Watching my footprint and fingers

As an avid outdoors man and parent of a young child another appeal of using a classic style double edge razor is from a conservation viewpoint.  The statistics of how many disposable plastic razors are thrown out per year are astounding & immense. 

 

Shave The Earth.  

Use a double edge razor that creates minimal waste and saves money as well. Most men spend approximately $250 a year on disposable razors and shaving cream from a can – both proven equally bad for our now fragile ecosystem. After the  initial investment of buying a high quality safety razor that will effectively last a lifetime, a realistic yearly shaving cost will average $59 per year.  And if you opt for a straight razor, which employs no disposable parts other the unused lather (biodegradable for sure) that finds it's way down the drain, your cost per shave and eco-footprint both diminish exponentially.

So where do the used blades go?  Many older homes and finer hotel rooms have a blade drop in the master bath..  a small slit cut in the wall, usually inside a medicine cabinet, into which you drop the spent blade.  It takes a tumble ride and lands someplace inside the wall...there to stay until a plumber or carpenter cracks open the wall.  A quick Google search of "DE Blade Bank" will turn up numerous commercial and DIY solutions ranging from a modified soup can to a sterling silver job from Tiffany's...  

My daughter and I searched a local home furnishing store and found what we thought to be a perfect receptacle.. our piggy bank comes complete with the red ambulance graphic painted on one side and a big band-aid on the other.

While I have no idea how many blades it will hold, or what I will do with it should it ever fill up, it should provide many years of safe blade keeping along with continued amusement for us...

Drobo update...

I've not been keeping track of how many days the Drobo has been running.. maybe that's a good thing since...well...it's still running.

The Drobo Dashboard runs in the background monitoring all things Drobo.  It gave me an alert that there was a firmware update that was recommended.  As a general rule, I perform all the firmware updates since the manufactures surely know better than I...Microsoft updates, Nikon camera specific updates and now the Drobo.  Seemed easy enough.  Just download, install and reboot the Drobo unit.

But for some reason the Drobo failed to reboot throwing an error message that Drive R was still running preventing the Drobo from going into standby mode.  Hmmm... Drive R is the Drobo.  Sounds like it's chasing it's own tail.

Quick visit to Data Robotics support site and followed instructions to reset it.  Done, and done.

The Drobo monitor reports all drives are fine and once again Drobo is healthy.

Excellent, now I can forget about again.

Pick of the Week...DropBox

It's time to leave the house..  Cell phone goes in my jacket pocket; Laptop in my shoulder bag accompanied by a portable USB Western Digital Passport HD; USB memory stick in pants pocket; printed list of all my web user names and login info under lock and key...in my wallet.  I'm equipped for a day in this digital world.  Well, welcome to a few years ago.

Fast forward to today...