I have been being attacked by Picassa recently, who I stupidly signed-up to because an idiot friend who has Parkinson's Disease told me I should.
I have been ignoring the regular reminders from Google/Picassa to download something which makes their job of ripping-off my photos all the more easy, and then I found - as I was downloading these pics above and below - that they were punishing me by making it next to impossible.
So I looked into how to delete Picassa altogether from this machine, and Google told me that if I really wanted to do this, then I had better watch out, because they might erase all my photos from years ago at the same time, and the fault would be entirely mine. Cunts.
Then I remembered that I have been backing-up absolutely everything on this computer with a Seagate external hard-drive, so I unplugged the modem and - hey presto - I could easily download photos again. Cunts.
So I downloaded a lot of photos in seconds, then plugged in the external hard-drive, just in case Picassa was going to punish me further.
Then I brought up 'Time Machine' which magically takes you through deep space (including shifting stars at warp-factor 15, or whatever protects you from sunburn out there) on a tour of every bloody image you have ever put on the photo section, and I knew it was now safe to tell Picassa to fuck off.
If anyone wipes my internal hard-drive now, I just plug in this little gadget, and hit 'restore', then everything is back to normal.
These phone-sized things start at £50, which is next to nothing for storing more GBs than this machine is capable of without extra memory, so it is money well worth spending.
Below is an amazing 17th century building in Bathampton which I took today (the photo, not the building).
Power to the people.
I have been staring at this post for five minutes and the pictures haven't opened yet so Picassa have got you by the short and curlies. I found lots of pictures I didn't know I had on my computer in a file marked Picassa and had never signed up for it. Please call me Phillips from now on.
ReplyDeleteWell they open for me, so it must be your short and curlies they have you by, Phillips - either that or you have a crap server.
DeleteI haven't yet deleted Picassa, because I suddenly remembered that they were bought out by Google some time ago, and if I did, you would be able to see any pictures at all on this Google blog.
Now that the picture has now opened up, 9 hours later, I rather like the My Diary image.
DeleteI have now learnt that - to speed things up - you must always process your pictures off-line. All the time you think you are waiting for them to upload onto your machine, you are - in reality - waiting for Picassa to upload them onto theirs.
DeleteI thought of you when I saw this: http://www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/how-sweary-are-you
ReplyDeleteI would have liked to tell you to grow up, Carol, but then I looked in the mirror.
DeleteOh, fuck it - grow up!
Hahaa! Actually I had never heard of some of those - I was attempting to broaden your horizons.
DeleteOh my, Carol. Does your mother know you look at these websites?
DeleteJoanne, I hope not - but honestly, I don't think she'd be that surprised. Disappointed, but not surprised.
DeleteThat's how we all felt about Gary Glitter.
DeleteYou go Captain Kirk!
ReplyDeleteBoldly?
DeleteI do such a bad job of managing my photos. As it's my lack of interest in the job I can't whine on.
ReplyDeleteWhat I hate about my system is that if I delete a picture from the main bunch of about 3000, it also deletes it from the album I have neatly placed it in for future reference and ease of locating it.
DeleteI use Picasa 3, and find it very good. I also have a Seagate external hard drive, but, as with you, when it's plugged-in I can't upload snaps from my camera. It just uploads everything from the hard drive. Weird or what!
ReplyDeleteIt won't take pics straight off your camera, because it is itself a hard-drive, not a memory-stick.
DeleteI wish you would sort the clock out on your blog Stephenson. How many times do I have to ask you before you take any notice? it is now tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteI have mentioned it myself, but I think he's obsessed with 'silly time'.
DeleteFor people who seem to have a lot of spare time on your hands, you aren't half a bunch of clock-watchers.
DeleteSome of us get up in the mornings.
DeleteAnd some of us manage to sleep through a full-moon.
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DeleteI am in awe of the technical computer knowledge that floats so easily through conversations.
ReplyDeleteSorry, left a piece of an unfinished thought behind the first time.
It's all hard-learnt for anyone over 50, Joanne.
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