I wanna get off

[vilakins]

Bad, bad, and more bad

I already have to book Claudia in for blood tests before her imminent operation (teeth scaling) but Tessa's the one who's going to the vet tomorrow. When I came home, she was curled up in her bed which is not at all unusual, but by the time she got out and showed us her limp (a poorly paw on the left side) the vet was closed. So I'll have to take her in tomorrow before work and leave her there for the day, poor little girl.

And as for work, my PC is still away being experimented on. The power supply went belly-up and killed the motherboard and now the new one can't read the RAID. I'm really worried they won't be able to recover the data from it. [whimpers and bites nails] I thought a RAID was reliable. I only backed up the files I used and changed in case I messed up and needed an old version, which means the static and historical stuff may be gone. Not to mention all my e-mail contacts.

And it's cold. Yes, we got the Aussie weather.

Good

Well, I have to think of something, and I suppose this is it. Greg's gym is having Christmas function next week at a bowling club: lawn bowls, games, and a barbecue, which will be fun and very unusual; much better than those affairs where everyone stands around with a drink in one hand and a canapé in the other while trying to make conversation with strangers. I just hope it's not raining.

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[peladonww.livejournal.com]

Hope Tessa is OK. I never thought of cats bruising their paws before it first happened, but mine have managed it on several occasions since then.

They should be able to access the RAID, though it might take specialist kit to do it. It happened to me once, when I got hit by a lightening spike and it fried the processor, and I think in the end I lost one file. Now I keep everything possible on multiple media - which possibly accounts for why the office looks the way it does, and why sometimes I find myself working on a file that is several versions old.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

My cats have had bee stings, bites, abscesses from fight injuries (mostly Vic, but all of them at times), arthritis (Claudia) and for that matter a partially-detached retina which required an op from the animal eye specialist (Tessa). They're worth it, but when too many things happen at once like now, I get defeated.

Greg says they should be able to get the data back but when I asked, they said they didn't want his help. The boss is in today; I shall try to get her to OK help from Greg or an outfit called Computer Forensics.

[peladonww.livejournal.com]

Given what's going on at the moment with your PC I thought you might enjoy this, of you haven't seen it before, it's just come from one of my alert groups.

http://www.bigfix.com/softwaretruth/

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Hee. The hardware guy apologised to me today for buying a box with such a crappy power supply.