Thank you for your pretty offering, Indi-Cat. ;p
'Lo, mortal! Thou hath stumbled unto the realm of Ceiling Cat. Fear not, for she is merciful. Flee not, for she is kind. But know that if thou put forth thy foot into tomfoolery, thou shalt be Judged, and it shall be good. (For me. ;p)
But in all seriousness, this is my blog. I'm Kei, one of the News Editors for the site. I don't bite (hard), so don't be afraid to approach me. I'm actually quite tame.
There what goes?
My fleeting moment of epicness of having my computer back. Now it won't turn on at all.
Ain't. That. Great.
EDIT: Talked with a very respectable Mac repair store in the area. They told me that attempting to get it repaired isn't even advisable since my Mac is vintage (meaning parts to replace it would cost me, essentially, what three working iBooks would now cost on eBay).
So now I'm just looking for an external hard drive and data recovery services. *sigh*
So this laptop of mine is pretty special. It will still work...if I don't put any pressure on it whatsoever. No movement, no nothing or it goes kaput. I've been looking online and I think I know what the problem may be: either my optical cable is being squished in between the cover hinges or it's a logic board issue. Both cases have been brought up a lot in Mac forums on the internet, especially for the type of laptop I have.
I also came across a site where I could fix it myself, but there are a lot of parts that I would be taking apart and that's something I don't feel comfortable with. So I'll just state the specific problem to the dealers I went to before and see if I can get a better quote.
Cross your fingers for me.
My laptop has suddenly been resurrected.
Thank you, O Mighty Computer Gods.
As far as I can tell, it's all systems go for the chat tomorrow night. To ward off any shenanigans, I'm going to make the chat a password-protected one, that password being freedomofspeech.
I'll probably be sending it via PM to everyone that commented on the previous posts and said they're interested, but if you all know of anyone that wants to come that doesn't subscribe here or anything, please pass it on. I may also do a WC post later.
That's all for now. See you tomorrow.
