Everyday Randomness

I’ve had a nice little day full of goodies being delivered from the computer fairy, and it’s put me in a very good mood.  Right now I’m in the process of finishing the computer I’ve been building for myself for the past few months.  My 500GB SATA hard drive finally arrived today, so I’ve got to get things put together so I can start moving all my stuff over to the new pc.

On top of that I’ve got this laptop a friend of mine gave me a few months ago.  The DC Jack on it is broken, but that’s typical with the Toshiba Satellites.  I’ve had to repair a few with the same problem in the past, but it’s taken me months to find the part I needed for this one.  My friend gave me this one to use for parts for other laptops, but if I can repair it I will.  He’s got a new one and doesn’t want this one back, so even though it’s not the top of the line laptop, it’ll be a good travel companion for me.  I’ll finally be able to blog on the road without having to deal with blogging from my cell phone.  I found the part last night that I need, and I ordered it today, so hopefully I’ll have the laptop soldered back together and running by next week.

I also received a DVDr combo drive a friend of mine sent me.  The cd burner in my Dell is just about dead, and I’m stealing the combo drive from hubby’s pc for my new one.  At first I didn’t think it would be a problem because hubby never burns anything, but as soon as he noticed it missing he pitched a hissy fit. Luckily my friend is the same way I am about keeping tons of spare pc parts around, so he traded me a combo drive for a 128mb video card I don’t use any longer.  See it does pay off to keep boxes of random computer parts laying around!  You never know when you can trade them out for something you need!

It looks like I’ve got a full week of rebuilding ahead of me, and I’m going to love every minute of it.  Now I’ve just got to pick up another soldering iron because I hate the crappy battery operated one I have right now.  It’s great for crafts, but it’s just not hot enough for electronics and takes forever to heat up.  It looks like I’ll be swinging by Home Depot tomorrow to pick up the 40 watt Weller solder iron I’ve been eyeing for awhile.  It’s still not top of the line, but it’ll get the job done.