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During a home-office cleanup tonight, I decided it was time for Kelly’s old laptop – with a broken screen hinge and an aging Pentium II processor – had to stop collecting dust in the corner and make the trip to the big computer network in the sky…

The one thing that needed to be done before deep-sixing the machine was to remove the hard drive, which (only after removing the keyboard) I discovered was as easy as removing one screw from the bottom of the machine, swinging a plastic cover out the way, and pulling out the machine’s cute little stainless-steel hard drive caddy.

I had to laugh, though, as soon as I pulled the caddy out. On top was a caution label, and the first caution statement on the label read, “Do not install or remove the hard disck pack while the computer’s power is on.”

Now I realize not everyone inherently knows that doing so would be a Very Bad Thing™, but considering that you actually have to remove said hard disk pack before you can see the label, I think the purpose is – somehow – not quite served.

…of upgrading and updating things, you probably won’t notice that daverea.com has been updated to WordPress 2.0.4. I’m hoping the upgrade will stop the steady stream of spam comments that hit my inbox (awaiting moderation, of course – I gotta take care of my peeps!) and improve the security of the site.

A notable addition to the site is the presence of trackback URLs in each post header. Most modern blogging software (including WordPress, movable type, Blogger, and others) will allow other bloggers who refer to stuff on my blog to “track-back” their post to mine. The fact that someone else referred to one of my entries in one of theirs is, in turn, indicated as a comment in this blog.