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Not the star, of course! This Alioth is an external back-up disk (I have named the latest few storing devices I've used after stars: Mizar, Alcor, Algol, Alioth). My PC at work had trouble seeing it when I plugged it in yesterday, as well as making funny ticking noises that sounded rather alarming, but would eventually catch up. Today I managed to ( Read more... )

I was rather pleased at having patched up my 8-year-old Wacom Intuos2 tablet, which I use at work. I dealt with its scratched surface by tearing out the protective plastic cover, flipping it over, cleaning it properly and gluing it back into place; it's now smoother than ice. I also bought (on ebay) a slightly used (but perfectly working) new ( Read more... )