Why the World should use 'Time Machine'

So...


Yesterday afternoon, my 2009 MacMini froze and would not reboot.


"Not to worry" I thought. I have a script that shuts down Time Machine at 9am, but turns it on at 9pm - in effect forcing it to do a daily backup without crushing the performance of the Mac during the day.


So I inserted the OS disc (Lion) and restored the drive. I've never had to do this before, but its awesome - took 4.5 hours, but that seems fair given the amount of stuff on it.


Everyone should have Time Machine - or buy a Mac to get it. I've always assumed it would work, but never needed to test it.


The end result is I've lost a few client files I was working on, but nothing major.


The only question that remains is - am I right in thinking that the HDD is on its way out - it kept hanging on boot-up, but did not show errors in Disk Utility? The restored system seems fine, so I can't imagine its a logic board/RAM thing.

Resetting Home Key on iPhone 4

So, the home key on my iPhone was becoming really unresponsive, like pretty much broken. Of course the phone is out of warranty.


BUT never fear - I found this at the Apple community:

Reset Home Button Steps:

(1) Tap Settings App, when open:

(2) Hold Power button until "slide to power off" bar appears.
(3) Don't slide it, release power button.
(4) Gently, continuously press Home button for few seconds until home screen appears.
(5) Done.

If this does not help, further points to Hardware Problem.