel). I am going on record now to say that I'm done entering. lol. Seriously. ...

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Lightning does strike twice and more contests

Wow. Remember that Camtasia contest that I won? Well, there was another winner to that contest (Mr. Evan Brammer) and now, he's won the granddaddy of contests: BostonPocketPC's HP magic giveaway!!! What a lucky man! He's also putting to very good use and he might have even won the same contest over at Liz-Henry's blog because he's just lucky like that! Here's to channeling some of Mr. Brammer's luck and wishing for a nice gift too!...

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My official HP giveaway declaration. :)

Update: See this updated post about the HP giveaway & what I would do with the gifts. :D...

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The importance of backing up your data & HP's giveaway

So, despite bragging having several hard drives, I still lost data. Reason: I simply didn't bother to actually back up the data one I had the necessary tools. I'm sure the fact that it took several hours to perform the backup operation also factored in although that doesn't seem important in the light of the fact that I've lost some precious files. Right now, I've got a 320GB Iogear eGo drive, a 500GB Seagate FreeAgent Pro drive and a 250GB Seagate hard drive. The Iogear eGo is portable and goes with me everywhere. It's currently 75% full and I'm really ...

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