Break, break, break...

[muninnhuginn]

First it was the iron (bought just prior to Loncon). Then it was the SD card in my camera. Today it was the hinge on my little Vye netbook.

The first two now replaced via losing only three pictures and a delay to last week's ironing. The last meant nearly copying the entire internettrying to copy the home directory to Dropbox including the Dropbox directory it contained32–2.5 million files later.... In truth I had only a dozen locally-stored files to copy away. I'll miss my Vye with Peppermint, but it was beginning to struggle even with a minimal setupand; there was a crack in the fascia around the screen; the keyboard had been well-trampled by the appalling beast, and the left button on the trackpad was dying. So.

It gave me a couple of good years which for a second-hand piece of kit is no bad thing. Adds new netbook to list of things required, along with new mobile phone.

ETA: Hudl conked out while I was sending an email. Hudl 2 won't charge.

Comments

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Woe for broken things! I hope tbe replacements don't do too much damage to your budget.

[muninnhuginn]

SD cards are very nearly ten a penny. Thenew iron is possibly nicer than the old one.

I've not yet replaced the netbook (and Hudls) with a new netbook (I need keyboards!) but I think I know what I'm going for and it's not too bad.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I am thinking about a netbook. I like my phone, but while it's fine for making brief posts / comments / emails, I would like to be able to type longer things while I am travelling. Any (dis) recommendations?

Still, I don't expect to be making more than day trips anywhere for the rest of this year once Oxonmoot is done; so I have no pressing need. And although a quick look shows that such things are available fairly cheaply, there are other things I'd like to buy; and more clutter is not high on my list. Hmmm.

[muninnhuginn]

Indeed. Too much stuff and not enough room, time, cash for it all. ;-)

When I get round to replacing the netbook I'll try to remember to review it. I guess I'll be heading for a little HP: I like the quality of their build. Looby Loo is angling for one of these: http://newatlas.com/lenovo-yoga-book-hands-on-ifa/45247/

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that.