Fans of the British comed Fawlty Towers (John Cleese) may remember the time where Basil asks his wife "Shall I move the hotel a bit to the right?" or some such joke. Although this sounds silly, it happens all the time.

I used to work for Hewlett Packard and there were many times where we would move people around to be close to their manager. That 10 people would move floors because their manager was elsewhere in the building, seemed stupid to us.

We once planned for a year and then consolidated 3 data buildings into one and moved hundreds of mainframe computers into that builing over Presidents Day weekend. It was an incredible feat and most to all of the employees would never have known that their mainframes and business had moved if we didn't tell them. Oh the planning. We no sooner moved the system when the airconditioning had to be upgraded. I don't know who sized them, but...

Just a year or two later we determined that we now had more computers than the room would fit. This room was the size of a football field and we were running out of room. So how did we fix it? We did a Fawlty Towers, we took two out of every three rows of computers and moved them forward enough to make room for another row. We are talking 50 or more rows or 30 or so systems, all moving around in a room.

I was once able to save the day when I recovered data that we THOUGHT we were backing up for a year, but were not. So yes, even the best have their bad days.

Only in the computer indusry could you move most of your business and nobody would notice. If only it was like that in farming. Here we plant coffee and it stays in place for 50 to 100 years. Kinda like grapes and not like corn.

Speaking of grapes and corn yet having more to do with coffee, I still have a discount going on roasted coffee and it ships with your very own free Hawaiian keychain. Check it out quick at http://ItsKona.Com befoe the sale moves somewhere to the right. The magic discount code is KEYCHAIN

I was in the store today and saw a sign next to some locally grown mangos. It said they were locally produced, hand picked, washed and inspected. Gotta love the local products, although I didn't buy any. I have 100 mangos dropping to the ground and going to waste. Mine are not the best style but certainly good enough. I just don't have time for mangos and avocados.

Yesterday I vought a bag of Li Hing Nui Drops (a plumb and licorice candy) but after tasting the first one, have crossed this one off my list. There is a real piece of plum inside and enough salt to salt a side of beef. I like Mochi Maru (a flavored candy made from rice with the consistancy of a marshmallow). I also like the Fancy Japan Mix candy, which is pretty much sugar and fruit flavors. See? I DO try some of the favorite local items, I just don't have to like them all :-)

We are close to Memorial Day, but here in the islands it is not that big vacation deal, since many of us will still stay here and continue with our constant vacation! We will march and pray and honor our fallen soldiers and departed friends and family. We will shop and drive and fly and visit.

For those following along at home, you know that I am trying to recover a disk drive with lots of my personal data on it. Now is the time to remind all of you to make a backup of your data. The name backup also can remind you what the data repesents, a way to get back up and running after a problem.

Until next time, aloha! P.S. Start that backup now! Don't say you have not been warned :-)

He had a chance to meet many of our Kona Coffee Farmers and even briefly toyed with the idea of joining our ranks in growing some of the best coffee in the world.

Some of the things he was able to do in his short visit, was to hike into a valley, drive into the clouds (and almost play in the snow), he did a bit of snorkling, lots of shopping and saw authentic hula. We saw some lava flows, but they were not too impressive, but lava none-the-less. He saw rain forests, lava flows, expensive houses next to shacks. Although he wanted to kyack at Kealakekua Bay, he settled for a horseback ride into Waipio Valley. he also set a few days aside to shop and relax. I have to believe it was a very enjoyable vacation and am glad be was able to experience a great first Hawaiian trip!

While he was here, we drove up to get my truck inspected in a yearly safty inspection. I found out that my registration had lapsed and realized that Hawaii, unlike Georgia, does not have your registration expire on your birthday. Yesterday, I took my title and insurance papers up into Kona but got there too late to register the vehicle. Then I got pulled over and ticketed for it. It might cost up to $70 but I'm hoping the judge takes pity on this poor farmer. If you want to help me make a few dollars so I can afford the ticket, you are welcome to visit http://ItsKona.Com and use the KEYCHAIN code at checkout to save 10% and get a free keychain. It is 100% Kona Coffee by the way.

I also had a massive disk drive failure and am trying to recover it as I write this. The drive was too large to easily back it up, so I may have lost many installed programs and 3 years or more of archived email. It appears as though I recoved thousands of my digital photos because in the recent move I may have lost the last DVD of them {sigh}.

Then I was asked to help recover data from a disk where a security program was installed. The program is quite difficult to remove (Cyber Trio). I can get at the data but I can't run the installed programs to access the data. The program is not installed properly and Packard Bell does not offer it anymore, thus I can't get a copy to install and then properly remove. Little information is online and most users reformatted the drive to remove the failing software. It only runs under Windows 95 and makes a desktop and environment whereby the user cannot run non-enabled programs. The original owner of the system passed away and the family is needs access to many of the account numbers and passwords on the system.

On the local front, the weather is nice, the pace - pretty slow (especially if you are dodging police cars) and thank goodness the 24 and Idol hype will soon be over. I hear they are TV shows...

Don't forget that coffee special, the discount will soon be gone and I'll have to crank up the price to cover my ticket and new disk drive :-)

He had a chance to meet many of our Kona Coffee Farmers and even briefly toyed with the idea of joining our ranks in growing some of the best coffee in the world.

Some of the things he was able to do in his short visit, was to hike into a valley, drive into the clouds (and almost play in the snow), he did a bit of snorkling, lots of shopping and saw authentic hula. We saw some lava flows, but they were not too impressive, but lava none-the-less. He saw rain forests, lava flows, expensive houses next to shacks. Although he wanted to kyack at Kealakekua Bay, he settled for a horseback ride into Waipio Valley. he also set a few days aside to shop and relax. I have to believe it was a very enjoyable vacation and am glad be was able to experience a great first Hawaiian trip!

While he was here, we drove up to get my truck inspected in a yearly safty inspection. I found out that my registration had lapsed and realized that Hawaii, unlike Georgia, does not have your registration expire on your birthday. Yesterday, I took my title and insurance papers up into Kona but got there too late to register the vehicle. Then I got pulled over and ticketed for it. It might cost up to $70 but I'm hoping the judge takes pity on this poor farmer. If you want to help me make a few dollars so I can afford the ticket, you are welcome to visit http://ItsKona.Com and use the KEYCHAIN code at checkout to save 10% and get a free keychain. It is 100% Kona Coffee by the way.

I also had a massive disk drive failure and am trying to recover it as I write this. The drive was too large to easily back it up, so I may have lost many installed programs and 3 years or more of archived email. It appears as though I recoved thousands of my digital photos because in the recent move I may have lost the last DVD of them {sigh}.

Then I was asked to help recover data from a disk where a security program was installed. The program is quite difficult to remove (Cyber Trio). I can get at the data but I can't run the installed programs to access the data. The program is not installed properly and Packard Bell does not offer it anymore, thus I can't get a copy to install and then properly remove. Little information is online and most users reformatted the drive to remove the failing software. It only runs under Windows 95 and makes a desktop and environment whereby the user cannot run non-enabled programs. The original owner of the system passed away and the family is needs access to many of the account numbers and passwords on the system.

On the local front, the weather is nice, the pace - pretty slow (especially if you are dodging police cars) and thank goodness the 24 and Idol hype will soon be over. I hear they are TV shows...

Don't forget that coffee special, the discount will soon be gone and I'll have to crank up the price to cover my ticket and new disk drive :-)