TGIF!
We wish our current computer troubles were just an April Fool’s joke, but sadly they are not. We’ve been dealing with the dreaded Blue Screen of Death for the last two days. Luckily, we have spare laptops and a new one on its way. The real problem is that ALL of our photos are on the one that’s sick. Grrrr….
Note to self: move photos onto an external hard drive more than twice per year!
So, we will leave you with a repeat Gus photo that we’re head over heels for and call it a day.
Okay, we lied. We also wanted to share a cool new feature for all you WordPress bloggers. Did you know you can now easily embed Twitter updates on your blog? It’s easy peasy and looks pretty cool, right? If you have a tweet you’d like to include in your post, all you have to do is click on the part of the tweet that lists time (i.e. 22 minutes ago), copy the url and paste it into your post on a separate line. Voila! As you can see below, we’re embedding our tweet from last night when we thought we’d be post-less today. The best part is that you can reply, retweet or favorite directly from this screen. Give it a whirl!
http://twitter.com/#!/AccordingtoGus/status/53659302858203136
We hope to be back up and running for tomorrow’s Saturday Pet Blogger Hop. Adios amigos!
According to Gus 
didiwright
April 1, 2011
Oh, God, we’re so completely dependent on our computers that this must be our worst nightmare. So sorry it’s happening to you, I hope you’ll be able to solve all these problems by tomorrow.
I did get the notification about Twitter, but haven’t had time to work it out. Thanks for doing it for me! xxx
Pip
April 1, 2011
Computer problems are NO FUN! We need to back up our photographs as well – knock on wood!
Your pal, Pip
2browndawgs
April 1, 2011
NOT the Blue Screen of Death! *shudders*
(Well I’m not gonna like this post. 🙂 )
I hope you can rescue all of your pictures!
one person's view
April 1, 2011
As a computer consultant’s wife, I feel I should suggest DUEL back-ups when it comes to photos. Keep them on your main computer AND an external drive that you update WEEKLY. Until you’ve backed up the computer on the external, keep the photos on the the camera memory card so you always have two copies no matter what.
I know one obsessive-compulsive person (and it’s not, but it so easily could be) that just buys new memory cards for her camera every time one gets full. So she has the memory cards, the pix on the computer, and of course, she actually prints them out. As your pictures of Gus are your LIFE, yes, make backing up a priority!
Hope the new computer arrives soon, and we have a fun post to read tomorrow!
According to Gus
April 1, 2011
OMG….that is a lot of memory cards!!
You are so right on backing up. We keep the photos on our main computer and also back up to an external HD. The problem is not backing up often enough! Thanks for the scolding, we needed it. 😉
one person's view
April 1, 2011
It’s not a scolding– it’s professional advice! 🙂 (The most stressful call a consultant gets: “My hard drive just died and I haven’t backed it up in a while” [or ever]…)
one person's view
April 1, 2011
Yeah, I left out the word “me” in the sentence “so easily could be me.” I am doing that more and more these days. It’s not just computers that need their memory upgraded…
raisingdaisy
April 1, 2011
Wow that’s a really great Twitter feature! I hope your computer woes are over soon so we don’t fall to far behind on what’s new with Gus and family! 🙂 Have a happy weekend!
Ruff Toy Reviews
April 1, 2011
Oh, I feel your pain! Thanks for the reminder to make backups… I just found that a lot of my old cd’s no longer have any files on them, and that USED to be my backup system… so afraid of losing old photos of Seamus who passed on a few years back… now I’m moving the rest onto my Mac, where then I can get another external drive…. Amazing though no matter HOW big a drive you get, it always fills up! Hope you can recover your photos. I took my computer to Staples and they were able to transfer all my data to a new drive the last time I had a problem… maybe something to try?
According to Gus
April 1, 2011
You are so right…we have two external drives and they are both almost full. I’m glad you mentioned that about cd’s. Although we have the photos backed up on an external drive, there are some (pre-digital) that are only on cd. I’m going to check mine this weekend.
We think we can get in to our laptop in safe mode to transfer everything, but we’ll keep that in mind about Staples. Thanks for the tip!
