Rolandes Ramblings

I wonder what the laws are in Illinois governing this??? This could be much more useful than a radar detector. Not to mention, you could really have fun pissing off people in a hurry driving the other direction Read more »

I still haven’t quite gotten the appeal behind this new trend. They opened one of these places not far from my office here in Chicago. It is funny to walk by in the middle of the day or even late afternoon and see the Read more »

Are we really becoming so stupid that we need a device to tell us how a person is feeling on the other end of the phone based on their conversation or voice? People have used and judged people on non-verbal communication for thousands of years. You’d think most people would be Read more »

So, having sent our failed hard drive off to the Data Recovery Group in Northbrook, IL to try and recover the data, after a couple weeks we were finally told that there was no recoverable data. The official excuse was that the head hit the platters which pretty much negates any chance of recovery. They had to open the drive in their clean room and replace the damaged head which still did not help. I asked a few questions and the response I got just didn’t add up in my mind. I was sure that they just didn’t have the necessary tools or expertise to get the job done. So I decided we had to get a second opinion. Read more »