wearemagneton:

It’s holding my casing together. XD

Awesome.
—PM

My last laptop had problems with the right hinge. It was held on (but stuck open) with superglue and a C-clamp for nearly a year. It was stable for quite a while, but during the three weeks after I bought a new laptop but before Dad was finished fiddling with it*, it started to deteriorate rather quickly. (My theory is that it was having a tantrum over having its restful existence as a spare ‘puter delayed.)

By the end, the hinge had completely detached, broken beyond what glue and a C-clamp could fix. The monitor couldn’t hold its own weight, so it had to be leaned up against the arm of the couch. (But it still worked.)

It’s finally sitting, lid closed (now that the glue’s broken, it’s not stuck open anymore), on the spare parts shelf in the basement. It’s very strange having a laptop I can actually sit on my lap.

(This sort of stuff happens to me a lot. I can’t afford to buy new laptops, so instead I get a succession of $400 six-year-old computers that last a couple years apiece, and most of that time with at least one geriatric problem. This probably has something to do with the Vimes Boot Theory. My current laptop had been on for a lifetime total of six hours (Dad checked) when I bought it, so hopefully that means it’ll hold up better.)

*Since the old laptop was still functioning-if-fragile, he took his time. Worst part is, it still needs tweaking.

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