Greetings,
Yesterday I came into the HD lab to capture some new After Affects I created for my documentary (what happened is that the University of Washington Archives arrived, as did the ones from the Denver Library, plus I found some stuff at the National Archives) and as I was working, the system crashed and I wasn't pleased. After the crash I did a system shutdown and reboot and I could not get back into the program. The data was still there, the directories were still there and program opened up to the entry screen but to no avail.
The only thing I could think of was to grab my gear, get a beer and think what could be wrong. After a couple of hours I came back to the lab and I noticed that one small transformer that is linked to a small but rather important piece of hardware was very, very hot. I unplugged it, left for the night, came in this morning, plugged it in and viola! It worked! The next thing I did was to create a new archive and I will copy that to my firewire drive after I transfer the After Affects.
The moral of the story is back up, back up, back up.
Peace,
Jon
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
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A chemical engineer, a mechanical engineer, an electrical engineer, and a computer engineer are driving to an engineering conference. The car they are driving in sputters, dies, and they slowly coast to the side of the road. The mechanical engineer, who was driving, turns off the ignition and says:
“Well, that’s it. We’ve thrown a rod.”
The electrical engineer, who is riding shotgun, looks at him incredulously.
“What!? No way, obviously there is a short somewhere. It could be the alternator.”
The chemical engineer puts down his copy of the Chemical & Engineering News, shaking her head.
“Please. The only logical conclusion is that we filled up with some bad fuel and that, in turn, has caused the engine to stall.”
There is a long pause, as the chemical, mechanical, and electrical engineers look at the computer engineer who is still staring out the window listening to his iPod. After a moment he pulls out one ear bud and says:
“Um, I just figured that if we all got out of the car and then got back in, it should start-up just fine.”
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