Chunyo's Corner
April 1, 2011
Oh the blue screen… Hate it! Recently bought an external hard drive. Thanks for reminding us to use it! LOL! Have a great weekend..
adventureweiner
April 1, 2011
Oh, Horror….the blue screen of death! We all think it won’t happen to us. Thanks for reminding me to back up my photos this weekend. I think it’s been almost a year 🙂
Kristen
April 1, 2011
One reason why I love my Mac. I never have to deal with the blue screen of death again. Although sometimes I get the “spinny wheel of death.”
I am horrible at backing up as well. It is something so easy to do, however for some reason it just doesn’t get done as much as it should.
Beautiful photo of Gus!
Snoopy@snoopysdogblog
April 1, 2011
Hey Gus and Lori,
That’s a great tip about twitter……:)
I hope you don’t loose all your great pics, hope you’re foolin’ with us! 🙂
On the backup, my Mum uses a Mac and has something called a Time Capsule that backs up automatically every hour, it can do lots of computers in the house using wifi. You could also put your pics in a virtual space, I think it may be called Dropbox – hope this helps……
Your Pal Snoops 🙂
royalcoonhounds
April 1, 2011
I hate computer issues. I was sooo lucky this year-I got an external hard drive for Christmas. The same day I opened it and backed up my computer, my hard drive got fried. So, I’m better about backing up things now.
I can’t do twitter. 1. I just don’t have enough going on for it and 2. when something is going on, I need way more tan 140 characters. LOL
Kari
April 1, 2011
We now obsess about our external hard drive after a similar situation!
Kari
http://dogisgodinreverse.com
cate
April 1, 2011
Arrrgh computer issues are so scary, but love the twitter tip! Happy weekend Gus family 🙂
jan
April 1, 2011
I’m sorry that Hallmark doesn’t make a get well card for computers.
Chandra
April 1, 2011
Hope your weekend is fully of sunshine of smiles just like the great photo of Gus!
Blue screen of death be gone!
-Chandra at Daley’s Dog Years
Vicky
April 1, 2011
Thanks for the Tweet tip. Sorry to hear your computer is sick. We’ve been through that a couple of times. I try and keep photos in lots of separate places, but sometimes we get busy. This is a good reminder for us.
Erin
April 1, 2011
I know Gus may not like this, but he looks so gorgeous in that picture. I can easily see why it’s your favorite!
simplyshaka
April 1, 2011
How did I not you had Twitter??? Hope you get the computer issues fixed stat, I am all about the backing up because I freak out at the possibility of losing everything.
Kristine
April 1, 2011
Thanks for the great tip! I didn’t know that either.
Good luck with your computer issues. Mine has been giving me a bit of trouble lately as well. Maybe it is time to do a back up… Though repeat Gus photos are never a bad thing!
Donna and the Dogs
April 1, 2011
Oh no!! Hope you can recover your photos.
Bailey
April 1, 2011
Boooo! Sorry your computer isn’t feeling well. I hope you manage to save your photos!
Woofs & hugs,
~Bailey
Becky, Buddy & Bear
April 1, 2011
The picture certainly bears repeating! Gus, you are so cute! Sorry about your computer.We just had to get a new one too. I am so impressed by techie people! I’m still working on fb but the granddaughter says we need to learn to tweet? Is that the right way to say it?! Have a nice weekend!
Christina Lee
April 1, 2011
One word….Carbonite!
I hope you get to retrieve everything and things get back to normal. OBTW…Gus looks MaRvEloUs!
Happy.Bark.Days
April 2, 2011
Ugh, you’ve just reminded me that I have months and months of accumulated data that needs backing-up. It’s such a chore, but it’s got to be done 😐 Thanks for sharing the Twitter feature for WordPress – so neat!
Lavi
April 3, 2011
We’re also having computer problems here (the poor old dusty fan is coughing and huffing). I hope you can solve yours too! Maybe you can still salvage the hard drive.
Pup Fan
April 3, 2011
Sorry about your computer troubles! Thanks for the info on embedding a tweet – I had no idea how to do that!
Wendy @ iwuvwes.wuvtags.com
April 9, 2011
Flickr? ($24/yr for unlimited space, I know) Shutterfly? (Free for unlimited space)