Fujitsu power ports kind of suck

[solarbird]

My Japanese spelling rules are interfereing with my already-b0rken English spelling rules. gi'' requires tenten, dammit. Except for the part where they don't exist in English.

Also, annathepiper's laptop is now fixed. We found instructions for taking it apart on the net which included handy photos and were part of one of many, many threads talking about how much Fujitsu power ports suck. And they do! Unfortunately, the reinforcing technique they were talking about doesn't work on Anna's exact model, so I made some velcro tricks to keep power-cord strain off the connection in the future, because surface-mount component soldering is hard - or, at least, risky, with other components too close to the attach point that usually fails first.

Thursday's miles: 1.6
Friday's token: 0.1
Miles out of Hobbiton: 1403.9
Miles out of Rivendell: 945.9
Miles out of Lothlórien: 491.9
Miles past Rauros Falls: 74.0
Miles to Isengard: 387.7

My day off got eaten by fixing things at murkworks south and trying to deal with the front steps here. To wit: crap. (The stairs are very smooth and get really slick in a heavy frost, much less snow. I want to paint them with industrial texture paint so that you can use them without dying even when it frosts.)

Oh well. At least I returned some books I'd borrowed forever and a day ago.


Two Faces

One. Word. Survey. (Filled out yesterday.)

You.
Can.
Only.
Type.
One.
Word.

No.
Explanations.

Not as easy as you might think...

1. Yourself? Sleepy

2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend? Hott

3. Your hair? Recovering

4. Your mother? Unknown

(No nr. 5?)

6. Your Favorite Item: Powerbook

7. Your dream last night: Arbitrary

8. Your passion: BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINS

9. Your Dream Car: None

10. The room you are in: Media

(No nr. 11?)

12. Your fear: BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!

13. What you want to be in 10 years: Better!

14. What You're Not? Defenistrated

15. Muffins Blueberry!

16: One of Your Wish List Items? Music

(No nr. 17?)

18: Time: Evening

19. The Last Thing You Did: Cooked

20. What You Are Wearing: Moccasins!

21. Your favorite weather. Snowfall

22. Your Favorite Book: 1984

23. The last thing you ate: Noodles

24. Your Life: Complicated

25. Your Mood: Headachy

26. Your friends: ROBOTS!

27. What are you thinking about right now? ROBOPR0N!

28.Your car: AUTOROBOPR0N!

29. What are you doing at the moment? Typing?

30. Your summer: Missing

31. Your relationship status: Lifemated

32. What is on your tv? Speaker

33. What is the weather like? Rainy

34. When is the last time you laughed? Today

Comments

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

Sheeut, woman, don't try to solder surface mounts. You'll go blind just trying to find the pads. That was true even in the mid '90s when I was working on PCB CAD software.

[solarbird]

Well, I needed to reconnect the power tab somehow, and that was where it was supposed to go. (Inadequate solder joint on the daughterboard, next to a bunch of surface-mount components. I re-did it, it works now.) So, um, take that. Or something. ph33r th3 25w Weller.

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Your package may vary, of course. :D

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

Be sure to post how the industrial texture paint thing turns out! It sounds like a good idea I could copy over here! XD XD XD

After your and Anna's posts about the Fujitsu, I want to go out and buy a solder machine. Now. At 4:26AM. I blame medication.

[solarbird]

Aren't some Home Depots open 24-hours? Maybe they could help. Of course, it's now the daytime, and you have lots of options. Weller is a good brand of soldering iron. Radio Shack has educational kits. Go to.