Just in case anybody is following, I was able to read my backups, which includes most of everything important as of a month ago.

I froze the clicky hard drive, and was able to get it to boot long enough to read Leslie's Classwork folder (I hope it was the right one!), and the most recent pictures. Then it died again. It's back in the freezer, and I'm going to try one more time either tonight or tomorrow night, using a salted ice bath to keep it cold.

I keep thinking of all the stuff that's going to be lost. Email, ripped CDs, scripts, podcasts, and, worst of all, my precious, precious pr0n.... ;)

I'm not going to rush getting any services up (mail, web) until I get one last crack at that drive.

...Ack! Posted too quickly....

Rather than spend the day holed up in the office and ignoring my family, we all piled in the car and went to the zoo. It was a beautiful day, and the first in months that didn't leave me melting to the pavement. Fall is here! Yay!