Saturday, April 11, 2009
To resolve the problem of running out of disk space on the iMac, I temporarily moved all my locally stored photos from my Pictures folder to an external hard drive that isn't on or connected all the time. As photos are something that I take, process, and then, for the most part, never modify again, it's probably sufficient to do this on a permanent basis, but the only question is how to integrate that into an offsite backup. Not all the photos in my Pictures folder are stored in the cloud (i.e., with Flickr), and I definitely want an offsite backup for this. Storage space issues will be resolved when Patrick gets his new iMac, I guess, and I'll probably just move them back and let CrashPlan back them up. There will be quite a bit of shifting around of data and processes as we'll be getting essentially an overhaul to all our local computing. Our several recent computer hardware purchases have actually triggered my credit card's fraud warning, which subsequently blocked the purchase of the iMac. I called on Thursday and thought I got it resolved, but when I asked Apple to resubmit the charge they said it was again denied. I called the credit card company again last night and they said (again) in an Indian accent that they were so sorry the block is cleared now. Part of the problem with a folksonomy is that it is, for example, really hard to find a photo of a sandy eggo on Flickr. (Try it!) Google Image Search succeeded—it was result #1, which appears to be a sandcastle built to look like a waffle. Usual oatmeal breakfast. House chores. Computer equipment setup. Began setting up shelves for speakers in Patrick's home office. Patrick took a nap. Late afternoon meal: leftovers. Watched Let the Right One In (2008) on DVD borrowed from Sam. This film has a pacing that is probably difficult for American viewers, but we found it to be a worthwhile investment of our time. It has elements of horror, suspense, gore, and mystery, but none of them dominate the story. It's mostly a drama, but this film's beauty lies in the quiet confidence of the story, something that is missing from many Hollywood films. My ad quote: Hauntingly beautiful.