Loves it!

Image via Curbly 

The inside of my case is...

HP's big, fat, fuck you. 

I don't think it was designed to ever have the power supply removed.  Not by me anyway.

The HP upgrade manual explains how to remove the disk drive, the hard drive, and memory, but the PSU, oh no.  But despite a lack of information, and experience, we (M and I) managed to remove it all the same.  We removed the motherboard and ripped one the wires that powers the fan.  M feels confident that with the aid of some electric tape acquired from a Japanese 99 cents store she can reconnect the wire.  

Anyway- we got it out and now I fear that I may not be able find a supply narrow enough to fit in the case. Whatever, we're getting a Mac anyway.  This project went from high priority, better be super-duper careful to let's crack this thing open and see what makes it tick.  

I was disappointed to find out that it was not powered by a hamster on wheel.

Panda Mushroom Cloud! Yay!

My home computer, the pitiful PC,  has betrayed me and stopped working.   I'm too distraught to be witty, so just watch the cartoon below.

While you're at it, enjoy these images too,

Images and video via Mari-chan 

Science quiz

I was listing to the radio and overheard that the Pew Research Center  has released the results of their science poll.  The report was basically pointing the wide discrepancies between the scientist and the lay person in their knowledge and point the usual hilarious/shameful lack of basic, basic science knowledge.

I wanted to wanted to see the question, so I went over to the Pew site and took the science quiz.  I had thought that there would be some easy ones in there, but that they would throw in some metric system question that would give me the predictably low non-scientist American score.  Not so!  All the questions were easy.  Which I find alarming.  Anyway, take the quiz here .

So proud of so little.

Work tool

The mighty paper clip.  Now that I'm network admin, it's the most useful tool in the world, beating out the alan wrench that has helped me put four homes together and dismantle three.  I spend most my time reseting phones, iPods, routers, WAPs, my computer, other computers, and forcing CDs to eject.  Couldn't do it without my trusty bent paper clip.  This job is so high tech.

Back to motherfuckin' work

Image via io9 

When I grow up

I hope that I make actual IT money. Right now I make "you're a girl with no qualifications for this job, but somehow you everything work so we can afford to pay you a little bit more than you got as a secretary" money.
Anyway I look forward to the day when I am actually recognized, with money of course, for what I do. Because then I won't be drinking a can of Coke in the morning, I'll be doing a line of coke.