I'll be nudging myself into traffic soon. Think of the STATS!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 6:00AM A conversation, several months ago:
Me: "I got us Windows 7."
Paul: "Oh, okay, I'll install it soon. Is there anything important we need to back up?"
Me: "I don't think so. All the software I use is on my laptop."
Paul: "What about pictures?"
Me: "They're all backed up on my iPod."
Paul: "Oh, okay."
A text message, a few days ago:
Paul: "Installing Windows 7."
Another conversation, later that same day:
Paul: "He wanted music but I couldn't figure out how to get your iPod to work on the docking station."
Me: "It died after my trip to NY. I thought it just lost it's charge but I plugged it in and nothing happened. It may have bitten the dust."
A realization, later that night:
Me: Windows 7...iPod...photos...shit.
A relief, the next day:
Me: Okay, I burned CDs of all our photos from Oct 2007 to early Oct 2009...and this SD card starts at November 2009...which means we're only missing about 3 weeks worth of photos. Oh, thank gawd.
You'd think that would be the end of the story, but that would be boring.
An occurrence, the following day:
Paul: "FedEx delivered something."
Me: "Whee! It's the Fisher-Price iXL learny-thingie that I won for Xander at BlogHer! This thing is cool. Look, you can put your own music and photos on it! There's a SD card slot here. That must be how you do it. I'll just put one in so Xander can have pictures of himself!"
Me: "Hm, it doesn't seem to be working. Maybe I should actually read the instructions. Oh, you have to upload the photos using the USB cable. The SD slot is just for extra memory. It says, 'cards used for memory should not be used in other devices as they may become corrupt'."
Me: "..."
Me: "Wait, WHICH card did I just put in there?"
Paul: "Um...the one with the only remaining copy of all our photos from November of 2009 forward."
Honestly, it's like I'm TRYING to sabotage my own life for blog fodder. Even my subconscious thinks I'm in desperate need of something to write about.
(Most of the photos seem to be fine. There are a couple that have become icons that resemble someone's scrinched-up constipated face. I'm...sure they're fine.)
Reader Comments (19)
I'm right there with you. You would think that I would have a personal photo disaster plan in place. Given what I do for a living.....Meh..not so much.
Did you see the black cloud I posted yesterday for RTT? Well now I know where it went. Sorry about the photos. That really does suck.
I've just given up the ghost. This week is going to suck. End of story.
Hope the pictures end up alright. Time to make another back up disk. Pronto.
I bought one of those external hard drive thingys just for this specific purpose. I have tons of photos from 2005 onward on an old desktop that I'm just waiting on it to crap out.
Oh I'm so sorry to hear about this! This is seriously my biggest nightmare, so I have become overly obsessive about having my photos in at least two places. But you don't lose the memories, just the photos... always remember that :.)
On the bright side, I LOVE the new layout!
Yup. I got an external hard drive too...so when my computer shits the bed my photos and video are saved.
That is horrible!! I'm so sorry! I am mainly suckish at all things technical and so I totally depend on the hubs to do all that stuff. Meanwhile, he's transferred all our photos off the computer onto disks and I don't trust them and am petrified that we have no photos. Probably me just being a neurotic maniac, but still.
You know, if you kept the original negatives, you could just take them down to the nearest Photo-Mat, and they'll reprint your pictures for you!
Wait... that's my 1978 solution for this problem. Dagnabit.
Eeks! This happened to me when one day my laptop worked, and the next it did not. And yet I still do not back up my stuff. I guess I like to live on the edge. Whoah! Look at me, the rebel :)
I constantly sabotage my life looking for blog fodder. Wait, no, that's gravity thats the saboteur.
I must be one of the few people who left BlogHer without a boatload of goodies. I've just got to change who I run with next year!
On the plus side...this made for an thoroughly entertaining post which I enjoyed immensely!! Thank you for that!! Hope all your photos turn out okay!
Hugs
SueAnn
I have lost photos twice- sometimes they can be recovered.
I find myself constantly buying memory sticks now to back up the back ups of my back up because i don't trust anything.
Oh my hecks! That is scary! What kind of crazy toy thing corrupts the memory cards put into it???
Ugh, this is like the story of my live v. technology. Glad most of your photos are safe.
Must go back up photos... must go back up photos...
Oh no! I have nighmares about loosing my pictures and all that other stuff. I really need to back everything up. And scrunched up constipated faces are the BEST! lol
Okay I realize this was a minor point in your blog of technological disasters, but I would suggest taking your iPod to an Apple store if you have one nearby. I thought mine died and I finally bit the bullet and took it there. It wasn't the best experience in terms of customer service, but my iPod works!
http://stephanieinsuburbia.blogspot.com/2010/09/bite-me-apple.html
I could totally see that happening to me, I keep my photos on the stupid SD card forever. Glad they were mostly okay...