Recovering from the disk crash

Slowly but surely I’m pulling things back together from my crash of two weeks ago. One note: a couple of old friends (one of my wedding party from 17+ years ago, another old associate) e-mailed me just before the crash; I didn’t have time to reply before the messages were lost. If you’re one of those people, and you mailed me about two weeks ago and haven’t received a reply, please mail me again. While there’s a chance that those mails may be recoverable from the busted drive, it’s not an absolute guarantee.