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Trials and tribulations
Gah - I have been computerless for best part of today. I've been having some problems with the broadband connection here for a few weeks; it's just taken to dropping in and out when it feels like it which is incredibly annoying when I'm in the middle of something. Also, the phone line has been playing up; having a conversation with anyone on the land-line has invariably led to me having to ask the other person to yell so I can hear them over the inordinate amount of crackling and hissing coming down the line. Of course the two problems are related, and no - and I count myself fortunate in this - it wasn't to do with the actual line (which would have necessitated dealing with bastard BT), but rather with the connections in the house.
To cut an even longer story short, my Dad came round earlier and we managed to sort it and so far - fingers crossed - its fine.
The other problem was with my laptop which kept dying on me for some unknown reason. Another long story involving much yelling and frustration but which again, seems to be fixed courtesy of a trip to the local laptop fixer (Dad, again).
I hate it when things like that go wrong. I mean, I'm quite capable of doing basic, routine things on computers, but when they don't work, I'm at a bit of a loss.
Luckily, I've learned the hard way to make regular and comprehensive back-ups - although the problem with that is that I now have four or five copies of certain files, which annoys me, because I like things TIDY, dammit!
*deep breath*
So before I roll into bed, I am going to try to resist the temptation to organise and re-organise and do something more constructive instead.
Like edit fic.
To cut an even longer story short, my Dad came round earlier and we managed to sort it and so far - fingers crossed - its fine.
The other problem was with my laptop which kept dying on me for some unknown reason. Another long story involving much yelling and frustration but which again, seems to be fixed courtesy of a trip to the local laptop fixer (Dad, again).
I hate it when things like that go wrong. I mean, I'm quite capable of doing basic, routine things on computers, but when they don't work, I'm at a bit of a loss.
Luckily, I've learned the hard way to make regular and comprehensive back-ups - although the problem with that is that I now have four or five copies of certain files, which annoys me, because I like things TIDY, dammit!
*deep breath*
So before I roll into bed, I am going to try to resist the temptation to organise and re-organise and do something more constructive instead.
Like edit fic.
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Oh, I know that feeling. When I was working on stuff at home on either a laptop or desktop and at work on my work comp, I'd have about 5 different files of the same thing going. It was a mess. Thankfully I have now (mostly) streamlined everything on the laptop with USB key backup. And that is IT.
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I usually have one or two that have music on so I don't have to lug CDs around with me - I just emptied a couple onto the PC so now I have some spares. Thing is, I guess having moved around so much job-wise over the last 4 years has meant I've generated a LOT of documents, far more than if I'd stayed in the same place. Meh. It's just me being a control freak!