Sunday, October 03, 2010

Computer Update

As most of you know, this past week I had a major computer crash and my hard drives became un-bootable.  I've been shut down since then.

Well, not entirely- I'm actually writing this post from the problem computer.  But the computer isn't running Windows- It's using an Ubuntu Linux OS straight from a CD.  I must say, it's sort of cool using a computer without any hard drives- It reminds me of my Apple IIe days back in the late 80's and early 90's.  Put in your program on a disk, and it runs just perfectly.

With the help of my friend James, we were able to determine that both of my hard drives are actually completely fine, and I will be able to recover any data that I had previously lost.  In fact, it's already been recovered on a brand new tiny little 750 GB external hard drive I picked up at Microcenter yesterday.

That being said, my digital photography workflow is currently non-existant.  I haven't picked up my camera since all this happened, and to be perfectly honest, I've enjoyed my time away from the gear.  Nature photography had definitely turned into a second job (without pay) for me, and the break from being constantly behind a lens feels like a much needed vacation.

Tom

3 comments:

  1. Hi Tom...Its to bad your having all these issues ,but you know sometimes the things we enjoy consumes us to the point where we think can't live without it!!
    Taking a break and enjoying that little guy of your sounds like a good thing!!

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  2. Sometime you need to step back for a bit and it takes something like a hard drive crash to do it. I've been off doing some sports and landscape photography. I've found it refreshing to get away from the 1:1 world for a while.

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  3. =) Congrats re: computer--SUPER good news.

    Yesterday it was raining as we saw the best views of fall aspens in the eastern Sierras (hiking) so I got NO pictures but, like you, it was kind of freeing to have a forced vacation from photography. Of course, I now have no pics, but had a lovely experience.

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