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June 29, 2009
Man vs. Machine
I work a lot with computers and all that technology stuff, but I am most definitely not a “gear head.”
Most of the time, I get along well with my machines, but then there are days like the one I experienced last week:
First, I try to use my cell phone in the house. This is allowed isn't it? Its not against the law, as far as I know. However, whenever I try to use my cell phone in the house, I invariably lose the signal. Sheryl can walk all over the house, and merrily talk away to anyone in the world on her cell, while I can only manage, “Hello, how are you do”....(beep, beep – signal faded). This happens EVERY TIME.
OK, I'll move on to my laptop. Trusty ol' laptop. I just upgraded to Microsoft Internet Explorer 8. The day before the upgrade, I could go online, update this blog, do a quick check of Facebook, no problem. After the upgrade? Can't get online. Once I updated my browser, I could no longer go online. Now I'm no “techno geek,” but I KNOW that's not how its supposed to work.
So I have to call in my technical expert, Sheryl. She will fix it eventually, but this kind of thing can emasculate you in a hurry (if you are a man, that is).
So on to the studio. I have to bring up a certain ProTools file to work on, and IT IS NOT THERE. I'm looking in the folder where it is supposed to be, and it is NOT THERE. How could I lose a file? I search through every folder on the drive, thinking I may have accidentally moved it, all the while thinking about all the work that would be involved in recreating the file. Now, you may be asking, “Where was your backup?” Don't ask. I always back EVERYTHING up, except this one file that I was going to work on, and then save and back up on another drive.
Finally in desperation I turned off the Mac, and rebooted. I went back to the same folder, and THERE IT WAS. In the same folder I had been frantically searching through only moments before. Could I have been looking directly at it without seeing it? It is entirely possible, but I went through that folder (and every other folder on the hard drive) file by file.
Somehow, I have made the technology gods angry, and I must find some way to appease them.
Posted by leonolguin at June 29, 2009 12:19 PM