26/10/09 17:15 Filed under:
Personal Over 5 weeks! That's how long it took for Applecare to sort out my machine. I am so psychologically and emotionally traumatized from the whole dreadful experience, I don't think I can bare repeating here, lest I fly off on one and start pulling the rest of my hair out. Needless to say, next time I need a repair doing I will not go to the Cambridge Apple Store "Genius" bar. I'd sooner hand my equipment over to the chimps at Woburn Safari Park.
In the glory box downtime I managed to make some music for an A/V project with the artist Peter Sant using my college macbook pro to pull the mix together. I'll post a clip as soon as I get clearance.
If you haven't noticed, I've added another page to this website where people can download free scores - I figure it's good practice for me to publish my own music, and who knows - maybe there's a crazy person out there who might want to play it? Anyways. Baby steps in the right direction.
________Tags: Apple, Minor Rant
16/09/09 16:42 Filed under:
PersonalIt’s been a while! So much has happened! September is here, summer is gone, school is back, Dudley is home, my iMac hard-drive died and I kinda saved the day after 4 gruelling days of frantic data rescue attempts. It’s that revelatory moment that I suppose must happen to everyone at some point... when your computer fails and you consider for the first time the sheer folly of not backing up those compositions and productions you worked so hard on all summer long. Just thinking about what I almost lost right now is turning my blood cold! Thankfully, I managed to get my hands on everything again (don’t ask me how I did it, it happened at 3.30am last night and I wasn’t very awake or aware of what I was doing)... and all my important stuff is now safely backed up. Three times, just to be sure!
Dudley came home last Friday night, and was so well behaved on his 4 hour drive back from Cheshire. No oopsies at all! He’s settling in pretty well, except for the crying at night when we leave him alone in his pen. You’d think someone was sawing his little legs off with the way he’s carrying on! Hopefully he’ll get over it soon. Matt and I really need some sleep!!
________Tags: Dudley, Apple
