Chicago: customers are advised to allow extra travel time

Can you use a USB keyboard w/a laptop??

My precious darling kitty spilled water into the powerbook a while ago. It works, but the screen does not. :(

Yeah, you're in for some bad times, sorry to say.

My mouse and keyboard periodically don't work. I just switch the USB cables, and it's usually fine.

Just an idea: if you find that it will turn on but you can't use keys/screen/etc, your comp's HD might (might) be able to drop into the chassis of my dead iBook (HD's shot) and continue on? It'd be some work, but it'd be crazy if it came back to life!

There are step by step tutorials with pics on the internets of how to swap out HDs.

should i get one of those silicone keyboard mats to put over the keyboard on my laptop?

This does not bode well for my budget. :-(

Oh man, tell me about it. Between the iBook and my car... $$$$$$$$:((((((((

Sorry, guys.

I feel really bad for what happened. don't lose hope yet though!!

If it were just up to me, I wouldn't replace it. In my TOTAL DEBIT ELIMINATION mindset, I feel that having a computer is a luxury and I don't want to take on any more debt.

But yeah, it could be ok. Maybe we'll just have to pay for some repairs. Maybe it will magically start working again.

I was semi-serious about making a frankenBook, if you're interested.

Thanks for the offer/idea, Dan. We'll wait and see if it starts working again soon.

RIP laptop :(

Now Joyce Carol Oates will never be famous.

For some reason, I had been reading this whole thing as Nick spilled water on just the keyboard, and I didn't know it was a laptop -- so I was thinking, just replacing the keyboard can't be too bad, right? But yeah, if it's a whole laptop, that might be bad. :(

Sorry. I'm just freaking out because I was already anxious that we might need to eat out tonight because of the show and now I'm dealing with a computer disaster. :-(

It's a completely stressful situation. Just try to be as calm as you can about it. There's nothing you can really do at this point in time except wait it out/wait for it to dry & then see what happens. breathe!!

I know! It's just a thing just a thing just a thing.

things that are things are often the hardest things to deal with.

I am quite the buzzkill these days, what with the runaway cat and possibly dead laptop.

Better than a runaway laptop.

Our laptop wouldn't run away. Nick gives it alot of attention (especially since he's been playing this old computer game on it).

he loves it too much

he may have loved it to death.

like I almost did when I was 4 and had a pet duck.

Whatever, Lenny.

The rabbits we're gonna get... I get to tend 'em.

I'm going to chill out the rest of the day. It will be a fun night. Hope to see some of you at the show! (also, if mula is a factor for anyone, I can get someone on the guest list, just call my cell early)

omfg it's hot outside

Hi. I have 20 min. till quittin' time.

a regular 9 to fiver!

It's definitely awful outside, and the a/c in the building is not keeping up.

yeah, it's stupid, retarded hot. Weather.com says it's 90 and it "feels like" 102. Whatever you think of heat indexes, 12 degrees of added value is indicative of something... something sinister.

perhaps more sinister than Ferris Bueller

Thank God I'm not *just* doing 9-5 and I still get to pick up restaurant shifts, because I'm still on a cash-based personal budget. Which reminds me...payroll has yet to sign me up--oh wait, *I'm* payroll...

i am withering in this heat. have since retreated indoors to ac after spending a sweltering few hours wandering around the crotch, ducking in and out of stores to stay cool.

the crotch?

north/milwaukee/damen

oh yeah, i've heard that before.

that's a great name.

hi, mark!

So what, does that make like Ak|ra the taint?

I will be here until 9 tonight, if anyone wants to hang out with me. :>

I don't know what Ak|ra is, either.

In an AIM conversation like 2 seconds ago, I told a friend that I'm going to be here until at least 7.

unless

http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/images/akira0122.jpg

xpost

http://www.akirachicago.com/

I like my version a lot better.

So, Jordan, working late sucks, eh?