16 December 2007
I MADE A MISTAKE...
About a month ago I suffered a major computer crash.
I almost lost everything. In fact, for a while I had
lost everything because I had to reformat my computer
and reinstall the OS as if I just pulled it out of
the box new. All of the software that I used, all of
the 3D content that I had was kept, but it was saved
only in the form of pre-installed zip files and
packages. I had all the stuff, but I would have to
start from scratch. I didn't see myself ever getting
back to where I was, it took a year and a half to get
there, but I moved forward installing software and
content on an as needed basis.
Now this morning I awoke to my main external drive whining loudly. This is the drive to which I copied almost everything to survive the last crash. When I clicked on it, it appeared to be empty. I should have seen this coming. The clues were there. About two weeks ago I noticed video streaming from the drive started to stutter. I also noticed that, while listening to music from the drive, when I wrote to it at the same time, the music would stutter or stop altogether. These are things that never happened before, but I thought little of them.
I am starting to think there is a message from the Universe in all this. I was able to get the drive to show again, and will now begin the long and arduous process of backing up this 300 GB drive to DVD and any other drive where I might have spare room. This means I will have some time to think over the holidays. I can reassess my plans and my goals. I can make sure I am on the right path.
None of this means I won't continue to create. I always want to create. Life goes on... at iPhone Alchemy.
Now this morning I awoke to my main external drive whining loudly. This is the drive to which I copied almost everything to survive the last crash. When I clicked on it, it appeared to be empty. I should have seen this coming. The clues were there. About two weeks ago I noticed video streaming from the drive started to stutter. I also noticed that, while listening to music from the drive, when I wrote to it at the same time, the music would stutter or stop altogether. These are things that never happened before, but I thought little of them.
I am starting to think there is a message from the Universe in all this. I was able to get the drive to show again, and will now begin the long and arduous process of backing up this 300 GB drive to DVD and any other drive where I might have spare room. This means I will have some time to think over the holidays. I can reassess my plans and my goals. I can make sure I am on the right path.
None of this means I won't continue to create. I always want to create. Life goes on... at iPhone Alchemy.
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