Wednesday, April 22, 2009

The end of school

So I am almost done with my degree. I just have to finish my thesis. It took a little longer than expected. After my computer got toasted I was working on it from a thumb drive. I was so excited when I finished it, I sat the laptop down to grab something, as I turned I heard the computer fall and looked at the computer on the floor with my thumb drive broken in to two pieces. I stood there in shock!!!
I really didn't fall apart until I called Greg and tried to tell him what had happened. I began crying so hard I couldn't even talk. Poor Greg is on the other end of the line thinking that some life threatening event had occurred. When I finally got out what had happened we decided to try a data recovery company.
The data recovery company had me send it in and said that they would fix it for $500, that seemed worth it to me to get back my nearly 30 page thesis. Unfortunately after they saw the drive the realized that they couldn't use their usual methods to recover the data; I was then informed that if I had three weeks and $2700 they could rebuild the circuit the board and there was a chance that I could get it back that way.
Really??? What kind of document must it be for someone to be willing to pay $2700? I can't imagine anything that valuable. It was a stretch for me to want to pay $500. Are they rescuing the cure for cancer? Maybe the finalized peace agreement between Palestine and Israel?
Well in the end I just rewrote the paper. It took a while but now it is done. Hopefully it will be ok, it is now in the revision stage. I have a few weeks to get the bugs worked out so that I can defend it on May 1st.
I will be so glad when May 1st is over. If anyone is looking for me that day, I will be celebrating!!!!

Thursday, April 9, 2009

My computer

So my computer is toasted. I have been without for over a week now. I am in complete withdrawl. I have been working on a rediculously long paper for my synthesis project (this takes the place of a thesis for me, but still involves tons of work and a currently 24 page paper that is destined to be longer) and so not having a computer is particularly troublesome. During all of my free time I am to be found at my mom's house having confiscated her computer and furiously typing or looking through my stack of research for what I will type next. It is a not so fun experience that I will be thrilled to be rid of.
The moral of my little story is that I have been a slacker and not posted anything for a month though I intended to post pictures of my Vegas trip which was tons of fun.
Opps, I am supposed to be working so I better get back to it.