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The Profile


Zanzibar
Age. 24
Gender. Female
Ethnicity. that of my father and his father before him
Location Providence, RI
School. Brown Univ
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The Link To Zanzibar's Past
This is my page in the beloved art community that my sister got me into:

Samarinda

Extra points for people who know what Samarinda is.
The Phases of the Moon Module
CURRENT MOON
Croc Hunter/Combat Wombat
My hero(s)
Only My Favorite Baseball Player EVER


Aw, Larry Walker, how I love thee.
*Historical Note: Larry Walker and I broke our collarbones at the same time! Just like Ed McCaffrey broke his leg the same time I broke mine! A fan of Colorado sports? Better hope I don't get injured again!

I CAN'T BELIEVE LARRY WALKER HAS RETIRED
The Schedule
July: Hawaii
August: Colorado; Iceland
September: Germany
October: Baltimore, MD; Moscow
November: Williamsburg, VA; Denver, CO
December: San Francisco, CA?; Denver, CO
The Reading List
This list starts Summer 2006
A Crocodile on the Sandbank
Looking Backwards
Wild Swans
Exodus
1984
Tales of the Alhambra (in progress)
Dark Lord of Derkholm
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
The Lost Years of Merlin
Harry Potter a l'ecole des sorciers (in progress)
Atlas Shrugged (in progress)
Uglies
Pretties
Specials
A Long Way Gone (story of a boy soldier in Sierra Leone- met the author! w00t!)
The Eye of the World: Book One of the Wheel of Time
From Magma to Tephra (in progress)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Harry Potter 7
The No. 1 Lady's Detective Agency
Introduction to Planetary Volcanism
A Child Called "It"
Pompeii
Is Multi-Culturalism Bad for Women?
Americans in Southeast Asia: Roots of Commitment (in progress)
What's So Great About Christianity?
Aeolian Geomorphology
Aeolian Dust and Dust Deposits
The City of Ember
The People of Sparks
Cube Route
When I was in Cuba, I was a German Shepard
Bound
want to read: Longitude, The Planets, Infidel
The Juanes Module


Juanes just needed his own mod. Who can disagree.
The World









Laptop Surgery
Sunday. 11.4.07 3:00 pm
So...

While the powercord to my laptop has now been replaced (it was frayed and sparking), the laptop itself is still a slow, overheating POS.

According to the forums, this can be easily fixed if you take out the heat sink and clean it. Then you put it back, apply some thermal paste, and VOILA! the computer is fixed. UNfortunately, my computer isn't the kind that has a panel where you can access aforementioned heat sink. Nay, I would have to take apart the whole back of the laptop (and the keyboard... though I've been kind of wanting to take apart the keyboard for some time to clean it out...)

So. I have instructions for taking it apart. If I bend one of the pins, I could risk having to replace the motherboard. Plus, I'm wary of anything that involves paste. The thing says that you should do this if you have experience with computers. But how do you GET experience taking apart computers if you've never taken one apart before? The computer is no longer under warranty.

What should I do?
5 Comments.


Find somebody who DOES have experience and ask them for help?
» randomjunk on 2007-11-04 03:12:55

Ouch. What kind of computer is it? The best way to get experience is to take it apart... If it's an HP, they have detailed instructions on how to take apart their computers... You might want to vacuum the fans as well.
» ikimashokie on 2007-11-04 03:23:26

I say go for it. If the comp isn't under warranty anymore, than you taking it apart and fucking around with its insides won't void anything. Worst case scenario, you screw it up a tiny bit more and you'd have to get it (professionally) repaired. Or you COULD just do that now. Either way you're spending some cash to get someone else to fix it for you. Might as well take the chance and try and do it yourself.
» ranor on 2007-11-04 10:44:36

Wow, I just used the word "than" instead of "then." Call the usage police--I deserve to be tazed for that.
» ranor on 2007-11-04 10:45:22

Well, back up your files if you do. Personally, I would hate to break something only to have to pay more of it later, but if you'd like to learn how to fix computers, it would be great practice.
» jinyu on 2007-11-05 07:10:06

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