THIS actually happened to me 48+ hours before the last class!
Ok…I know you are not supposed to leave things until the
last minute but I thought 3 days before the assignment was giving me enough
time…turns out – this is what happened
Sunday 9am
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Working on gathering pictures for my presentation and deciding how I will
make my video interesting and funny!
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Sunday 3pm
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Going to start recording my presentation on Movie Maker. It is recording audio but no video. Or, only video and no audio. Great!
Tried to shut down and re-start, etc.
No luck!
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Sunday 6pm
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Going to try download a new version of Movie Maker from website. Turns out I downloaded a version from a
website that had malware (advertising).
It basically stalled out my computer.
Ads were popping up all over the screen.
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Sunday 8pm
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Shut down the computer. Turn
to completing my script for the presentation.
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Monday 8am
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Goto IT dept and explain the issue.
They decide to re-image my computer.
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Monday 12 noon
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Get my computer back. Working
fine. Movie Maker not appearing. He said they re-installed it.
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Monday 1pm
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Take computer back down to re-install Movie Maker.
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Monday 3pm
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Confirmation that Movie Maker installed. Pick up computer but ask him to show me
that it is installed and working. He
turns computer on and it turn to a black screen. He tries logging in again and it won’t turn
on – it only reboots, over and over again.
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Monday 4:30
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He says, “sorry, our day is done.
I think your hard drive is shot!
I will have to look at it tomorrow!"
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Monday 4:40
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I beg him to give me a spare computer in place of the old one. He gives me an old computer that they could
spare for a couple of days. Nothing is
loaded on the computer so I have to do it all on my own.
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Monday evening
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I’m freaking out because I have someone else’s computer…I don’t have
the things I need on this computer. I
had everything saved on my “favorites” so I can’t remember anything about our
class! Stressed!
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Monday evening
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Continue working on my script for the presentation until midnight
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Tuesday 5am
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Wake up early & continue working on project.
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Tuesday 8am
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Take muffins for the guys in IT because I feel bad that I was
bothering them so much on Monday…plus I want my old computer back today!
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Tuesday 8am
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Realize that computer will not be ready so I have to just do a
Powerpoint presentation – it’s not going to be as good as Movie Maker but it
will have to do at this hour!
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Tuesday 3pm
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Receive email that my computer is ready! He says he did not have to replace the hard
drive – they re-imaged computer again because they ran a scan and everything
seems to be ok…for now…
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Tuesday 4pm
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Start recording my voice over top of powerpoint presentation using
Screencast for the first time ever!
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Tuesday 6:30
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It’s taken me about 12 re-takes…I’m out of time! This last “take” is going to have to be
good enough!
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Tuesday 6:40
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I blast out of the office and fly down the stairs…running to my
car. Hoping that I can make it to the
University in time for our 7pm class!
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Tuesday 6:45
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Rip out of the parking lot to the University!
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Tuesday 6:59
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Find a parking spot and put $2 in the meter. It says 30 minutes! I look, oh, it’s only a 30 minute parking
spot! Nice. Hope I have enough change for the next
meter!
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Tuesday 7pm
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Run into the Education Bldg.
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Tuesday 7:02pm
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I see smiling faces and a wonderful table of pizza (heavenly! I’m starving and my voice is raw from
recording my audio for the last 2 hours!). Smile and nod...nobody knows what I've just gone through in the past 48 hours!
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Tuesday 7:15
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A great evening of great food
and conversation. Thank you Alec for
your generosity in buying us pizza!
This is greatly appreciated.
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