So, I’ve been less than good about writing here lately, but there’s a reason: the Lego Expo.\u00c2\u00a0 And another reason: computer failure.\u00c2\u00a0 And maybe even a third reason, if you stretch things a bit: that laryngitic cold I had a couple of weeks back.<\/p>\n
Starting with that cold, it definitely took the starch out of me for a while, and didn’t leave much energy for anything outside going to work and sleeping and eating and tutoring and (occasionally) socializing with Jim.\u00c2\u00a0 On the bright side, though, I wasn’t nearly as sick as my brother has been with a viral stomach bug.\u00c2\u00a0 Thank goodness for that.<\/p>\n
Then that computer crash:\u00c2\u00a0the computer at the children’s desk at the library froze while in the midst of doing a Windows update on the 31st (we were updating all of the library’s computers in anticipation of that much-talked-about April Fool’s Day virus).\u00c2\u00a0 We tried everything we could think of over the next week to try to save files, with Dad providing some excellent tech support, including a Ubuntu boot disk which helped establish that the computer’s bios was fine.\u00c2\u00a0 But, ultimately, we had to wipe the hard drive clean and start fresh; Lisa had to spend time on the phone with Dell tech support, and then even more time reinstalling the software.\u00c2\u00a0 I lost all of my email files, but almost none of my Word and Excel files, thanks to diligent frequent backups of those files to my flash drive.\u00c2\u00a0 Let this be a lesson to all of you:\u00c2\u00a0 back up those files regularly, including email files.\u00c2\u00a0 I sigh wistfully when I think about my beautifully organized Outlook files, with all kinds of great resource information and performer confirmations and contracts.\u00c2\u00a0 Sigh.<\/p>\n
While I don’t write blog entries at work (never, never, never – they’re all written at home), this computer failure did make me totally and completely SICK of computers for the week of crashedness.\u00c2\u00a0 The last thing I wanted to do in my free time was log on to the laptop at home and write blog entries.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
As for the Lego Expo, well, it really deserves its own dedicated entry.\u00c2\u00a0 Tune in tomorrow for that one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So, I’ve been less than good about writing here lately, but there’s a reason: the Lego Expo.\u00c2\u00a0 And another reason: computer failure.\u00c2\u00a0 And maybe even a third reason, if you stretch things a bit: that laryngitic cold I had a couple of weeks back. Starting with that cold, it definitely took the starch out of … Continue reading Where I’ve been…<\/span>