Book: Afraid I might be needing a preacher. Mal: That's good. You lie there and be ironical.

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Gudanov - Apr 06, 2010 10:05:23 am PDT #13528 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

I've taken one apart to replace a fan. Give yourself plenty of time and keep the ungodly number of screws organized.


Zenkitty - Apr 06, 2010 10:21:54 am PDT #13529 of 25501
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I'm going to have to do this same thing with my old desktop. Get a magnet (nowhere near the computer itself, of course) to hold all the itty bitty screws. Otherwise one shall surely be lost.


javachik - Apr 06, 2010 10:22:57 am PDT #13530 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.

Good idea on the magnet! I was also going to say, when you open it up, take a pic with your digital camera that you can use as a resource if you get lost putting it back together.


Dana - Apr 06, 2010 10:24:05 am PDT #13531 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I was also going to say, when you open it up, take a pic with your digital camera that you can use as a resource if you get lost putting it back together.

Oh, good one. Or several pictures.


megan walker - Apr 06, 2010 11:03:25 am PDT #13532 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I'm glad you all seem to think I'm not insane. At least, not for wanting to do this myself. Good idea about the pictures and magnet.

However, this site is making me rethink the whole idea: [link]


beekaytee - Apr 06, 2010 12:41:30 pm PDT #13533 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant

Megan, whenever I feel daunted by a task like the one pictured on that site, I remind myself that 'finding a needle in a haystack isn't hard, if you are willing to look one straw at a time.'

It might seem a bore, or overwhelming, but the outcome seems worth it.


dcp - Apr 06, 2010 2:22:11 pm PDT #13534 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Also easier if you have a magnet.


-t - Apr 06, 2010 3:46:21 pm PDT #13535 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Unless it's an old-fashioned bone needle.


Tom Scola - Apr 07, 2010 6:40:16 am PDT #13536 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Glamcookie, have you tried comixology on your iPad yet?


Glamcookie - Apr 07, 2010 7:21:43 am PDT #13537 of 25501
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

I have not, but will now! Thanks, Scola!