Abstract
The article presents information on how Jeremy Kaplan, executive editor of PC magazine, celebrates his holiday. In August 2005 he took his fiancee on a camping trip to Hermit Island, just off the coast of Maine. This little piece of New England paradise offers nearly 300 campsites; Jeremy claims that his was one of the nicest, on a rocky bluff that stretched out over the sea. The two of them pitched a tent on the bluff, and as the sun set across the water, Jeremy started a campfire. He tossed some wood into an old firepit, doused it with lighter fluid, and struck a match. A fan of cooking over an open flame, Kaplan disdains the use of freeze-dried camping-ready travel food; he cooks the way his forefathers did. He barbecued some burgers, a few ears of corn, and a Western Digital hard drive. Jeremy Kaplan never lets a vacation interfere with his work. Just prior to this New England getaway, a colleague suggested a story about Ontrack Data Recovery, a company famous for recovering data from damaged hard drives, and a flaming campfire seemed like the perfect opportunity.