…looks like my desktop is probably totally hosed. According to the net, this particular cheap-ass brand of computer tends to go whole hog when it goes: motherboard and power supply tend to implode together or very close to such. The hard drive itself, luckily, is fine, so I haven’t lost anything, it’s just inconvenient to get to.
But given that the computer is five years old and cheap to begin with, I very much doubt it’s worth trying to find the appropriate motherboard to put it back together with. So, because the life of a writer is contingent on wildly erratic paychecks, I’m going to be using the laptop for the foreseeable future. I’ve gotten all my various email accounts forwarded to the gmail account (and I can see how this could be a change from which I may never recover), and the biggest bother right now is retrieving the email addresses of the artists I’ve been talking with. As far as computer failures go, this could be a Whole Lot Worse.
And yes, Nook is entirely backed up now. Oi.
Arright. I’ve written like 156 words today, so I’m going to go make an attempt to increase that by orders of magnitude, and…yeah. That’s about it. o.O
suck, those things are terrible. My wife lost ALL her files for work on her computer this past summer. Might I recommend a new shiny Macbook Air that was just released. opwerful, fast, lots of memory, and hardly heavier or bigger than your standard UPS envelope :D
*laughs* You might, but I don’t have any logical reason other than OOH SHINY WANT ONE! for a Macbook Air. :)
GAK! Computer obliteration. My worst nightmare! I have a couple pricey Macs, one of which is going on 4 years, and I’ve either got to upgrade to a G5, or maybe have it enhanced. I love my Macs! But I’m a designer so I’d be screwed without them.
The Macbook Air sounds awesome. Maybe I’ll hand down the desktop to hubby and treat myself to premium computerosity. Hmmm….