Ruthi’s technical karma has seemed to fail her. First, her small small small (not much bigger than a pack of 3 by 5 cards) died a slow painful death. She did get a replacement here before the final death but not in time to rescue all of her “stuff”. The company (OQO) which made her miniature machine went out of business in April 2009. So, she was searching for assistance and finally found someone she is working with to rescue her content off the old machine.
Then Ruthi accidently dropped her cell phone into water. It died fairly quickly and the only pain was with Ruthi and un-accessible her phone contacts (300+). She went to Verizon and they suggested that the phone be stored overnight in a bag of rice to get the moisture absorbed from within the phone. RICE was the answer at least for contact access. But alas Ruthi needed to get a new phone and new battery.
