Computer Matata...
The ebayed AC adaptor showed up today, and there was much cheer and rejoicing at House of Ace as the little green light came on in my laptop & it rejoined the land of the living once again. About twenty minutes later, it spontaneously turned itself off again as I very carefully moved it from the coffee table to the floor. Then it was back. Then it was gone. Now it's back.
What this means: the connection between adaptor & laptop seems to be a little loose and I can't move the laptop at all if I want it to stay on. "Oh, if only I still had a working battery!" I moaned to myself, "Wait a minute... just like I got this adaptor off ebay, why, I bet I could... ebay... a battery... I... I... fuck." Minutes later, I had a bid in for a battery, for a fraction of its "new" cost.
"It's really pissing you off that you didn't think of ebaying a battery earlier," my friend said when I told this story. "How do you know that?" I countered. "Oh, I can just tell," he responded. Too true. Why didn't I think of it earlier? Sometimes, I'm just not that smart.
I'm going to do all kinds of online stuff later, including a meme, email, and some game stuff. Right now, I've got to get some work done. :/
What this means: the connection between adaptor & laptop seems to be a little loose and I can't move the laptop at all if I want it to stay on. "Oh, if only I still had a working battery!" I moaned to myself, "Wait a minute... just like I got this adaptor off ebay, why, I bet I could... ebay... a battery... I... I... fuck." Minutes later, I had a bid in for a battery, for a fraction of its "new" cost.
"It's really pissing you off that you didn't think of ebaying a battery earlier," my friend said when I told this story. "How do you know that?" I countered. "Oh, I can just tell," he responded. Too true. Why didn't I think of it earlier? Sometimes, I'm just not that smart.
I'm going to do all kinds of online stuff later, including a meme, email, and some game stuff. Right now, I've got to get some work done. :/