I had hoped to have the third part of my fiber optics tutorial all set to go for Tuesday night. I had all the relevant resources ready to quote or link or whatever.
Earlier this evening BeezleBub hopped on my machine to check a website he thought about at the last minute, his machine being in the process of shutting down.
When he was done, he closed the browser, telling Firefox to Quit without saving all the tabs I had open. And me, being the kind of guy I am, hadn't bothered bookmarking those particular tabs because I am usually the only one using this machine. So, with the click of a single button, over a week's worth of research disappeared into the bit bucket. Also gone were newspaper articles, opinion pieces, and blogs I was perusing with the idea of posting my own opinions or adding to the blogroll.
ALL. OF. IT. WAS. GONE.
Shame on me for not bookmarking them (as I do from time to time, but not regularly).
Shame on BeezleBub for using someone else's machine without asking first, and then closing programs that "someone else" was using.
He has since been banned from using my computer for anything. He has his own computer as well as a communal laptop to use. There was no need to use my computer at all. None.
Needless to say, my planned Tech Tuesday post has been totally hosed and will be delayed until next week.
Earlier this evening BeezleBub hopped on my machine to check a website he thought about at the last minute, his machine being in the process of shutting down.
When he was done, he closed the browser, telling Firefox to Quit without saving all the tabs I had open. And me, being the kind of guy I am, hadn't bothered bookmarking those particular tabs because I am usually the only one using this machine. So, with the click of a single button, over a week's worth of research disappeared into the bit bucket. Also gone were newspaper articles, opinion pieces, and blogs I was perusing with the idea of posting my own opinions or adding to the blogroll.
ALL. OF. IT. WAS. GONE.
Shame on me for not bookmarking them (as I do from time to time, but not regularly).
Shame on BeezleBub for using someone else's machine without asking first, and then closing programs that "someone else" was using.
He has since been banned from using my computer for anything. He has his own computer as well as a communal laptop to use. There was no need to use my computer at all. None.
Needless to say, my planned Tech Tuesday post has been totally hosed and will be delayed until next week.
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