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wishfulaces

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Oct 26, 2010 22:26

I AM BACK ONLINE. At home, that is. After five hours of recovery CDs, downloading updates, and re-installing software. Brand shiny new hard drive, old casing and operating system. All my bookmarks are gone. It's surprisingly refreshing to be starting out new. I probably won't feel that way next week when attempting to hunt something down that I * ( Read more... )

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kindkit October 27 2010, 04:36:36 UTC

Oh, the lost bookmarks. I know how you feel. I didn't lose many files when my computer died, because I'd made backup copies relatively recently, but I miss my bookmarks. And even when I can find the sites, it's a pain having to organize the new bookmarks all over again.

wishfulaces October 27 2010, 12:20:05 UTC

Yeah, I'd built up those bookmarks over the past, um, three years at least? But I can build them up again, and figure out how the heck to save them for next time something like this happens. I really am more concerned over the lost data--I was not very consistent about backing things up, and I know I've lost pictures and documents, alas.

jenlev October 27 2010, 10:04:46 UTC

Welcome back! Although sorry about your links and the hassle of the whole process. *hugs*

wishfulaces October 27 2010, 12:21:06 UTC

I looked upon it as an opportunity to practice patience. and lookit! I didn't once scream at it while it was working! I'll totally get the hang of this technology thing some day!

jenlev October 27 2010, 21:33:05 UTC

You really are brave. The whole thing would make me sob. *hugs*

pontisbright October 27 2010, 19:27:32 UTC

:( Lost bookmarks are such an arse. As are lost things in general. *looks round vaguely for external hardrive, carries on failing to back up properly*

The privacy thing is super-interesting, isn't it? Been thinking about the more recent changes (off the back of The Social Network scaring the crap out of everyone by making 2005 sound like a really long time ago, arg) - but I'm not sure I have any kind of handle on what the 18th concept of privacy was. Speak your brains!

wishfulaces October 27 2010, 22:54:00 UTC

yeah, buying the new hard drive made me go ahead & buy an external DVD burner as well. Double back-ups FTW ( ... )

pontisbright October 28 2010, 00:32:23 UTC

Ooh, that is intriguing, def - and personal space (physical/emotional/both at once) is one of those things that is just fascinating to me. Eg the existence of 'the teenager' in 50s/60s coinciding with the notion of having your own bedroom (ish, very very ish, and I'm skewing middle-class Western world here but then that seems to be where the origin is? I lack absolutes - because maybe the having your own bedroom came first?) as opposed to a 'we all sleep in The Bed, where else would we go?' of, well, many many families much later than we think, I'd guess. (I am riding roughshod over geographical/temporal/socio-cultural boundaries here cos omg this could be quite a long comment. But, yknow, handwavery handwavey ( ... )