I love electronic thingys and gadgets, almost as much as I love life itself. So in theory I should be happy that I've a new, faster, and more up-to-date computer at work. But sometimes theory doesn't carry over well into real life. Oh sure, I received the emails from Dell that my new machine was on its way, so I had plenty of time to backup the files that I really need for my job. And it helped that I had to create backups last October when my computer's hard drive needed to be reformatted and Windows XP installed. But when you're dealing with so many CD-Rs and jump drives containing three years worth of files and data and images, it's a bit frustrating. I spent the better part of this morning looking for the backup files for my email inbox. It wasn't until the middle of the afternoon before I got the drivers for my printer installed; I can now print, but I've lost the ability to scan documents into Adobe Acrobat--and forget trying to print from the campus course schedule and student information systems. Worst of all I lost my email address books and all the mailing lists I had set up. All the contact info for my friends, co-workers, important people on campus...all gone, and will have to be reconstructed, as will a number of software programs need to be reinstalled all the while dealing with the everyday aspects of my job. The final insult is that I can't install the second hard drive that I brought in from home that contains the music that I listen to each day. Dell, in their infinite wisdom, uses their own custom cable to wire their hard drives to the mother board, not the traditional IDE cables of which I have tons laying around my house.
On the plus side, inspiration has returned to me and I've come up with some more topics to write about.
On a journey to the heart of darkness and futility.
No comments:
Post a Comment