Cody Redmon - Photoblog

Well, I’m finally back in action…  As my previous post relates, I experienced a hard drive failure but was able to recover about 90-95% of my data through a variety of methods.  The issue in my case was hardware failure, not OS corruption like I’ve been through so many times before.  When the reader-arm in a drive seizes up, it doesn’t matter how healthy the platters are, you’re pretty much up-a-creek.  So in light of this I want to share with everyone a wealth of information put together by my friend and associate Brian Auer, who runs Epic Edits, a great site for the ‘aspiring hobbyist”.  He’s actually been writing on the topic for several months, culminating in a wrap-up post and a 42-page eBook called “Your Complete Guide to Photo Backups” (PDF, 2.5MB). I highly recommend downloading the file and learning about the various ways to protect your data…not just photographs, this guide can be applied to anything on your computer that you don’t want to lose. Don’t tempt fate on this one, it stings…

I’ve updated my Featured RSS in the sidebar to the site of Andreas Manessinger.  Both his urban and landscape work is great, and his series on bicycles and motorcycles is unique, yet universal.  Andreas lives in Austria and I’m glad to have gotten to know him through our participation in the Fine Art Photoblog.

Last item of discussion…my own RSS feed.  The service I use, Feedburner, was acquired quite a while ago by Google, but full integration into the Big-G’s ‘primary’ is just now taking place.  My old feed address should continue to work just fine, but if you experience any hiccups or are a new subscriber, please reference: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/CodyRedmon I’ve also updated the addresses for both the RSS and MAIL icons is my header, which help automate the process of subscribing.  If you’re not currently using RSS to follow your favorite blogs and websites, I can promise that it will save you hundreds of hours and countless mouse-clicks.  For more info, watch the video RSS in Plain English.  It’s a few years old, so I recommend Netvibes or iGoogle for reading feeds, but the explanation is still spot-on.