Lost my laptop. Backups saved the data, but not the sticker history.

Posted by Xned@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 139 comments

Lost my laptop a few days ago, and it sucked. But I actually do what I preach. I had all the important stuff, including my env, backed up and synced, and the disk had decent encryption, so I was back up and running on a new machine in a day. But, and this is something I did not expect, the fucking stickers. I want my stickers! I had layers of stickers on that thing. Stickers from different cons, talks, and events I attended. Stickers for completing wargames and CTFs. Stickers related to initiatives I like and support. It was part of my identity. Some of those stickers had even been transferred from 2 or 3 laptops back in time. Feels like I lost a part of my own history :( I have never heard anyone talk about this before. Am I just weird(er), or is this a thing anyone else can relate to?