And So On, And So Forth
Well, the bad memory is gone. Replaced with 8gb from eBay which gives me a total 10gb in the machine. That fixed all the problems but Photoshop CS4 occasionally shutting down the computer like you just pulled the plug out of the wall. I wonder if it is a shortage of memory, after all Photoshop is only reserving 6gb’s for itself. I found several questions about similar problems with Photoshop on the web, but none of the questions showed an answer. It seems like quite often people ask for help on the web, but not many of them bother with a “That worked, thanks”.
Fixing the rear brakes, and the unintended memory upgrade, leaves me broke this month and next. Sigh, I need to start worrying more about money, don’t I?
The photography club now has 14 members, ten of them were at the last little class which was about basic portraiture. I am beginning to think that if I do my part we may actually have a viable club forming. I figure that we need 25 members to really make a go of it.
My annual housing authority inspection is due next month, and the place is a pigsty, although I picked up the living room yesterday and it only took a half-hour, so it is mostly just clutter. Mostly due to projects I got started on and then dropped because something more immediate came up. I tend to think, “I will get back to this tomorrow, so will just leave the stuff out”. But, of course, there is no tomorrow, only today…
I woke up yesterday morning with a major sore throat. Why is it these things only happen when my doctor’s office is closed? I tend to imagine the germs have set up an intelligence office. OK, his doctor’s office is going to be closed friday, saturday, and sunday, he never goes in on Monday if he can avoid it, so we will have plenty of time to establish a beach head before he can get antibiotics.
Photoshop Woes
Photoshop Bridge started causing the computer to shut down. I reloaded PS, that did not fix it. I reformatted the boot raid array and reloaded XPx64 & PS, that did not fix it either.
I started thinking that it could be corrupted files as it seemed to work with older files, only that did not fix it either.
Figuring flaky ram is quite often the problem with mysterious problems, although why that would only cause a problem with PSB is beyond me, I pulled the second bank of memory figuring to swap those sticks one by one into the first bank to find out if there was a bad stick of memory. Only the problem was in the second bank with those four sticks of ram removed the computer was stable again. PS CS4 runs real slow on only 2gb of ram, but I have been thinking of adding more ram real soon now. It is just going to have to be sooner than I intended…
A Camera Club in Boone NC
As of last Thursday, there is a camera club in Boone. The Watauga Photography Club was formed with 6 charter members. I already see two things that are needed: 1- more members. 2- I have to learn to delegate.
The funny thing is no matter how much thought and effort you put into it, you still forget things. But at the same time, everything can not be done at once even if the money was there. Once you have the club you need things like: a mailing address, email address(es), website, bank account, media contacts, etc. Since I am the only one of the new members who has ever even been a member of a club before, I will have to help my co-officers come up to speed.
The strange thing is for someone who has often been described as an antisocial self-centered person, I have joined a lot of clubs and organizations in my life, and mostly volunteering to help run the things to some extent or another; Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Junior Achivement, National Hot Rod Association, Base Aero-Club, Base Judo Club, Base Photo Club, Ham Radio Club, Computer Club (2), 4×4 Club, Appalachian Trail Club, and I am sure I have forgotten a couple of others. This is the first time I have tried to start one myself. It would have been nice if I had a few local photo buddies to work with on this, but if I had them here, I would not have had to start a club…
I have a lot of work to do on the old mini-Blazer too. I just dropped another $80 on stuff I now have to get my behind out there and deal with. I am finding it harder and harder to get going on physical labor type jobs. Maybe if I get up early tomorrow and get started in the cool of the morning. I need to remove and replace the rear brake shoes first thing, then change the oil and filters, check the differentials, and finish putting the skid plate back on. You would not think that would be hard to get up and do when you realize that I am saving about $200 by doing it myself, but to be honest, if I had the $200 I would have someone else do it.