close shave

the difference between disaster and euphoria is a blue LED light!

my erstwhile companion, research savior and 'other' girlfriend went on the blink.. ash and i had opened the laptop up to clean out the dust and fluff, and she refused to come back on! frantic calls to Customer Service ("that will be $286 for a repair Sir" - fuck off!!).. digging through online manuals (the Troubleshooting page is hidden better than the Holy Grail!).. wondering if all my data and thesis were gone (i am SO fucked!).. then i finally got the diagnostic check working and she got turned on again (hehehe!!).. phew!

cold rainy day here in buffalo.. so here i am with my coffee and smokes, feet up on the table reading research papers - yes, i'm a geek, didn't you know?!