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ShoujoCam is back online...

Should be more online permanent-like once Optus install my ADSL. I had issues with hard disks today.

Because I work between three or four different computers depending on my location or need for either recording spaces, expensive audio monitoring or solitude I was packing a LaCie D2 80GB drive. It had FireWire (IEEE1394) and was great for video, audio, you name it. Basically it was a small case with a FireWire to IDE convertor in it, attached to a power supply and Western Digital 80GB drive, 8MB cache, etc.

Well, the firewire ports were connected to the PCB inside the case, not the case itself, so this heavy-duty feeling (6mm thick metal) case was only hiding the shoddiness inside. As soon as you push and pull the connectors (which you do with a mobile drive) a few hundred times, the solder weakens then fractures or breaks.

And you get dead ports or an intermittent connection.

Lucky me noticed this last week while I was working on a job for a client. Lucky I could trash enough junk off the internal iBook HDD to get it done. My main problem, however, came out of the fact that the drive is only 6 months old. We couldn't find the receipt and they wouldn't take a credit card statement as a proof-of-purchase. They would fix it and bill me for it, but 2 hours @ $45 plus parts and postage.

Plus they wanted me to back up the data!!! I mean, there's nothing wrong with THE DRIVE, just THE PORTS!!! Why did I buy the drive in the first place? Gah!!

Anyway, I bought a new drive casing today, plus a 120GB Western Digital Drive, 8MB cache and the guy at MusicLab also threw in another case for $100, so it cost me about the same as getting the drive repaired, but I know that the case construction on this one is hardcore.

Lesson, don't buy a LaCie d2 series drive if you want a long-lasting mobile solution.

Also, despair haunts me. I feel very unattractive. I'm beginning to resent all people with kids. Especially those who treat theirs like crap.

And I don't like multigrain bread.

The seeds get stuck in my teeth.