Flaky McLaptop Hates Me.

I brought an old borrowed laptop with me down here to California. It has proved quite useful, but its also proved quite flaky. The DVD drive died on the machine just before I brought it down, so I couldn't play any of my DVDs I brought with me. Luckily, sps had a spare external DVD drive he could lend me.

Then, three days ago I turned the laptop over to look at something on the underside. Ever since then, the CD drive has worked, and the wireless hasn't. So, now I can watch my DVDs, but I can't surf the internet at the hotel. :-(  Turning the laptop over a few more times has had no beneficial effects, and I don't have torq-with-a-hole-in-the-middle screwdrivers that I would need to open up the case and look for a loose connection.

That's the main reason I've not been posting much the last few days. I don't like to do too much LJing from work. I also have NO access to my personal mail from work, due to the company firewalls.

After I move hotels on Saturday I'll be in a room with a wired connection point, so I should be able to surf the web and answer email again.

Once I start getting paid (any day now, I hope) I may seriously look to buying a personal laptop.