{"id":1020,"date":"2010-04-15T08:48:29","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T00:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/04\/15\/mr-murphy\/"},"modified":"2010-04-15T08:48:29","modified_gmt":"2010-04-15T00:48:29","slug":"mr-murphy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/04\/15\/mr-murphy","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Murphy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So yesterday was an epic fail relatively speaking. <\/p>\n<p>Ok, I&#8217;m not so sure if &#8220;epic&#8221; would be the term to best describe it &#8211; since there was nothing really life-changing or earth-shattering. But the sheer number of fails probably puts it at epic proportions \ud83d\ude09<!--more--><!-- \/\/ --><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>First, some revisions at work made me practically recode so much stuff that I ended up not having time to finish it. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_1020_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1020_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_1020_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1020_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_1020_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1020_1_1\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">I had thought that I would be done with it that day<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1020_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1020_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Hopefully today&#8217;s the day&#8230; that and they don&#8217;t send revisions that would entail drastical re-coding stuff.<\/p>\n<p>This is actually pretty routine, but I usually get a good handle if I could get something done in time or not, and this was one of the few times I missed the mark.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Then, Cris and I were supposed to watch <em>How to Train Your Dragon;<\/em> and ClickTheCity.com had listed it as still showing in Eastwood. I wanted to watch in Eastwood because I love the BBQ popcorn there (you should try it!) &#8211; only to find out that it wasn&#8217;t showing there anymore!<\/p>\n<p>So we decided to go to Metrowalk to have dinner and just buy <em>dibidis<\/em> &#8211; after getting said popcorn (since we were there already). <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_1020_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1020_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_1020_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1020_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_1020_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">2 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1020_1_2\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">And for a dash of irony; the tumbler had <em>How to Train Your Dragon 3D<\/em> as its label design hehehe<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1020_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1020_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script><\/p>\n<p>We proceed to <em>Yoo-hoo BBQ<\/em> in Metrowalk &#8211; cause we&#8217;re &#8220;spartan&#8221; like that. <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_1020_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1020_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_1020_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1020_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_1020_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">3 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1020_1_3\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Besides I remember loving their liempo.<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1020_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1020_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> I ordered it, but as I was eating, it <em>wasn&#8217;t<\/em> the taste I expected. Only then did I realize that I had ordered the <em>roasted<\/em> liempo instead of their <em>inihaw<\/em> one!<\/p>\n<p>Then, we went on to the <em>dibidi<\/em> area where we got whatever was available of <em>House<\/em> and <em>Chuck<\/em> (and another movie). <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_1020_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1020_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_1020_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1020_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_1020_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">4 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1020_1_4\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">How to Train Your Dragon was still an ugly copy<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1020_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1020_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> Apparently, I was too trusting (as I tend to be for some strange reason) and found out when I got home that the guy who said there were (20+) episodes on each disc was lying. We&#8217;ve already watched all the <em>House<\/em> episodes there, and only got to watch <strong>one<\/strong> new episode of <em>Chuck.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In true Murphy fashion, the fails didn&#8217;t end there; the hard disk where I keep my audio recordings started acting up <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_1020_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1020_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_1020_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1020_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_1020_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">5 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1020_1_5\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">As in S.M.A.R.T. error kind of acting up &#8211; the drive might die anytime soon<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1020_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1020_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> &#8230; and of all the files to be &#8220;zeroed&#8221; out due to corruption &#8211; it had to be the song I was working on recently!<\/p>\n<p>While the bounced audio tracks <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_1020_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1020_1_6');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_1020_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1020_1_6');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_1020_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">6 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1020_1_6\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">Good thing I actually decided to bounce them before mixing<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1020_1_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1020_1_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> were still there, I lost all the MIDI data &#8211; which is always useful to have when I wanted to change some [virtual] instrument lines &#8211; now I&#8217;m pretty much stuck with the bounced data as if a live band recorded it and I couldn&#8217;t afford to have them come back for revisions <span class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_1020_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1020_1_7');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_1020_1('footnote_plugin_reference_1020_1_7');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_1020_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">7 <\/sup><\/a><span id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1020_1_7\" class=\"footnote_tooltip\">But perhaps that&#8217;s a good thing<\/span><\/span><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_1020_1_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_1020_1_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top right', relative: true, offset: [10, 10], });<\/script> So when I get the chance, I&#8217;ll have to manually re-import those tracks and build a new session from them &#8211; tedious work ahead! <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>On the bright side, I was able to copy all the contents of the &#8220;failing&#8221; drive to the Drobo &#8211; so I can afford to try using it just in case I find a way to &#8220;fix&#8221; it &#8211; after reformatting it, of course.<\/p>\n<p>I <em>still<\/em> haven&#8217;t given up on it though; I plan to use SpinRite on it and see if it can revitalize the drive (as it <em>can<\/em> do in a lot of cases according to testimonials). 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