Why you should always check your backups work

Because Pixar nearly lost Toy Story 2 due to lack of working backups.

Delicious LiveJournal Links for 4-7-2010

• Math is not linear - so why do they teach it that way?
  (tags: math presentation education school mathematics inspiration)
• Looking at pictures of sick people boosts your immune system
  (tags: psychology health illness immune)
• Eating fruit and veg decreases chance of cancer by a mere 2.5%
  To the burger van!
  (tags: cancer diet)
• Stay-at-home fathers up by 900% in the last decade
  Only 6% of the population though.
  (tags: family parenting parents uk society)
• How Americans are propagandized about Afghanistan
  And by "propagandized" I mean "lied to repeatedly"
  (tags: afghanistan media propaganda war politics)
• The recent reporting of the corruption of Scrabble is *gasp* not actually true.
  (tags: scrabble words games)
• Andrew Lincoln to star in Walking Dead TV series
  (tags: tv zombies)
• Asteroids Player Smashes 27-Year-Old High Score
  (tags: gaming geekery)
• Devon nurse loses crucifix 'ban' claim at tribunal
  The ban, by the way, was on any kind of necklace. They were fine with a crucifix pin...
  (tags: EpicFail uk religion)
• The Archbishop of Canterbury reviews the latest Philip Pullman novel
  (tags: PhilipPullman literature religion christianity uk)
• Lesbian who took school to court over the prom was invited to replacement prom - which was a fake
  Also, note that the other people invited to the fake were two students with learning difficulties.
  (tags: EpicFail homophobia lgbt wtf usa)
• Globish: the worldwide dialect of the third millennium
  (tags: language english linguistics globalization books culture travel world globish)
• Who should a scientist vote for?
  (tags: politics uk)