I found my sample Web site from that assignment a few months ago. It had trouble going into the server. but I think I fixed it.
Anyways, last night I was covering an event for my internship. Saw the Mayor of San Francisco talk to some veterans. Once I get home, I plug my voice recorder into my computer… and ALL MY FILES ARE GONE. I start to panic… I know that it was working because I listened to some parts while on my way home, and I also put the buttons on ‘lock’ before putting it into my bag. It must have happened when I plugged it in… my guess is that possibly a static shock wiped everything out. I tried many file recovery programs but got nothing. I then recorded a few seconds of me screaming into the recorder and it against the wall a couple of times… it still worked and that file was still there.
Luckily, I did take notes just in case something like this happens, but I never actually expected it to happen. Ive written many articles for the Spartan Daily before, and this was the first time this happened. I managed to write something using notes and my memory, but I was unable to get any good long quotes in.
To anyone planning to be on the Daily or a writer for any other paper, ALWAYS take notes, do not rely 100 percent on a voice recorder.
At least I got some good pictures.
