Memory in the digital age

[susannalk]

A very sad thing happened on the train ride from Mysore to Chennai. While messing with settings on my camera, I accidentally permanently deleted ALL of my photos from the previous week. (And for you computer geeks out there, yes, they really are irretrievable -- I managed to format the memory card. I cried off and on for a good hour after this

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[obra]

Just a note for the future - even if you format a card, it's not until you overwrite the pictures with more pictures that they're really gone forever. There are a bunch of programs for mac and PC that can undelete them from a formatted card.

[susannalk]

I almost wish you hadn't told me this, but I guess it's good to know for future. Beth had suggested this might be a possibility, but she seemed unsure and prolonging false hope just seemed to painful. Oh well. Still trying to look at things philosophically...somehow...