In the summertime when the weather is high, you can stretch right up and touch the sky.

[hazelchaz]

Yet another post about my restoration progress. I've hit a particular milestone: All of the photos recovered from the dead hard disk using the "Encase" professional-grade package have been uploaded into my temporary working directories on the server.

This is a major accomplishment. And not just terms of disk storage. (Right now my directories for the work in progress add up to 24 GB.)

With my gizmo that automatically renames the directory with the datestamp (at least those directories containing high-res images all from the same year), I can easily see which photos are from (for example) 2004.

There are 173 directories that now have "2004" in the name (not counting the ones I've tagged as "bad").

jpg-12-00-xmas-2004 jpg-12-05-wedtj-2004-08-21 jpg-12-06-ax-2004-07-05 jpg-12-07-ax-2004-07 jpg-12-09-wedms-2004-06-26 jpg-12-12-demicon-2004-05-01 jpg-12-13-demicon-2004-05-01 jpg-12-14-demicon-2004-05 jpg-12-16-seussparty-2004-05-08 jpg-12-17-allison-2004-06-19 jpg-12-18-allison-2004-06-19 jpg-12-19-allison-2004-06-19 jpg-12-19-fanime-2004-05-29 jpg-12-19-scifi-2004-01-24 jpg-12-20-dee-2004-03-13 jpg-12-22-condor-2004-02-28 jpg-12-23-noreascon-2004 jpg-12-23-partyhershey-2004-06-26 jpg-12-23-tulsa-2004-05-20 jpg-12-24-noreascon-2004-09-07-done jpg-12-24-wedkd-2004 jpg-12-25-lasfs-2004-07-01-done jpg-12-25-tulsa-2004-03-12 jpg-12-25-wedkd-2004 jpg-12-25-xmas-2004-12-24 jpg-13-00-faire-2004-05-09 jpg-13-01-xmas-2004-12-25 jpg-13-09-loscon-2004-11-25 jpg-13-09-mich-2004-07-25 jpg-13-11-baycon-2004-05-31-done jpg-13-12-wed-kd-2004-04-24 jpg-13-13-wed-tj-2004-08-21 jpg-13-14-wed-tj-2004-08-21 jpg-13-15-wed-tj-2004-08-21 jpg-13-19-lasfs-2004-03-18 jpg-13-19-wed-tj-2004-08-21 jpg-14-00-sdsfc-2004-06-06 jpg-14-00-steff-2004-03-25 jpg-14-03-dillo-2004-08 jpg-14-04-dillo-2004-08 jpg-14-04-lasfs-2004-08-26 jpg-14-06-demicon-2004-05-01 jpg-14-07-demicon-2004-05-01 jpg-14-11-tulsa-2004-04-29 jpg-2004-dad-suspectdate jpg-17-00-fanime-2004-05-30 jpg-17-00-maria-2004-05-13 jpg-17-01-wed-ms-2004-06-26 jpg-17-02-new-bed-2004-04-08 jpg-17-02-wed-ms-2004-06-26 jpg-17-03-new-bed-2004-04-08 jpg-17-04-noreascon-2004 jpg-17-05-allison-2004-06-19 jpg-17-05-chalk-2004-06-20 jpg-17-05-colleen-and-big-fruit-2004-06-14 jpg-17-05-colleen-claimjumper-2004-02-26 jpg-17-06-gaylaxicon-2004-04-11 jpg-17-07-gaylaxicon-2004 jpg-17-08-gingerbread-2004-12-18 jpg-17-11-car-parts-2004-04-14 jpg-17-11-dillo-2004-08-12 jpg-17-12-carparts-2004-04-14 jpg-17-12-dillo-2004-08-12 jpg-17-15-dillo-2004-08-14 jpg-17-15-steffnee-2004-03-28 jpg-17-15-tulsa-2004-04-30 jpg-17-16-dillo-2004-08-14 jpg-17-17-dillo-2004-08-14 jpg-17-18-dillo-2004-08 jpg-17-19-dillo-2004-08 jpg-17-20-dillo-2004 jpg-17-22-coscol-2004-wrongtimestamps jpg-17-24-pool-hirsch-2004-06-24 jpg-17-25-baycon-2004-05-29 jpg-17-27-dee-funeral-2004-03-13 jpg-17-28-baycon-2004-05-29 jpg-17-28-dillo-2004-08-15 jpg-17-28-noreascon-2004-08-31 jpg-17-29-demicon-2004-05-02 jpg-17-29-dillo-2004-08-15 jpg-17-30-faire-2004-05-09 jpg-18-00-faire-2004-05-09 jpg-18-13-tulsa-2004-04-29 jpg-18-14-arizona-2004-09-12 jpg-18-15-noreascon-2004-09-04 jpg-18-15-tulsa-2004-05-25 jpg-18-17-noreascon-2004-09-06

