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the summer of technical difficulties
So first there was the hard drive crash, two and a half weeks ago, which involved me losing a ton of data (although all the really important stuff was backed up in at least some form).
I had just barely gotten the computer set up again when I managed to fuck up one of its cables, severing the lines of communication between the monitor and the CPU. Not such a big deal except for the fact that this happened about an hour before the debut Number None performance, and I had planned to have samples and feedback loops constitute my primary contribution to the evening's set. It's hard to use your computer as an instrument when you can't actually see the interface. I spent a pretty awful hour feeling like I was in that dream where you're about to give a speech, and everyone you know is in the audience, and just as you're about to go on you realize with blood-chilling horror that you have nothing prepared. (The day was saved by my roommate Harvey P., who let me draft his laptop into service.)
So now the new cable's been obtained, and the computer's working fine (knock on wood), but the new fun of the summer has been the fusebox. We're tripping the circuit breaker at least two or three times a day (four today as of this writing), even though we're not using any heavy-load appliances aside from the central air (and the refrigerators, I guess, although they've all been turned down to the lowest setting).
I'd started composing a little write-up about the Pasture Fest highlights but I lost it when the power cut out. Maybe tomorrow. Tonight I just want to whine. Labels: personal |
Tuesday, July 20, 2004
9:53 PM
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