OK,
I admit to being forgetful - often. Here's a double-dose of recent
forgetfulness that saved me from a huge dose of embarrassment but cost
me a laptop in the process . . .
First,
the good news. My very cool niece announced that she was getting
married. I suggested that we send out save the date magnets with her
announcements so everyone invited could post the full color magnets to
their fridges. Great idea! They sent out several hundred invitations
that included the couple printed in full color on a wonderfully
designed save the date magnet. Cool.
To make to sure that I would not forget the date - and thereby
suffer the embarrassment of being a no-show - when my invitation and
save the date magnet showed up I promptly forgot . . . about magnets
and computers - despite warnings from sites like
http://www.my1stop.com/save-the-date-magnets.aspx .
That's right. I immediately stuck the save the date magnet to the
one place I knew that I'd see it everyday - almost all day - my laptop.
Bad idea.
If you're not familiar with the relationship between save the date
magnets and computers (laptops or any others) here's a quick primer:
They don't mix. In fact, even a relatively small amount of magnetism
can disrupt your computer. In my case, the hard drive was scrambled.
Completely. No recovery.
So, as I type this blog on my new laptop, I remain a big fan of save the date magnets - from a reasonable distance.