Here I sit… watching bars grow.
Again.
In my life as a video editor I am intimately familiar with the “blue render bar of joy” and the tense waiting that accompanies it building pixel by tiny pixel from left to right. I both curse and thank the wise geeks who programmed it for adding the shimmer effect so it appears to be moving even when it is not.
“I hate waiting” – Inigo Montoya (not his most famous line but the one I hear in my head and more applicable)
Here is what not to do: replace or delete files before you know what you are doing.
There are lots of applications where being a rebel and going your own way is an incredible high. Dealing with computers/tech/electronics, unless it is in a total fun sandbox space, is not usually the time to be adventuresome though.
I could have saved myself a world of hurt by looking up the solution before diving in. Google your geekery before you go it alone.
Follow directions and always have a working back-up is the order of the day. [Read more…]
Constantly scanning the world at large for the interesting? Check.
Sustenance is the base of the hierarchy of needs. For family, for culture, and for daily life what we chose to put in our body is the basis for almost all other habits and customs. It isn’t an accident that the kitchen becomes the center of a household/party and many a vacation is centered on what and where to eat.
