Back to the Army again, sergeant

[sovay]

A pair of public service announcements:

I will be out of internet communication for most of the weekend, because I am accompanying derspatchel to his high school reunion in western Massachusetts tomorrow starting at exhaustion o'clock in the morning and I am a little unsure as to how my Sunday is going to work, except that it will involve traveling even earlier.

I will be out of internet communication for an indefinite period after that, because for all practical purposes my laptop is dead. I believe fervently in the resurrection of Bertie Owen, but I don't believe in it any time soon, and it might involve him being a dybbuk in another machine's hardware. This is an actual catastrophe, I am extremely unhappy, please do not offer electronic hugs; I appreciate the sentiment, but I can't do anything with them. It does not help that I was in the middle of the last scene of a new story and about to start a proofreading project I'd enjoy.

I am tired of things breaking.

Comments

[thistleingrey]

Oh dear, how frustrating (laptop). I hope that the reunion-related journey is pleasant.

[jjhunter]

Ugh, sorry to hear your laptop - that's real-life nightmare territory, right up there with having one's glasses crushed without a backup somewhat-recent prescription pair on hand. Is it the harddrive proper that's given up the ghost?

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If your internet access situation improves at some point this month, there's a post up over at poetree you might enjoy re: Frequently (Or Not So Frequently) Asked Questions [FONSFAQ] about long and serial poetry. And this anon poll re: Diction's Dicty Delights is likely to be of interest to any logophile.

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On the non-internet front, did you know the week-long National Poetry Slam is happening in Boston this year? Time frame is August 13-17, 2013; I'm hoping to organize some local folks to check it out with me. (The Art Amok! poetry slam team from Atlanta, GA is coming (!); I may dip into shameless fangirl territory at seeing them perform live.)

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

You may be able to pull the hard disk and put it in a separate housing for data recovery. That's often possible with a board failure.

Otherwise: Gah. Sincere condolences on the interruption of Everything typety.

[kenjari.livejournal.com]

Argh - why can't computers only die just after one has run back ups and finished any urgent work?
You might give the Computer Loft in Allston a call - they sometimes have good deals on refurbished macs.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

I hope you and derspatchel have as good a time as possible at his reunion.

My condolences. I wish I had anything more useful to offer.

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Oh goddamnit! I'm so sorry.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Yikes--I hope you can recover the data, especially the story.

[gwynnega]

I hope your laptop can be revived, or at the very least that the data can be saved.

[beowabbit]

So sorry about the laptop! I have a somewhat long-in-the-tooth netbook running Ubuntu that you're welcome to borrow for a month or two; I don’t know if that's worth anything to you. I also would be happy to try to get data off your old laptop’s hard drive. How is it dying?

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Damn. I hope all of your data is safely asleep and can be revived. Especially the new story.

I own the widget by which one sucks up data from one hard drive and transfuses it to another. If you need it, I can get it to you.

Nine

[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

*says bad words*

Would you like a loaner laptop to use in general? I have several that want better homes than the floor of my living room. *sending all good wishes for speedy and complete data recovery*

I hope the weekend goes very well.