ba-baaaam, ba-baaaam, BA-BAAAAM!

[psipsy]

Whew... I can finally claim victory against the unplayability of copy-protected cds. It was a long and perilous journey, and there were costs, such as hard drive space on my mom's computer suddenly vanishing. 60 megs disappearing on mine is barely noticeable, but that's about a quarter of the total space on the other, which was instrumental in the victory. Trucking raw AIFF files back and forth sharing a single ZIP drive and disk, trying to get each computer to accept hot-swapping with SCSI devices. So I guess I have to clean up the mess I made with my mom's computer. And the two cds in question now have big black rings on the data side. The mystical Sharpie method is important, although I needed to also use a drive that had different laser qualities. So why did I go through all this trouble? Because, if I have it in my car for any significant length of time, I know it's going to get battered. The conditions inside a car are harsh, and I've already seen originals get worn out because of that. Naturally, I'm going to avoid getting such cds in the first place ever again.

Ah, I know I'll have to go back to Baltimore for some reason during the week. Not sure when, it's all flexible as far as I can tell. A few loose ends, I would say. But of course come the first of the year, I'll be there again, ready to dive into what life has in store for me, albeit short a couple mental parts. For now, I'm going to prepare to dive into tomorrow with full night's sleep. Oyasumi nasai!

Comments

[luvforever.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you worked things out so you have what you wanted, although an awful lot of trouble to go through for that...

but wait, there's more!

[psipsy.livejournal.com]

And I forgot to mention having to take apart the ZIP drive itself to do an emergency solder job. At least that in itself was the easy part, but it certainly didn't make things easier. @_@

Re: but wait, there's more!

[luvforever.livejournal.com]

wow.. Sounds like loads of fun.. Wanna do it for me sometime *giggles* Yeah right. How much did you pay yourself an hour?

Re: but wait, there's more!

[psipsy.livejournal.com]

I forgot what I charged... I'll know when I get the bill. ^_^

Re: but wait, there's more!

[luvforever.livejournal.com]

you'll have to let me know when you get the bill, so I know if i can afford you *giggles*