a status report
Apr. 8th, 2009 10:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ontologyI have: downloaded Firefox, iTunes, Picasa, Music Rescue, Last.fm, Gtalk, WinRAR, and a something-or-other that I needed to play .avi files; installed Roller Coaster Tycoon, ArcSoft PhotoStudio, Microsoft Works, and Flash; recovered all of my files from the half-dead computer; extracted everything from my iPod; and changed numerous settings so that I don't have to work around Vista quite so much. (Vista is really pretty, though, whatever else it may be. I find myself very much enjoying the appearances of windows, and oh my goodness, my screen is glossy and everything looks so gorgeous on it!)
I have also, after transferring the entire contents of the iPod to this hard drive through Music Rescue (which is fabulous; it saved all of my playcounts and imported my playlists and everything) -- anyway, after that, I went through the library album by album and changed, replaced, or acquired covers for about ninety-seven percent of the files. (Okay, iTunes found about two thirds automatically, but there were quite a lot that it didn't, so I had to Google those. And half the time when it hadn't found art it was because the song had no album tags, so I had to find all of the albums...) Nearly all of the yet-coverless songs are live bootlegs and rarities, which don't have official covers, although I plan to make some. Later. In the process I deleted at least a hundred songs; I wasn't counting and didn't think to look in the Recycle Bin till after I'd emptied it. So many duplicates from mixes and things! So much nonsense I can't remember getting and don't know why I've kept! So much nonsense I've loathed for ages but have never gotten round to deleting somehow!
I was so wrapped up in this -- it was sort of tedious, but also sort of... entertaining? in a strange way? -- that I forgot to eat lunch, although mostly that was because time kept going away when I wasn't paying attention. "What do you mean, it's four already? Oh... dear..." I also completely neglected to read more than the first three chapters of the brand new Dresden Files novel which came out yesterday and which I snatched up the moment I got into work yesterday evening. (Working at a bookstore is so useful!) I'm beginning to rectify that. My neck and lower back are ridiculously sore. I should shut the lid of sweet Yvaine and perhaps shut her down so that I may not be tempted by any more projects (I have my photo programmes back! I can make album covers! OH LOOK WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ON A RAINY DAY NOW?).
I have also, after transferring the entire contents of the iPod to this hard drive through Music Rescue (which is fabulous; it saved all of my playcounts and imported my playlists and everything) -- anyway, after that, I went through the library album by album and changed, replaced, or acquired covers for about ninety-seven percent of the files. (Okay, iTunes found about two thirds automatically, but there were quite a lot that it didn't, so I had to Google those. And half the time when it hadn't found art it was because the song had no album tags, so I had to find all of the albums...) Nearly all of the yet-coverless songs are live bootlegs and rarities, which don't have official covers, although I plan to make some. Later. In the process I deleted at least a hundred songs; I wasn't counting and didn't think to look in the Recycle Bin till after I'd emptied it. So many duplicates from mixes and things! So much nonsense I can't remember getting and don't know why I've kept! So much nonsense I've loathed for ages but have never gotten round to deleting somehow!
I was so wrapped up in this -- it was sort of tedious, but also sort of... entertaining? in a strange way? -- that I forgot to eat lunch, although mostly that was because time kept going away when I wasn't paying attention. "What do you mean, it's four already? Oh... dear..." I also completely neglected to read more than the first three chapters of the brand new Dresden Files novel which came out yesterday and which I snatched up the moment I got into work yesterday evening. (Working at a bookstore is so useful!) I'm beginning to rectify that. My neck and lower back are ridiculously sore. I should shut the lid of sweet Yvaine and perhaps shut her down so that I may not be tempted by any more projects (I have my photo programmes back! I can make album covers! OH LOOK WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ON A RAINY DAY NOW?).
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Date: 2009-04-09 06:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-09 08:31 pm (UTC)Considering that I have much depleted my savings with this purchase, it's a good thing I love it so much.
Now to watch more television. :p
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Date: 2009-04-09 08:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-09 08:35 pm (UTC)One of my favourite things is that NO ONE IS FILLING THE HARD DRIVE BUT ME. I mean, blimey, I can fill up a hard drive quite quickly all on my own; three other people putting software and pictures and documents and clutter up, well... :/
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Date: 2009-04-09 09:02 am (UTC)2) I LOVE YOUR ICON.
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Date: 2009-04-09 08:36 pm (UTC)Hurrah for Fred! ♥
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Date: 2009-04-09 09:47 pm (UTC)Hee, computers tend to suck up so much time and energy. I mean, I love mine, but I have missed many a meal because of it. I'm glad to hear that you're settling in, though! :)
Just to check -- do you recommend reading the Dresden Files in order? I'd like to start, but I can never find the first book, and my library has them in paperback, not hardcover, thus no requests, etc. etc. etc. *curses*