The 40GB Frying Pan

Here's how to scrub data out of your hard disk after it has crashed and is unreadable by conventional means. Of course, this only works when there is an internal short (which was what caused the crash, anyway!).

Running Dry .... Freak!

I dropped by Stockdale earlier and got a few energy drinks to keep me awake. However, opted not to gas up as the meter said half-tank full (or for some of you, half-empty). The odometer read 120-miles.

Lo and behold, as the meter started to read 207-miles the next gas station was to be a good 20-miles away. Oh-kay ... manageable but just barely.

Getting there earlier, man the warning light flashed yellow. I thought the Panoche location was on another exit and so went past it. So I stopped on the side of the road. No point of going further since its going to roll to a stop anyway. Stop now while ahead, right?

Darn, what a predicament.

With all the speeding hoping that cops would arrive to both arrest me and give me gas, I find out from the station attendant that they came by but barely. Oh great. No wonder turning on my hazard sign and doing a counterflow was survivable. This place be nowhere's-ville!

Note to self: when its half-tank, f* it and just keep 'er filled and keep going!