Technical Stress

Three days passed, I still could not recover my Maxtor OneTouch 4 external hard drive, which housed backup of my works and my entire MP3 collection. The hard drive was working fine until I started to backing up my laptop using Time Machine. Instead of backing up my work, Time Machine fucked up my work. Now my 500 GB hard drive doesn’t mount anymore. Time Machine sucks. Does anyone know how to solve this problem? Your help will deeply appreciate it.

Last week, I bought a license of SoThink SWF Decompiler for Mac. I tried it out first before I ordered it. It converted a SWF file to FLA fine with the exception of ActionScript. Only the full version would decompile ActionScript. I went ahead and bought the full version and the damn software didn’t do the job it has claimed to do. I tried the web site and no U.S. number available. I emailed the company for support and it said that my email would get reply within 24 hours. Well, it’s been a week and I heard nothing. I emailed the customer department yesterday to ask them for money back, and guess what? No answer yet. So fuck SoThink.

Dealing with all these shit is so stressful, but now that I could write them down and get them out of my system I am feeling a bit better. I can’t wait to just relax over the weekend.

The New York Moon

I like the typography and the light-cream color of the New York Moon web site; however, the blue background seems out of place.

Poet of Piano

NPR profiles Tommy Flanagan:

One of many hard-bop giants to emerge from Detroit, Tommy Flanagan possessed a brilliant, sensitive touch which made him a first-call pianist for more than 50 years. Though his legacy remains under-acknowledged, Flanagan helped create some of jazz’s most memorable albums and served as a longtime accompanist for Ella Fitzgerald before concentrating on his own work as a leader.

Check out the program here.