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Botox Injection Gone Very Wrong


A few nights ago, I made the mistake of trying to upgrade the firmware on my Sony a6000 mirrorless camera. I love that camera, even though it has a few flaws. And when it temporarily flatlined on me, I felt like a doctor who had killed a patient during a routine botox injection.

Sony, why would you make such nice cameras, and then pay absolutely no attention to the quality of the accompanying software? After some searching, I found that the update software running on my Mac was so unstable that it failed when I changed windows during the update. I tried CPR by redoing the update (even though the camera was not turning on). It took a couple more tries, but the camera eventually started breathing on its own again. Phew.

Fuck you, Sony.

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*Flatlining in this situation was the Sony a6000 not turning on except a red light near the battery after firmware update.


I'm Tom. I'm a <a href="https://github.com/tomjessessky">software engineer </a>at <a href="http://redoxengine.com">Redox</a>. I live in <a href="http://tomjessessky.com/food/insights-for-a-certain-7-day-period-during-which-establishments-that-serve-food-in-wisconsins-capitol-city-have-good-deals/">Madison</a>, Wisconsin, and I try to <a href="http://tomjessessky.com/travel/">travel</a> for at least 1 month per year. Recently I've gotten back into making videos, and I love cooking. I've worked many places, mostly startups. Here, I write about the things I've learned. Follow me on <a href="http://instagram.com/tomjessessky">Instagram</a>.

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