jpg-18-17-party-2004-05-08 jpg-18-18-noreascon-2004-09-06 jpg-18-19-noreascon-2004-09-06 jpg-18-19-party-craigs-2004-01-01 jpg-18-19-wed-ms-2004-06-26 jpg-18-20-coasthotel-2004-06-16 jpg-18-20-party-craigs-2004-01-01 jpg-18-20-yaoicon-2004-10-30 jpg-18-21-condor-2004-05-01 jpg-18-21-dillo-2004-08-15 jpg-18-22-lasfs-2004-10-17 jpg-18-22-lasfs-2004-11-18 jpg-18-22-wed-kd-2004-04-24 jpg-18-23-lasfs-2004-11-18 jpg-27-01-2004-08-22 jpg-27-15-2004-09-03 jpg-29-00-2004 jpg-29-01-2004 jpg-29-02-2004 jpg-29-10-2004 jpg-30-02-2004-01-22 jpg-30-30-2004 jpg-30-38-2004 jpg-30-39-2004 jpg-30-40-2004-08-13 jpg-30-41-2004-08-13 jpg-30-44-2004-10-02 jpg-30-45-2004-03-13 jpg-32-65-2004-12-18 jpg-33-04-2004 jpg-33-05-2004-09-04 jpg-33-06-2004-02-07 jpg-33-09-2004-01-17 jpg-33-10-2004-01-17 jpg-33-18-2004-05-09 jpg-34-00-2004 jpg-34-03-2004 jpg-34-04-2004 jpg-34-05-2004 jpg-34-06-2004-09-11 jpg-34-07-2004-09-11 jpg-35-00-2004-08-22 jpg-35-01-2004 jpg-35-05-2004 jpg-35-14-2004 jpg-35-15-2004-12-26 jpg-35-16-2004 jpg-35-22-2004-04-24 jpg-35-23-2004-04-24 jpg-35-24-2004-04-24 jpg-35-25-2004-11-27 jpg-35-28-2004-09-05 jpg-36-00-2004 jpg-36-01-2004-08-21 jpg-36-04-2004-04-24 jpg-36-05-2004 jpg-36-06-2004-07-21 jpg-36-07-2004 jpg-36-08-2004-03-13 jpg-36-12-2004-06-26 jpg-36-13-2004-06-26 jpg-36-16-2004-08-21 jpg-38-00-2004-05-08 jpg-38-05-2004-09-01 jpg-38-07-2004-04-10 jpg-38-09-2004-03-13 jpg-38-15-2004-05-22 jpg-39-22-2004-01-31 jpg-40-00-2004-01-31 jpg-40-02-2004 jpg-40-03-2004-05 jpg-40-10-2004-05-01 jpg-40-13-2004-06 jpg-40-15-2004-05 jpg-40-17-2004-09-05 jpg-40-20-2004-01-24 jpg-40-22-2004-01-24 jpg-40-23-2004-01-24 jpg-40-27-2004 jpg-40-28-2004-06-12 jpg-40-29-2004-06-12 jpg-41-00-2004 jpg-41-04-2004-05-31 jpg-41-06-2004 jpg-41-14-2004 jpg-41-15-2004-04-24

You can see that I've started annnotating the directory names to include a key word or two. I'm about halfway through with that. I'm going to go through the ones that just say "2004" and split them up into dates; then I'll start tackling specific dates. I'll probably start with January, unless anyone wants to express a preference for any particular photos from 2004 on my website that you'd like to see restored first....

I'm really excited that I can now target specific pages of the website to be worked on, instead of just taking them in order by where they were located on the old disk drive!

Comments

[made-of-paradox.livejournal.com]

I'd love to see some Armadillocon photos, but I can wait -- it's wonderful that you've hit this milestone!

Since you asked

[zyxwvut.livejournal.com]

I am most interested in the eric_in_elevatr Season 4 "On the Set" shots you took (the only such stills I'm actually aware of), and the ones from WorldCon of me with the RotK Hugo. %-}

Z

P.S.: And yay!

[captserek.livejournal.com]

With this daunting task, it looks like you almost hit the half way mark, which is good given the extent of the damage. I wish you continued good luck, sir.

[johno.livejournal.com]

Have you tried the tool jhead?

If the camera(s) you used saved date info, you can use it to rename the file to the date the image was taken.

http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead/


See my post about photo post processing for some details:
http://johno.livejournal.com/302419.html

Jhead

[hazelchaz]

I'm using Jhead, that's where I'm getting the data that I use to rename the directories.

Each directory has up to 100 jpegs in it, so if all the ones that have Date/time stamps have the same date, my program renames the directory to that. If they differ but they're all the same month.... etc.

Of course, the system falls down when there are original images from one date and thumbnails created from photos taken on a different date. But nonetheless, jhead is proving to be very helpful.

Chaz

hello from tony young

[tlyoung88.livejournal.com]

Hi Chazz,

Tony here from LASFS and Anime LA. I was wondering if I could submit a photo of myself from Gallifrey 04 to you for my listing on your site.

Also, is it possible to get a link to my myspace there?

tony

Re: hello from tony young

[hazelchaz]

Certainly, yes to both questions.

Chaz