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miscellaneous ramblings before the second cup of coffee
looking thru some old photo albums recently from when my grandfather and father were younger. lead me to look for various hotrod builds from the late 80's to early 00's
then it dawned on me, I dont have much for photographs over the last 30-40 years as all the photos were digital after 1994.
Photos of my childhood were kept by dad who lost all the photos in a move to his house in Northern Wisconsin. the photos were in his file cabinet which opened up on the highway while he was clipping along at 70mph and were scattered between Denmark Wisconsin and Wausaukee Wisconsin in the early 90's
photos taken from the mid to late 80's to 1994 were stored in tubs, still have them
most of my 90's and early 00's digital photos were lost when my PC hard drive in 2003 died. thats when I discovered that the zip drive backup tapes were not recoverable. still have them, still try once in a while to access them, however the years were not kind to the tape.
most of my photos from 2003-2013 were cloud stored on webshots and photobucket..... when they went away, so did my photographs. webshots used to be tied to hallmark, then went on its own then went away, and we all know how photobucket broke the internet a while back. spelunked around the web archive to recover what I could, however only could get about 10%
starting in 2012, was doing some ITAR work, so quit using cloud storage for anything.
I have two portable hard drives with the pictures taken from 2013 on, however most were taken with a phone, so searching and archiving is a pain, and there were minimal automotive projects during that time frame. also have to remember to back up the phone every month or so
half the forums I was on 15-20 years ago no longer exist. most of the content has been lost. so much for the internet being forever. its only there as long as the hosting is sponsored.
about 5 years ago, had my phone in my pocket while using the bead blast cabinet at work to clean off the outdrive castings.... and the pen in my pocket kept hitting the screen. phone thought it was a log-in attempt and after 10 attempts, the phone wiped itself. so I had lost about 6 months of photos with the phone.
I sure do miss photo albums and real film.
looking thru some old photo albums recently from when my grandfather and father were younger. lead me to look for various hotrod builds from the late 80's to early 00's
then it dawned on me, I dont have much for photographs over the last 30-40 years as all the photos were digital after 1994.
Photos of my childhood were kept by dad who lost all the photos in a move to his house in Northern Wisconsin. the photos were in his file cabinet which opened up on the highway while he was clipping along at 70mph and were scattered between Denmark Wisconsin and Wausaukee Wisconsin in the early 90's
photos taken from the mid to late 80's to 1994 were stored in tubs, still have them
most of my 90's and early 00's digital photos were lost when my PC hard drive in 2003 died. thats when I discovered that the zip drive backup tapes were not recoverable. still have them, still try once in a while to access them, however the years were not kind to the tape.
most of my photos from 2003-2013 were cloud stored on webshots and photobucket..... when they went away, so did my photographs. webshots used to be tied to hallmark, then went on its own then went away, and we all know how photobucket broke the internet a while back. spelunked around the web archive to recover what I could, however only could get about 10%
starting in 2012, was doing some ITAR work, so quit using cloud storage for anything.
I have two portable hard drives with the pictures taken from 2013 on, however most were taken with a phone, so searching and archiving is a pain, and there were minimal automotive projects during that time frame. also have to remember to back up the phone every month or so
half the forums I was on 15-20 years ago no longer exist. most of the content has been lost. so much for the internet being forever. its only there as long as the hosting is sponsored.
about 5 years ago, had my phone in my pocket while using the bead blast cabinet at work to clean off the outdrive castings.... and the pen in my pocket kept hitting the screen. phone thought it was a log-in attempt and after 10 attempts, the phone wiped itself. so I had lost about 6 months of photos with the phone.
I sure do miss photo albums and real film.
