I don't expect anyone to understand this, or care
but I have to write it out.
When I arrived at Blogher, I realized that my laptop is registered in my name and, therefore, displays it in the top right corner of the screen.
I also saw that I had a folder on the desktop with my name on it (I don't remember why).
I remedied the first problem by taping one of my moo cards over the top right corner of the screen - as shown in this photo of me Twittering with Susie and Poppy in the widely disliked branding session:

that's me on the right. Poppy and Susie are to my right. We were good about not talking during class but we Twittered constantly.
ANYWAY.
Next, I dragged the folder into my hard drive folder.
The hard drive folder that was obscured for three days BY THE MOO CARD I TAPED TO MY SCREEN.
I shot dozens of photos in Chicago and was on my laptop all the time, downloading, uploading, and dragging the photos into a folder or the trash.
And, at some point, I dragged the hard drive folder away too.
All my passwords, all kinds of personal documents, lists, recipes...all gone.
For the past couple of weeks I have discovered more and more missing items.
I called K from Chicago to ask if he had software to recover deleted files.
I assumed that in one of my uploading/downloading sprees I dragged the hard drive into the trash and then emptied it. (I don't suppose that PC users know what I'm talking about.)
BUT
I've just discovered that I dragged both folders into my July photo folder.
SO.
Now I have everything that I thought was lost.
When I arrived at Blogher, I realized that my laptop is registered in my name and, therefore, displays it in the top right corner of the screen.
I also saw that I had a folder on the desktop with my name on it (I don't remember why).
I remedied the first problem by taping one of my moo cards over the top right corner of the screen - as shown in this photo of me Twittering with Susie and Poppy in the widely disliked branding session:
that's me on the right. Poppy and Susie are to my right. We were good about not talking during class but we Twittered constantly.
ANYWAY.
Next, I dragged the folder into my hard drive folder.
The hard drive folder that was obscured for three days BY THE MOO CARD I TAPED TO MY SCREEN.
I shot dozens of photos in Chicago and was on my laptop all the time, downloading, uploading, and dragging the photos into a folder or the trash.
And, at some point, I dragged the hard drive folder away too.
All my passwords, all kinds of personal documents, lists, recipes...all gone.
For the past couple of weeks I have discovered more and more missing items.
I called K from Chicago to ask if he had software to recover deleted files.
I assumed that in one of my uploading/downloading sprees I dragged the hard drive into the trash and then emptied it. (I don't suppose that PC users know what I'm talking about.)
BUT
I've just discovered that I dragged both folders into my July photo folder.
SO.
Now I have everything that I thought was lost.
Comments
I'm so glad to find that you only "calendered" it :)
I am so glad you found everything.
really. I am.
As you can see, everybody fears what you are talking about.
That is just fantastic!
What a happy ending...
(I'm on catch-up here as all the bigger boys are at footy training and the littlest fella has had a good scream, a feed and a dirty nappy and is now sleeping - so while I've been reading I've had no time for commenting. Ridiculous.)