Had a hard drive failure last night. Kinda sucks, there were probably some pictures on there that hadn't backed up to the internet, although most of it was downloaded digital goods that can be recovered easily. Impulsively, I decided to buy a raid enclosure and a pair of drives so I wouldn't have to feel this pain again (the idea being to mirror the drives).
I was lying down in bed and thinking about it some more. Do I really need this? Let's see, the pictures should all go on Google Drive if I have even an ounce of sanity. Everything else is recoverable with, let's face it, the most tiny modicum of work. Wait, why am I spending $500 on this? I got up right then and cancelled the order.
I do still need to replace the drive, so I picked up a relatively inexpensive external one for $70. But that's about $430 saved, which I might not even have thought about had it not been for this blog. Thanks, MMM!