It’s 6:30pm on Friday the 13th, so if you’re reading this, it probably wasn’t a completely unlucky day.

Did you avoid walking under a ladder today?
Stood a bit further back from large windows?
Drove a little slower?

According to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute, about 1 in 15 people in the U.S. are affected by a fear of this day. Many people acquire good luck charms - horseshoes, lockets, or feathers. However, as R. E. Shay said, “Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but remember it didn’t work for the rabbit.”

At least if you have been backing up with Backblaze, you don’t have to worry if your computer was lucky today.