Thou Shalt Surely Crash

Guess what? I was trying to organise my picture in my iPhotos just and MacCooki crashed! Can you believe that? The pop up screen came up neatly and politely addressed the apparent horror I was feeling, telling me that something not "nice" had happened and none of my other applications were affected. It even asked me to provide Apple with details on what was happening before IT actually happened. I wasn't resenting the fact the Mac actually aborted a program prematurely, rather bitter at the realization; Nothing is ever dependable in life. Nothing is indefinitely unchangeable, null-degenerative and immutable. My dependabe little air con might break down know, my fan my start making choky noise and fail on me. My bed might break one of its leg, the window might fall off the hinges and as I am typing away, my wardrobe might just decide to collaspe on me. Nothing and I repeat, nothing is dependable. As Murphy always put it, as something is too go wrong, it will surely come to pass. This is to say of all computer gadgets and devices.

I had recently witnessed a few of my friends being caught in panic when their computers were invaded by an unknown virus or spyware. There was much hooha as expected with the usual rushing around to seek help.. From the knowledgeable Techies, the the whimisical Computer Geeks to the unorthodox Computer Bomohs... None to which, were able to solve their problems. The best solution that i could anyone? The Three Golden Rules of Computer Usage (ie. applies only the Windows and PC users).

They are :

1. Never keep important documents on the same partition/hard disk.
2. Makes sure Virus Scan is up, Windows Firewall is up, Windows/Office Update done.
3. Back up a set of your Programs/Documents externally, and know how to redo your own computer.

In fact, I make it a half yearly event to format my pc. Not just for the fun of it, but to get rid of any strange programs/spyware that might have been written in without my knowledge. There you have it. My point being, not to be too dependent on machines and gadgets. If you even need them for life, make sure you know how to survive resurrecting them.

MacCookiest Simon